Helicopter Instructors RatingDue to a shortage of helicopter instructors world-wide, there is a certain demand both in South Africa and abroad.Helicopter Instructing is an ideal way of accumulating hours whilst enjoying your job and meeting people. Although at times it may be challenging, this gives you an excellent grounding for experience before you make your move into other avenues of commercial helicopter flying. While instructing you are bound to cover most extremes. Whether it be weather conditions, repeated advanced auto rotations or confined landings, this will definitely set you up to be able to handle any situation later on in your helicopter career. It may also take a certain type of person to be able desire this rating. The instructor rating may require a person with patience, understanding and excellent people acumen. Instructor rating requires approximately 20 hours of instruction from a Grade II instructor. Requirement: PPL – Private Pilots Licence to commence instruction. Tip: The Helicopter Instructor Rating flying training hours can be credited towards your commercial helicopter licence CPL. There is a huge cost saving, as the 20 hours (approx) contributes towards the 200 hours required to be a commercial pilot. However, you may not be permitted to write your instructor rating exams, this until you have all the credits required for all commercial subjects / exams. The sequence of the helicopter instruction rating can be carried out as follows: PPL >>> 20 hours of instructor training >>> All Commercial subjects completed >>> Instructor Rating Exams >>> 200 Hours completed & Commcercial Licence>>> Final helicopter instructor rating flight test >>> Instructors rating endorsed on your licence by the CAA.
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