AVAT20003 - Aeronautical Practice 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In Aeronautical Practice 3 you will consolidate your solo cross country navigation experience through the synthesis of theory and practice. Your flight training will be provided by an external flight training provider. You will be able to fly solo to a distant aerodrome, land and later return to your training aerodrome. Solo night flights will be conducted in the circuit area to enable you to meet the night solo requirements of the Command Instrument Rating. You will accumulate the minimum aeronautical experience requirements for the Private Pilot Licence. You will also develop analytical, communication and presentation skills to review your flight training. You will be required to attend residential school in order to satisfy part of the assessment.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: AVAT20002 Aeronautical Practice 2

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical Assessment 0%
2. Presentation 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was .00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.57% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: UC Observation
Feedback
Collaboration with the Academic Learning Centre regarding assignment and presentation standards has improved standards.
Recommendation
Collaboration is and will be further enhanced.
Action Taken
This was implemented and resulted in a positive outcome.
Source: UC observation
Feedback
Ongoing Covid-19 related flight training delays.
Recommendation
The delays will be eliminated during 2022.
Action Taken
This could only be partially achieved due to prolonged bad weather issues which delayed flight training again in 2022. Delays will be caught up in the first months of 2023.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Clearer Unit Requirements
Recommendation
Review and update the requirements.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: UC
Feedback
Flight training delays due to prolonged periods of bad weather.
Recommendation
Delays will be caught up in 2023.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Pilot an aeroplane solo under supervision on a navigation exercise to a distant aerodrome, land and return
  2. Pilot an aeroplane solo under supervision in the circuit area at night
  3. Analyse and reflect critically on your navigation and night flight training
  4. Synthesise aviation theory and flight practice relevant to navigation and night exercises
  5. Communicate effectively with aviation staff.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Practical Assessment
2 - Presentation
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Practical Assessment
2 - Presentation