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Night Rating If you want to fly in the hours of darkness you will need to add a night qualification to your licence. This involves 10 hours of instrument flying and 5 hours of flying at night. You will practice night navigation techniques, in flight emergencies and how to deal with them, flight by sole reference to instruments, airfield night lighting and procedure and pre-flight decision making. Course Prerequisites Licence Held: PPL(H) Minimum Flying Hours: 100 hrs after licence issue which must include 60hrs Pilot in Command. 20hrs Cross Country. Course Duration: Must be complete within 6 months of starting. When is Night? It may seem like a silly question but there is a legal definition for aviation purposes, and that is half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.

The Flight Instructor Licence FI(R)(H) There is a shortage of Flight Instructors currently, so many commercial pilots train to be a flight instructor and get their first job teaching people to fly. The satisfaction of seeing a student’s enthusiasm as they learn to fly, coupled with knowing you are being paid to fly, is immense. Becoming a Flight Instructor is a challenge. The course begins with a pre-entry test to ascertain your flying abilities: after all, if you’re going to teach you need to have mastered the art of flying a helicopter. There are 125 hours of ground school and 35 hours of flight training. All of it is based around teaching a student to fly helicopters to gain their PPL(H). Good instructors understand how to make learning to fly safe and fun, bringing the classroom to the student, often 2500 feet in the air. The course is usually intense and held in small groups of 3 or 4. You will learn about the psychology of presenting information and how people learn. You will be taught how to measure how well a student is doing and what advice you can offer to help them achieve their dream of becoming a helicopter pilot. Throughout the course your instructor will be not only your teacher but a student to practice on, simulating a student pilot’s ability. You’ll be able to recognise common mistakes a student pilot makes, so you can correct them and teach them what works better. Giving lectures, briefing students and then taking them flying will become second nature as you learn to fly the helicopter and teach from the co-pilot's seat. Your final flight test will also be challenging as you brief your examiner and then teach the briefed exercise in the air. This will be followed by a number of further short impromptu lessons in the air, including an autorotational landing at the airfield. In the afternoon you’ll be asked to teach a range of subjects for four hours from the PPL syllabus, perhaps explaining cold fronts, how an altimeter works, rules of the air.......... If you would like further information about the FI (H) course and the other training available from Heliflight or, for our current price give our office a call and we will be happy to help.

Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL (H)) Imagine walking into an airport, hiring a helicopter and flying yourself and your friends to an hotel. You land in their grounds and walk into the restaurant. After a lovely meal you take off and fly home. You can turn this fantasy into reality with a Private Pilot's licence (PPL (H)). Getting a PPL for helicopter flying is a tremendous experience from your first flying lesson to getting your license at the end. The course is a combination of flying in the helicopter and learning about the theory of why helicopters fly and how to fly safely. There are nine practical subjects you need to study, each with a multiple choice exam that you have to pass to qualify. These subjects are Air law, Operational procedures, Meteorology, Human performance and limitations, Communications, Aircraft (general) and principles of flight, Navigation, Flight performance and planning. In addition you will need to pass a practical test on the correct phraseology to use when talking to Air Traffic Control (ATC) as you fly across the country. This is known as 'radiotelephony' and we have our own in-house instructor and examiner. Overall, the course is challenging and stimulating. You can study at home and make use of Heliflight’s ground school where we will teach you all you need to know and help you if you have any difficulties with particular aspects. To take your exams you will first need to set up a CAA customer portal. You will also need this for your medical,  The flying part of the course is exhilarating. Divided into 30 different exercises you will spend at least 45 hours in the air to gain your license. These excercises provide you with the skills you need to fly safely, anywhere in the world (subject to meeting any local licencing requirements). You’ll get a feel for how the helicopter handles when flying straight and level, turning, climbing and descending. And, as your training progresses, you’ll learn how to hover. It takes time. Co-ordinating all the controls to fly above the ground in one position is tricky to begin with, but, when you mastered it, you’ll just want to do it again and again. Once you are proficient in the hover you’ll also be taught to land and take off. Pretty soon you’ll be ready for a solo flight. This is one of those great experiences in life and every pilot remembers theirs. The day you pilot a helicopter with no-one else in the cockpit, perhaps flying a circuit around the airfield, be prepared to feel fantastic for a very long time: it’s that tremendous. You’ll spend at least ten hours of your course flying solo, often away from the airfield and eventually landing at others as you practice navigation. Towards the end of the course there is also a practical test on navigating cross-country. Finally you take a flight test, a day where you demonstrate all you’ve learnt to a friendly flight examiner. Heliflight has its own resident examiners. On successful completion of your flight test you apply for your licence and soon you’ll be a bone fide Helicopter pilot. You need to be 16 years old to fly solo and have to be 17 to apply for a license. You must also be reasonably healthy as you will need to pass a medical examination with a doctor recognised by the Civil Aviation Authority. There is a specialist Aviation Medical Centre at the airfield. If you would like further information about the PPL (H) course and the other training available from Heliflight We’ll be happy to help. Alternatively please call us.

If you are looking to get into teaching, or are currently working for an FE College, Independent Learning Provider or Local Authority, this is the course for you.

