492 (Solihull) Squadron ATC | Air Cadets | Training Syllabus

Training Areas

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Aviation Subjects.
This academic study area is mandatory but at First Class cadet level general service subjects are included.
The aim is to provide a basic knowledge of aviation matters and encourage more advanced study. Each subject has its own ACP volume which contains specialist material.

Project Training.
At the First Class cadet stage and above, practical projects enhance academic study to stimulate interest and clarify theory. Project training is compulsory and cadets are not to be entered for the written examinations in aviation subjects of each stage until a minimum of 25 hours working on one or more practical projects has been completed. The scope and nature of these projects will vary with the instructional and financial ability of individual sqns but many low cost projects are possible. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Handbook lists nearly 250 projects in the Skills Section, many of which are suitable for the ATC.

Aeromodelling Projects:
Build and Fly Model Aircraft

	Extra Mural Training. Many activities may be undertaken away from the sqn headquarters as part of the official syllabus of training. Care must be taken that all activities are officially authorised at the correct level according to the list at Annex B. Outdoor exercises and adventurous training may require special supervision and qualifications of staff; ACTI No 61 should be consulted and followed when organising them. Similarly, flying and gliding requires particular care in selecting cadets and organising attendance; ACTIs No 31 through to 36 are relevant for their organisation.
Unauthorised Activities. Activities not included in this list may be approved by HQAC on an occasional or one off basis but, unless this approval as an official activity is received, organisers must treat such activities as private events without the benefit of MOD support or the coverage of the ATC insurance scheme. Organisers of these non-official activities must bear full responsibility for the participation of cadets in these private ventures and must brief all participants that public equipment and finance is not to be used. They must also notify participants over 18 years of age and persons with parental responsibility for participants under 18 years of age of the status of the event using the format of Annex D and receive the completed responses with the relevant signatures before including participants in the event.
		Citizenship Training. This training area should help to raise the status of ATC units in their local community by a positive contribution by cadets and should give cadets an awareness of community problems.
*NOTE*: Do not get confused between the Cadet RANK and CLASSIFICATION (Training) structures. They are mostly independent from each other. Download the ATC Syllabus A4 poster.. here "Training Areas" (2003). Retrieved 05 March 2004 from The Air Cadet organisation Website Web site: http://www.aircadets.org/atc_syllabus_trgareas.html © ACO Crown Copyright 2003 and © Deltaweb International Ltd 2003