03 March 2010

Language Proficiency Endorsement

ICAO Workshop, Rome

Leonard Boer

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Status of implementation

– General– Air Traffic Controlers– Pilots

• Types of Language Proficiency checks

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Status of implementation

– General

- LPE incorporated in Dutch regulation effective 5 March 2008

- Transitional period formally determined for 3 years

- Holders of PPL, CPL and ATPL with RT have received LPE 4 valid untill 5 March 2011 (‘grandfather rights’)

- Endorsement on licence

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Status of implementation

– Air Traffic Controllers

- Language proficiency for ATCO in compliance with EU-Directive 2006/23 (5 April 2006)

- Air Traffic Control The Netherlands (LVNL) is certified in compliance with national legislation

- Test done by special programme developped by RMIT (Australia)

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Status of implementation

– Pilots

- Language proficiency for pilots in compliance with JAR-FCL and ICAO

- Different variants of testing

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Variants of testing

– AOC Holder

– FTO/TRTO

– Language Assessment Body (LAB)

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Testing AOC Holder

– Language assessment during proficiency checkor

- other testing or trainingactivities

- Testing of language assessment by a special autorised examiner (e.g.TRE)

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Testing FTO/TRTO

– Approved by CAA-NL for language assessments

– Implemented in an approved quality system

– Assessment during testing or trainingactivities

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Language Assessment Body (LAB)

– In NL 7 approved Language Assessment Bodies

– Oversight programme under development

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Numbers of language proficiency tests

– ATCO 100%

– Pilots 100% (on grandfather rights)(actual testing in progress now)

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Language Proficiency Endorsement (NL)

• Difficulties implementation

– responsibilities– cost effective– introduction new licence– acceptance of foreign language proficiency endorsements