Flight Dispatch

The purpose of the qualification is to provide learners and education and training providers with the standards required to satisfy the challenges of participating effectively in the flight dispatch environment. The qualification will be useful to both new entrants into the service, and existing workers in the sector. For those who have been in the workplace for a long time, this qualification can be used in the recognition of prior learning process to assess and recognise workplace skills acquired without the benefit of formal education and training. For the new entrant, this qualification will give them the opportunity to orient themselves within a new sector, and to develop and balance their practical skills with the essential knowledge needed to earn a formal qualification in flight operations without formal education becoming an impassable barrier. For education and training providers, this qualification provides guidance for the development of appropriate learning programmes and assessment documentation.

For employers, this qualification enables skills gaps to be identified and addressed ensuring that a safe and efficient flight dispatch environment is supported and maintained. The combination of learning outcomes that comprise this qualification will provide the qualifying learner with vocational knowledge and skills appropriate to the context of flight operations. The learner will have an understanding of the flight dispatch environment and how he or she should operate within the legislative, safety and quality systems which govern it. It will also equip learners with a foundation for further academic development, opportunities for gainful employment and reward for contributions to society.

The Qualification aims to equip learners to produce flight dispatch information and monitor operational situations and flight progress in order to ensure the safe and efficient completion of a flight by:

• Demonstrating an understanding of safe practices in the field of aviation.
• Analysing and applying meteorological and aeronautical information in the flight operations environment.
• Generating flight operational documentation.
• Disseminating all required flight operational data.
• Providing operational and strategic support to flight crew.