This briefing is created to help candidates understand the purpose of
this exam.
Before applying for this exam, you shall meet the following
requirements:
The theoretical and practical exam can be requested by directly
accessing your exam status page.
The exam has two parts which shall be successfully validated in this
order:
Requests for practical exams are only possible for members of active
divisions. Members of inactive divisions will have to change to an
active division in order to get higher ratings (R&R 4.6.2.1)
Once your exam has been registered, the examiner will contact you via
your e-mail address given on your details page. Before requesting for
the exam, check that this e-mail address is valid since it is the only
way for the examiner to get in touch with you.
We recommend you to do a practical training in your division prior to
applying for this exam.
All theoretical exams consist of 20 randomly selected multiple-choice
questions (MCQ).
The theoretical questions are mainly extracted from our training
documentation and software manual.
All questions are based on ICAO/EU-OPS Rules and Regulations if not
stated otherwise in the question.
Note that you can submit your answers as often as you want during the 45
minutes of the exam. Only the last submission will be taken into
account. We greatly recommend you submit your examination paper on a
regular basis in order to avoid to be marked 0 if you are disconnected
or if you exceed the 45 minutes limit.
After your successful theoretical exam, you can apply for the practical
part of the exam without delay.
Warning: Our system does not allow the resetting of theoretical exams,
as in this case the same exam will appear again. Consequently, the
Training department will always refuse to reset unfilled or timed out
exams. In order to shorten the time for applying again, members should
save their answers on a regular basis so as to avoid the exam being
marked 0 if a disconnection or a time out occurs.
The ACC exam is a series of tasks to appreciate your ATC theoretical
knowledge and controlling skills. The practical exam is done only at the
division level.
Note that these are our minimum standards. Your local division may have
set additional requirements that should be published on its web site.
The training material is available on the IVAO website following these
links below:
You shall only use one IVAO ATC client approved by the HQ training
department for the exam. A list of such approved software can be found
here: Approved software for
exams.
The examiner will check your ability to correctly use the main functions
of the software, mainly:
Your ATIS must always contain the following remark: "Exam in progress --
no unauthorised Emergencies".
You must connect to the network using the requested position only using
the ICAO_POS format (eg. DAAA_CTR).
The examiner should connect to the network using X suffix to the
examined position (eg. DAAA_X_CTR)
During active practical exams no Emergency (MAYDAY) or Urgency (PAN)
situations may be initiated by any participating pilot unless
specifically requested by the examiner.
Declaring any unrequested Emergency, PAN or squawking 7700 or 7600 will
lead to a forced disconnection by the examiner or any supervisor.
We strongly recommend voice communication for the exam. We do not
recommend a "text-text" or "text-voice" communication method due to the
increased level of difficulty and incompatibilities with certain tasks.
Should a member be unable to use voice or the voice/text method due to a
medical disability or a poor network connection, please contact the HQ
Training Department before requesting the exam in order to establish an
individual procedure.
During the practical exam, the examiner shall question you about
theoretical knowledge:
Note: Emergencies and/or radio-communication failures during the Exam
will ONLY be done on request of the examiner
management)
marking
The examiner will score separately all required tasks (including both
theoretical questions and practical exercises) on a dedicated marking
sheet.
Each score will reflect the exactness and range of your knowledge (for
theoretical data) and your ability to accurately execute the exercises
(and your performance in doing so).
The maximum score is 100 points. The pass mark is 75/100.
In all cases, your examiner will give you the detailed results during
the debriefing, so as you can identify your errors and correct them in
case the exam is failed.
Some special situations may result in an automatic exam failure (maximum
score = 51/100):
NOTE: The score for these exams shall be 51/100 or less depending on the
total result of the exam. This does not mean that the exam is not
continued until finished.
An exam is considered as failed and the practical part will stop
immediately or will not be performed if:
If the examinee fails to arrive for the exam at the time organised, the
examiner should wait for 15 minutes. After that period, the examiner can
log off the network. The examinee then has 48 hours to provide a valid
reason for the failure to attend by email. If no email is received in
time the exam will be marked as failed.
Should a PC crash occur which is out of the applicant's control, the
exam will have to start again or will be delayed to take place on
another day, the decision being up to the examiner.
After evaluation, your examiner will send his evaluation to the training
director who will assign a validator.
The validator will verify the marking based on the comments and marking
sheet of the examiner.
If your exam is validated as a success your rating will be updated at
1200z the following day.
The validation process needs a validation delay estimated from one day
minimum to an average maximum of one week.
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