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  • Adam Farquharson 17
  • Oliver Rhodes 16
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  • George Wright 3
  • Fraser Cooper 3
  • Kieran Hardern 3
  • Nathan Donnelly 2
  • Sebastian Rekdal 2
  • Fergus Walsh 2
  • Chris Pawley 2
  • Jack Edwards 2
  • Will Jennings 2
  • Craig Stewart 1
  • Simon Irvine 1
  • Kye Taylor 1
  • Reece Buckley 1

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ATC Training

2023 - A Year in Review

As 2023 leaves us and we bid a fond greeting to 2024, many will be undertaking a period of reflection and, as is tradition, we'll take a quick look back at ATC Training over the year. Before that, an extraordinary thanks needs to be given to all of our mentors, examiners, instructors and ATC training staff that make everything that we do possible. Mentoring controllers is hard work. Our mentors take people who have likely never, ever worked with, in or near Air Traffic Management before and
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ATC Training - Review and Appointment

Good afternoon, all, I'm tremendously pleased to have been appointed as ATC Training Director and look forward to working with you all to improve the provision of ATC Training across the division. To those of you that have sent congratulatory messages; thank you - I appreciate them greatly. I realise that recent staff changes have caused some turbulence in the division, including within ATC Training and my thanks go to Kieran and the wider DSG for ensuring the smooth running of the departme
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Merry Christmas from ATC & Pilot Training

Merry Christmas from the Training Departments! We're entering that time of year where many of us have a little less time to spend online and as such you'll see less mentoring and a slower response time to tickets. From today (18th December) to Monday 8th January, students in both Pilot and ATC Training programmes are not required to have a session request or availability in the system. This includes those forwarded for exams, who should expect their exam to be conducted in January.  Be
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ATC Training Update June 2023 + OBS-S1 Changes

Hi everyone, This post is an update on the changes and achievements of ATC Training from the past few months. Firstly, welcome to @Stephen Lee(NC Lead Mentor) and @Will Hinshaw(TWR Lead Mentor) who have joined the ATC Training team. Stephen and Will have both been active members of the community and huge contributors to ATC Training as mentors in recent months and years and it’s been a breath of fresh air to have some new inputs and new faces around the staff team for the last month or
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Minor Changes to Heathrow Endorsements

Hello everyone, A couple of changes I wanted to bring to your attention regarding Heathrow endorsements.   Recency Requirements for Endorsement eligibility The reason behind the change to these requirements is to conform with division-wide recency for training places while also promoting Heathrow recency before progressing to the next endorsement stage.  To be eligible for a training place, you need to meet the following criteria. EGLL GMC Endorsement - At least 12
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Heathrow TGI Appointment

I'm happy to announce that @Fraser Cooperhas been appointed as the Heathrow TGI. Fraser brings with him a wealth of experience of multiple ATC Training roles (and other staff positions) both in the UK and throughout other divisions on the network. Over the last few days Fraser has been picking things up from Nathaniel and he will soon be up to speed with Heathrow. I'm excited to see what changes Fraser's appointment will bring to Heathrow. Welcome to the team Fraser!  
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Heathrow TGI Vacancy

Following Nathaniel's resignation, we begin the recruitment process for a new Heathrow TGI. The role The Training Department is responsible for developing and implementing training schemes for the award of VATSIM controller ratings. We are looking for someone to join our existing team to help us continue to deliver high quality training and a great standard of Heathrow controllers. Role Description Have overall responsibility for training within the Heathrow TG; Select
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TG TWR and TG NC Vacancies

The ATC Training department is recruiting for S2+ rated members to join our team in various roles. The role(s) The Training Department is responsible for developing and implementing training schemes for the award of VATSIM controller ratings. We are looking for members to join and work closely with our existing team to help us continue to deliver high quality training to our students and to improve the efficiency of training. On a day to day basis, depending on the strengths of the a
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ATC Training Staff Changes

Hi all, @Reece Buckley and @Nathaniel Leff are both leaving their roles within ATC Training. Reece has been an integral part of the team in the recent months in which he has been managing approach training as the only TGI. Nathaniel leaves us after multiple years running Heathrow training as he acclimatises to a career change. I wish both of you all the best in any future endeavours and look forward to seeing you around on the network. Nathaniel will be sticking around while we search
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Resignation

Hi all, After almost 2 years in the staff team I have decided to step down as Approach TGI. I started in the New Controller TG alongside @Kye Taylor and @James Taylor (They are brothers) where we worked well and achieved lots together. I then moved to the Approach TG in March 2022 where I ran the training group on my own for circa 9 months. Despite being told there would be another TGI to support me in the near future I continued on my own until January 2023 when @William Jennings and
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ATC Training 2022 Q4 + Year Review

There was generally some good feedback from publishing the quarterly stats when I did so last month. If this type of thing is something that you would like to see continue then please keep letting us know (by liking or commenting on this post or reaching out to me another way). Exams Incomplete exams are excluded for clarity: S1 - 26 exams, 23 passed, 3 failed. This is a 62% increase in the number of exams conducted and a 11% decrease in the pass rate. S2 - 5 exams, 5 passed, 0 failed
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ATC Training Staff Changes

Hi all, As I'm sure many of you have seen, there have been some staff changes within the ATC Training Department in the last month. @Kye Taylor has stepped down from his role in the Tower Training Group (resignation post). Kye, I know I've said this privately but I'll extend the message (even more) publicly, you've had a huge effect on the training and experience on the network of hundreds of members. The difference you've made during a difficult time cannot be understated, thank you!
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Waiting List Changes

