Professional pilot training · Integrated professional course
Diploma in Aviation (International Flight Training & DGCA) Level 5
Ardmore Flying School · Ardmore Flying School, Papakura, Papakura · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Professional pilot training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Commercial pilot licence (New Zealand) via Level 5 diploma; option of Multi-type rating
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Ardmore Flying School, Papakura
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Full-time
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Standalone qualification for international students: PPL theory (8 weeks), CPL theory (11 weeks), PPL practical (16 weeks) and CPL practical (26 weeks) on single- or multi-engine aircraft.
- Completion provides
- Level 5 Diploma in Aviation; graduates may be awarded a Multi-type rating; no education pathway to Level 6 in NZ from this programme
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- 17 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- 17 years or older to gain PPL
- Class 2 Medical (minimum)
- Competency in English
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Class 2 Medical (minimum)
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- 61 weeks + 4 weeks holiday (65 weeks)
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Stages
- PPL Theory (8 weeks)
- CPL Theory (11 weeks)
- PPL Practical (16 weeks)
- CPL Practical (26 weeks)
Examinations and assessments
- Air Law
- Navigation
- Aircraft Technical Knowledge
- Flight Radiotelephony
- Human Factors
- Meteorology
- English Proficiency Test
- Principles of Flight
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
Scope not established from the source.
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