Appendix H to Part 141 - Ground Instructor Certification Course
14:3.0.1.2.16.8.3.1.52 : Appendix H
Appendix H to Part 141 - Ground Instructor Certification Course
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes the minimum
curriculum for a ground instructor certification course and an
additional ground instructor rating course, required under this
part, for the following ratings:
(a) Ground Instructor - Basic.
(b) Ground Instructor - Advanced.
(c) Ground Instructor - Instrument.
2. Aeronautical knowledge training. (a) Each approved
course must include at least the following ground training on the
knowledge areas listed in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this
section, appropriate to the ground instructor rating for which the
course applies:
(1) 20 hours of training if the course is for an initial
issuance of a ground instructor certificate; or
(2) 10 hours of training if the course is for an additional
ground instructor rating.
(b) Ground training must include the following aeronautical
knowledge areas:
(1) Learning process;
(2) Elements of effective teaching;
(3) Student evaluation and testing;
(4) Course development;
(5) Lesson planning; and
(6) Classroom training techniques.
(c) Ground training for a basic ground instructor certificate
must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to a
recreational and private pilot.
(d) Ground training for an advanced ground instructor rating
must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to a
recreational, private, commercial, and airline transport pilot.
(e) Ground training for an instrument ground instructor rating
must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to an
instrument rating.
(f) A student who satisfactorily completed 2 years of study on
the principles of education at a college or university may be
credited with 10 hours of the training required in paragraph (a)(1)
of this section.
3. Stage checks and end-of-course tests. Each student
enrolled in a ground instructor course must satisfactorily
accomplish the stage checks and end-of-course tests, in accordance
with the school's approved training course, consisting of the
approved knowledge areas in paragraph (b), (c), (d), and (e) of
section No. 2 of this appendix appropriate to the ground instructor
rating for which the course applies.