OJTI Refresher - virtual course
Refresh your skills and knowledge to train people effectively in one-on-one ATS operational on-job situations, so they have the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious air traffic service.
This course can be customised to suit your training needs. A minimum of 6 students per course is required, with a cost of approx. USD $1,000 per student.
Contact us to book a suitable date, or for further information.
About the course
The aim of this course is to refresh participants with instructional techniques and tools to manage and motivate a trainee's performance using a competency framework, positive reinforcement and continuous assessment, for effective and timely diagnosis of skill deficiencies and application of skill enhancement strategies.
Participants will refresh their toolbox of knowledge, skills and aide memoires to assist them in their ATC Instructor role.
Trainees must be proficient in reading, writing and speaking English, and have the following:
- Current ATS Instructor rating
- Current air traffic licence with a rating for the relevant service
- At least three years' experience exercising the privileges of an instructor rating.
Learning outcomes
ShowOn completion of this course, the participant will:
- Understand how to encourage motivation
- Identify diminishing motivation and understand why this should be avoided
- Know how to recognise and manage learning/performance plateaus
- Feel confident completing a briefing checklist
- Know the key elements required to conduct, and the importance of, an effective brief
- Know the key elements required when carrying out on the job training
- Understand different handover techniques after an intervention
- Understand different recovery techniques to re-establish the training relationship
- Know how to conduct an effective debrief
- Be able to provide frequent meaningful feedback
- Know how to intervene and the different techniques to optimise best practice
- Be able to describe and apply the Dreyfus model as it pertains to an OJTI
- Be able to read-back and hear-back in relation to the Dreyfus model.
Course delivery
ShowThis course will be delivered via a blended learning approach - some sessions will be led by an instructor in a virtual classroom environment, and the remainder will be self-directed study. For the instructor-led component students will participate in live virtual sessions, with access to a range of digital interactive content from videos, quizzes and discussion forums. For the self-directed study, students will access our cloud-based learning resources, AirBooks and complete assignments and other activities.
- Dedicated instructor support
- A mix of structured study as a cohort, and self-directed learning
- Dynamic digital content, using AirBooks
About Airways Knowledge Online (AKO)
ShowAirways Knowledge Online (AKO) is a world-class virtual online training academy for the aviation sector. Students can access a range of aviation courses as a cohort in a virtual classroom, or on their own at a time and pace that suits them. Interactive dynamic content keeps learners engaged, via an intuitive e-learning platform accessible 24/7.
Utilising the latest online learning technologies and methods, AKO caters for both instructor-led and self-directed, self-paced learning through a range of training delivery options - AKO Classroom, AKO Flexi, and AirBooks Library.
How do students access AKO?
Show- Students are given a login to a Microsoft Office 365 account to enable access to AKO Connect, our online video conferencing tool
- Students log into the AKO site on individual devices each day, to access AKO Connect for virtual live sessions, study instructions and the course plan
- An AirBooks login will also be provided to access all AirBooks resources for the course. AirBooks can be accessed using any device, from a smartphone to a PC.