S.L. 499.9 Art. 63BUnit endorsements and conditions for maintainingratings and endorsements.

(1) An air traffic controller shall hold a unit endorsement entered on and forming part of his licence, indicating the ICAO

location indicator and the sectors and, or working positions where he is competent to work.

(2) (a) Unit endorsements shall be valid for an initial period of twelve months, and shall be extended for the following twelve months if the air navigation service provider demonstrates that:

(i) the applicant has been exercising the privileges of the licence for a minimum number of hours, as indicated in the approved unit competence scheme, throughout the previous twelve months;

(ii) the applicant’s competence has been assessed in accordance with Schedule 9; and

(iii) the applicant holds a valid medical certificate.

(b) The minimum number of working hours, leaving aside instruction tasks, required to maintain the validity of the unit endorsement may be reduced by the Director General for on-the-job training instructors in proportion to the time spent in the instruction of trainees on the working positions for which the extension is applied.

(3) Where unit endorsements cease to be valid, a unit training plan must be successfully completed so as to revalidate the endorsement.

(4) The holder of a rating or rating endorsement who has not been providing air traffic control services associated with the rating or rating endorsement for any period of four consecutive years may only commence unit training in that rating or rating endorsement after appropriate assessment as to whether such holder continues to satisfy the conditions of that rating or rating endorsement, and after satisfying any training requirements that result from this assessment.

(5) The language proficiency of an applicant shall be formally evaluated at regular intervals, except in the case of applicants who have demonstrated proficiency level 6. This interval shall be no longer than three years for applicants who demonstrate proficiency level 4 and no longer than six years for applicants who demonstrate procificiency level 5.

(6) The instructor endorsement shall be valid for a renewable period of thirty-six months.