Currently, all ATC Training Waiting Lists are ordered by list join date. Members on a list do not need to remain eligible for a training place while on the list. This means members on a waiting list who leave the network for a long period of time are returning at the top of a waiting list ahead of the members who have remained active within the division. In order to make the waiting lists fair for all members, from 21st December 2022, all members on the S2, S3 and C1 waiting lists will have
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Changes to C3 Requirements

With the ever increasing demand for ATC Training in the UK and a relatively stable level of mentoring, we need mentors now more than ever. With this we have decided to add a fixed requirement for a member to have mentored in order to be eligible for a C3. We also acknowledge that many members contribute to our division in different ways and wanted to continue to represent that with the new requirements. The policy has been included below and is effective immediately. This policy has be
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Training Department Vacancies [TG APP, DI, TDA]

The Training Department is now recruiting for 3 roles: Approach TG Instructor; Division Instructor; Training Department Assistant. Training Group Instructor role description: Have overall responsibility for training within their designated group; Select and train new mentors; Maintain training standards in their designated group (inc. by ‘sitting in’ on mentoring sessions & exams); Organise group seminars as appropriate; Issue
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Q3 2022 Review

Hi all, Last quarter there seemed to be some demand for ATC Training exam stats. We collect this information already for the region report which few people tend to see so I've decided to publish them in this post where more of you who are interested will be likely to see. Incomplete exams are excluded from the stats below: Exams S1: 16 exams, 16 passes S2: 6 exams, 6 passes S3: 2 exams, 2 passes C1: 0 exams, 0 passes Endorsements EGLL: 3
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Shanwick Oceanic Training and new Moodle Course​ ⭐​

Following completion of a brand new moodle course, I am pleased to announce that training for Shanwick Oceanic has been refreshed and split into two segments: Self study/theory phase, including an online moodle course and theory exam (pass mark 90%), followed by; Practical training. There is no specific practical assessment for Shanwick training, mentors will issue the endorsement once competency is achieved. Shanwick Oceanic training is available to home and visiting membe
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ATC Training Staff Changes

Hi all, @Matthew Dean is leaving his role as Tower TG Instructor. With his personal circumstances changing he hasn’t been able to commit the time to the role that he’d have liked to and because of this has decided that it is time to step back from his VATSIM staff duties. I’d like to thank Matthew for his time and wish him all the best for the future. We have appointed @Daniel Blanco to join Kye in the Tower Training Group and Harry S who will be taking the role of Enroute TG Instructo
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Training Place Eligibility Update

Our new theory exam requirement for training places has been live for  a couple of weeks now!  I would like to provide some extra detail on how this is implemented practically: ⚠️ - Whether you have passed the required theory exam is not currently tracked by the "My Waiting List" eligibility checker on the VATSIM UK Website. ⚠️ - If you meet all the other criteria for a training place other than passing the theory exam, the eligibility checker will still show you as eligible, but
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CTS Theory Exam and Training Place Eligibility Changes

Hi everyone, As mentioned in my recruitment post, in the past couple of months I’ve been looking at what quick changes can be made in order to improve ATC Training. My main focus is maximising the use of mentors time - feedback from mentors suggests that they spend a lot of time teaching theory that is already available through other resources (Moodle, Syllabus, vMATS etc.). Explaining the practical application of theoretical concepts is an important part of the role of a mentor and we want
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ATC Training Staff Changes

Hi everyone, Following our recent recruitment I'm happy to announce that @John Batten has accepted my offer to take up the New Controller Training Group Instructor role. I look forward to working with John in developing the existing training system and improving the experience that new members get when signing up for ATC Training in our division. Unfortunately we are also saying goodbye to some other members of our team. @Fergus Walsh (Heathrow TG Instructor), @William Jennings (APP TG
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[Vacancy] New Controller Training Group Instructor

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that we are recruiting for a New Controller Training Group Instructor. This role will see you join with the current team in managing and developing training in the OBS-S1, Gatwick ground endorsement  AFIS/AGCS endorsement training programme. General responsibilities in the New Controller Training Group: ●    Have overall responsibility for training within their designated group; ●    Select and train new mentors; ●    Maintain training standard
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TG Tower Staff Changes

Hi all, Firstly I’d like to thank everyone for the kind messages following the announcement of my appointment as ATC Training Director. Having moved roles this left a space in the TWR team which a couple of people quickly expressed their interest in. Following a few discussions we have decided to appoint @Kye Taylor to the role.  Kye joined the Training Department 15 months ago as a New Controller TG Instructor. Having been involved in many projects including the development of th
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ATC Training Update

Hi everyone, Firstly, I hope everyone enjoyed CTP! It seems like the event was a gleaming success, and it certainly was enjoyable from the controlling side! I just wanted to update you on a few remaining projects we hope to launch by the end of the year. C1 Moodle Course This is the final course to be released before having an entire library of eLearning courses for our S1, S2, S3 and C1 training programmes. We recently finished the content creation for this course, and it will
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[STAFF CHANGES] Tower TG Staff Changes

Hi all, In light of the recent interviews that have been conducted for a new Tower TGI, I am delighted to announce that @Matthew Dean will be joining the training team in this position. Matthew is extremely keen to continue our venture towards a structured initial training plan, and shared some great ideas with the team during his interview. With him, Matthew brings a wealth of real-world experience including currently undergoing training in the real-world ATC environment which, as we
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