Facilitation Skills for Business Analysts - Communication and Problem Solving: On-Demand This course teaches the methods needed to organize and run information-gathering events. It combines the basics of graphic decision making and modeling with facilitation, communication, and meeting management skills. What You Will Learn Upon completion, participants will be able to: Define the solution scope Work with the development team in the systems testing stage Ensure the solution is usable in the business environment Foundation Concepts Defining the Business Analyst Function Role of the Business Analyst as Change Agent An Introduction to the BABOK® Guide Business Analyst Roles and Relationships through the Project Life Cycle Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring - Defining the Process Overview of Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring (BAP&M) BAP&M - Process and Tools BAP&M - Roles and Responsibilities BAP&M - Governance, Information Management & Performance Improvement Elicitation and Collaboration - Gathering and Confirming Information Overview of Elicitation and Collaboration Elicitation and Collaboration Techniques Requirements Life Cycle Management - Maintaining Requirements and Design Information Overview of Requirements Life Cycle Management Requirements Life Cycle Management Tasks - Details Strategy Analysis - Providing Context to Requirements Analysis and Design Definition Overview of Strategy Analysis Analyze Current State Define Future State Assess Risks Define Change Strategy Requirements Analysis and Design Definition - Defining Solution Options Overview of Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (RA&DD) The Anatomy of Requirements RA&DD Task Descriptions RA&DD Techniques Solution Evaluation - Assessing Solution Performance Overview of Solution Evaluation Solution Evaluation Tasks Solution Evaluation in Development Stages Underlying Competencies Overview of Underlying Competencies (UCs) Underlying Competencies - Details

An ESI Micro-Credential ESI’s Mastering Productivity micro-credential explores the importance of results and performance (as opposed to activity) for the sales professional today. This 12-week self-directed course explores how clarity-of-purpose and a focus on business outcomes can shorten sales cycles and remove impediments to performance. Get Certified. Get Promoted. Earn More. During the course, you will learn: the importance of time in Entrepreneurial Sales. how to manage the impact that different aspects of time have on closing a sale. what it means to be efficient. how to develop critical thinking and how to weed out ‘distractor tasks’ that do not contribute to achieving goals. how high-performance selling means that every sales activity has an expected result. what high performance really means. how to implement a results-focused approach to everything. Certification ESI’s Stackable Micro-Credentials Your personalised Continuous Professional Development solution Navigate your own journey through ESI at a time and pace that suits you.  Develop your skills and advance your career with milestone-based learning. Each micro-credential achievement builds to a more senior certification – ultimately leading to ESI’s flagship Professional Diploma. Your Career. Your Development. Your Way.

Expand your scope and become a Domestic LPG install/service/maintenance/breakdown engineer today! Or, renew your LPG qualifications for a great price whilst improving your skills & knowledge! This course is the ACS LPG Changeover, you will be asked if you require Initial or Renewal at check out.

Join me over the next 10 weeks to unlock your full potential. Overcoming your day-to-day challenges without procrastination, without losing determination and making better decisions to improve your life! Program Details Module 1 (2 weeks) ✔ Wheel of life ✔ Your learning style ✔ Daily practice tools ✔ How to love and accept yourself Module 2 (3 weeks) ✔ Be self-aware of your inner critic ✔ Connecting with your true self ✔ Crush self-doubt ✔ Transform your inner critic  Module 3 (3 weeks) ✔ Create more energy in your life ✔ Create balance and purpose ✔ Maximise productivity ✔ Create your self care plan  Module 4 (2 weeks) ✔ Build the courage to step up ✔ Playing big ✔ Empowering affirmations ✔ Create your vision and implement it After completing the 10-week group programme, you will: • Be more resilient • Meet your challenges with confidence • Achieve your goals with clarity • Truly SHINE and be your authentic self My session with Pinky allowed me the time to ‘think out loud’ all the factors that were in play and my feelings towards them. She then worked out the barriers I was experiencing and seamlessly worked through them with me. She then gave me tools to continue to work past those barriers with some very achievable goals! I instantly felt like I had a better perspective on this change and felt less chaotic in my thoughts. Thanks, Pinky! - Gemma (Edinburgh)

The GWO Sea Survival course is a one day course as either initial or refresher training.

The IMI Award in MOT Test Centre Management, has been developed with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to provide learners with the qualification, knowledge and skills necessary to manage MOT Vehicle Test Centres. What you will achieve Successful completion will give you a valuable academic qualification recognised by the DVSA that demonstrates your skill and knowledge necessary to successfully run and manage an MOT station on a day to day basis as well as fully understanding the DVSA’s legislative and compliance requirements. Cost of Course The cost of this course is £575.00 + VAT per candidate. Please contact us for further information. Course Overview The MOT Test Centre Manager Training course and assessment is normally ran over 2 1/2 days in total with the 1/2 day revision and online test often ran a few days after the initial training to allow candidates time to absorb the information. The main focus of the courses will teach you how to: manage the legislative and compliance knowledge required to manage an MOT test centre effectively encourage improvements in customer service develop and supervise staff with an MOT centre understand the MOT test centre quality systems and audits Assessment is by an open book online IMI test. Who Should Attend The MOT Test Centre Manager Training qualification is primarily developed for learners who wish to run an MOT Vehicle Test Station (VTS), or who will have direct responsibility for MOT operations at the VTS in the future. There are no formal entry qualifications for this course but learners MUST possess a good standard of written and spoken English as all MOT manuals, training and testing is conducted in English.