CRICOS Course Code
092191D
Course Duration
52 weeks.
Course Fee
AUD$62,000
(Including GST as applicable and all service fees)
Admission Requirements
- Completion of a Class 1 CASA Aviation Medical
- English Language proficiency (please see below for full details)
- Have completed at least equivalent of Australian Year 10 of High School (the 4th year of Secondary College/High School)
- Be 18 years of age by course commencement
- Be willing to undergo an Australian Federal Police check for issue of your Aviation Security Identity Card
Privileges of Licence
On completion of your Diploma of Aviation (Commercial Pilot License – CPL) you can be paid to work as a pilot under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). This means that you could conduct such work as VFR charter, VFR tourist flights, Crop Dusting, Fish Spotting etc.
Course
Please note: When you train for a Diploma of Aviation (Commercial Pilot License), you will conduct your Private Pilot Licence as a preliminary step. This is included as part of this package and is included in the fee of AUD $62,500.
Course fee includes:
1. Flying
Definitions:
- Dual – Flight training with an instructor
- Solo – Flight training with the student acting as pilot in command – no instructor.
PPL & Commercial Pilot License component
- 65 hours solo Piper Warrior
- 5 Hours solo Piper Arrow
- 72 hours dual Piper Warrior (including 3 hours for PPL Flight test)
- 17 hours dual Piper Arrow (including 3 hours for Commercial Pilot License flight test)
- 4 hours Flight Simulator
2. Theory
- Basic Aeronautical Knowledge theory course (including books) – 4 weeks full time
- Private Pilot Licence theory course(including books) – 4 weeks full time
- Commercial Pilot License theory course (including books) – 14 weeks full time
3. All briefings by instructors
4. Equipment and Materials
- 1 Navigation Ruler
- 1 Navigation Protractor
- Navigation computer
- Navigation lapboard
- Aerodrome Information Publications (AIP’s)
- Flight Training Manual
- Maps and Charts (2 x WAC’s, PCA, VTC Melbourne, ERC)
- ERSA
- Civil Aviation Order’s (CAO’s)
- Log Book
Note:
The course fee includes estimated flying hours, all theory, textbooks, navigation equipment, maps/charts and initial issue of CASA documents.
Landing fees and en-route navigation charges shall be charged separately. An invoice shall be issued every 12 weeks from course commencement and upon course completion.
CASA fees are not included in your course fees and are payable directly to CASA.. These include licence issue (approximately $200), flight test fees (approximately $600 per test for three flight tests), theory exam fees (approximately $150 per exam for 9 exams), aviation medical (approximately $300) and ASIC security clearance (approximately $200).
English Language Requirements:
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requires you to meet ONE of the following English language requirements.
Please note: depending on your country of citizenship, the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection might require you to have undertaken a formal English test for issue of your Student Visa.
To check whether or not you need to have undertaken a formal English test, please visit http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1 (under “Purpose” select “Study in Australia” then look at “eligibility requirements”)
Remember that even if you don’t need a formal test for your student visa, you still need to meet one of the requirements below.
A) The applicant has undertaken or completed his/her secondary education in an Australian or New Zealand educational institution, or the equivalent of an Australian secondary education in a country where one of the principal mediums of instruction had been in English OR the applicant is still receiving secondary education in Australia or New Zealand where the language of instruction at the school is English.
* This means that if you completed High School and the medium of instruction was English at least 50% of the time, you will meet this requirement. We will need a letter from your school to confirm this.
OR
B) The applicant has spent at least three in the past five years of employment in Australia, New Zealand or a specified country (UK, USA, Republic of Ireland, Canada*), where the documented evidence may include a group certificate, a number of pay slips or a letter from your employer stating the period that you worked in that workplace.
OR
C) The applicant achieves at least the minimum score on one of the following English tests (the test must have been taken within the previous 2 years) Note: Level 1 & 2 applicants can select any of the tests below. Level 3 applicants: TOEIC not available to you
i. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Either General or Academic. Minimum test score of 5.5 with no band less than 5.0.
ii. TOEFL CBT. Minimum score: 197
iii. TOEFL iBT. Minimum score 71
iv. TOEFL Paper Based test. Minimum score 527 (Note: the Department of Immigration only allows this test form a very limited number of countries)
v. TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) Minimum scores: (i) Listening: 350 ii) Reading : 300 (iii) Speaking: 160 (iv) Writing: 140 f.
Note: If you do not meet our requirements for Direct Course entry, you have the option of undertaking a preliminary English course with our associate English College in Melbourne