Ratings and additional qualifications · Instructor training
NZ Diploma in Aviation (Flight Instruction) Level 6
Ardmore Flying School · Ardmore Flying School, Papakura, Papakura · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Ratings and additional qualifications
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- C Category Flight Instructor rating (New Zealand)
- 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
- Instructor Rating (C-Cat) course including the Instructional Techniques Course and the ATPL Human Factors exam; follows the Level 5 programme.
- Completion provides
- Level 6 Diploma; able to fly commercially as a C Category Flight Instructor under supervision of an A or B Category instructor
- 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
- 18 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- NZ Diploma in Aviation Level 5 completed
- Hold a NZ CPL
- Class 1 Medical
- Adapt Trainee Pilot pre-screening
- NCEA Level 2 or equivalent
- CAA fit and proper person
- Prior qualifications
- NZ Diploma in Aviation Level 5 and NZ CPL
- Required experience
- Minimum requirement of 150 hours as Pilot in Command
- Language requirements
- International students: IELTS 5.5 or higher with no subpart below 5.0, or equivalent
- Medical
- Hold an Aviation Class 1 Medical
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
- 24 weeks (approx 88 weeks combined with the 64-week Level 5 programme)
- Intake / booking
- Not published
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.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.