Teaching and Learning Course for SFI/TRI

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Start date: 20/01/2025
End date: 22/01/2025
Venue: Via Zoom
Price(no VAT is added): 1349 €
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Course overview

Become a Type Rating Instructor (SFI/TRI) with Our EASA-Compliant Teaching and Learning Course

NaviMinds offers a comprehensive 3-day instructor training course specifically designed for pilots aiming to obtain an instructor rating. 

Delivered over 25 hours, this SFI/TRI course equips you with essential tools for your future role as a Type Rating Instructor or Synthetic Flight Instructor.

We design our course to create powerful learning experiences, focusing on practical tools you can apply in your instructional career. We emphasize the critical role of human factors and Crew Resource Management in safety awareness, and threat and error management.

The course covers various topics, including human factors in a multi-crew cockpit, the learning and teaching process and training philosophies. We blend theoretical knowledge with practical application, making it relevant in classroom, flight simulation devices, and other training venues. 

This teaching and learning course includes instruction on questioning techniques, the instructor’s role, instruction techniques, student evaluation and testing, performance assessment, and TEM.

Our training includes numerous case studies and real-life scenarios, bridging theory with practical instructor tasks. This ensures that you are well-prepared for the challenges of the role.

Download the course programme (PDF)

Our philosophy, “Training for Pilots – By Pilots,” guides you through the EASA-required topics with the expertise of our experienced current or former SFIs/TRIs. This guarantees an exciting and motivating learning experience tailored to your needs as a future instructor.

Included in the course:

Pamphlet with highlights from the course

Numerous role plays and exercises designed by NaviMinds 

Light breakfast, lunch, fresh fruit, and refreshments on all days (vegetarian, vegan or other dietary requests are catered for) 

EASA-compliant certification upon successful completion of the course

Experienced and EASA-compliant flight crew and/or cabin crew CRM Trainers 

Free access to Tivoli on course days (after the course studying and while opening hours)

What you'll learn:

Recognise the role and responsibilities of being an instructor

Practice creating a motivating learning environment

Design and structure training sessions

Apply different teaching methods depending on trainees’ background and experience level

Comprehend the impact of human factors in flight operation

Provide effective pre-flight briefings and debriefings

Course program

Day 1

  • Welcome and introduction
  • The instructor’s role
  • Attitudes – skills – knowledge
  • The learning process
  • Learning styles and Obstacles to learning
  • Memory and it’s application
  • Stress and reactions to stress
  • How we learn
  • The teaching process – facilitation and instruction
  • Training philosophies
  • Short student presentations
  • Questioning techniques
  • Techniques of applied instruction
  • Theoretical knowledge – classroom instruction techniques
  • Group work
  • Lesson planning
  • The elements of a lesson plan
  • Summary

Day 2

  • Communication
  • Behaviors and attitudes
  • Student presentations
  • Debriefings
  • Training program development
  • Individual briefings, pre-flight briefings
  • Role-plays
  • Student evaluation and testing
  • Feedback techniques non-technical skills
  • Summary

Day 3

  • Diagnosing and evaluating
  • Assessment of student performance
  • Analysis of student errors, video clip
  • Evaluating and grades, video clip
  • Role-play
  • Video case studies
  • Debriefings in practice – role-plays
  • Human performance and limitations relevant to flight instruction, student’s flight briefings, role-plays
  • Flight airborne instruction techniques, student’s flight briefings, role-plays
  • Threat and error management, hazards involved in simulating system failures and malfunctions in the
    airplane during flight
  • Summary, course dispersal

FAQ

 

To comply with EASA regulations as stated in (FCL.905.TRI), an applicant for an initial TRI certificate shall:

(a) hold a CPL, MPL or ATPL for the applicable aircraft category in which flight instruction is to be given

  • Completed at least 1500 hours flight time as a pilot of a multi-pilot aircraft
  • Completed within the 12 months preceding the application at least 30 route sectors, including take-offs and landings as pilot in command or co-pilot on the applicable aircraft type he/she will instruct, of which not more than 15 sectors may be completed in a flight simulator.

 

To become a TRI or SFI, you must gain adequate training in teaching and learning processes, flight and synthetic flight instruction.

A TRI training course shall include:

(1) At least 25 hours of teaching and learning;

(2) 10 hours of technical training related to the applicable aircraft type, including revision of technical knowledge, the preparation of lesson plans and the development of classroom/simulator instructional skills;

(3) 5 hours of flight instruction for single-pilot aircraft or 10 hours for multi-pilot aircraft on the applicable aircraft type or an FFS representing that type.

(4) Additional training when instructional privileges are sought in accordance with FCL.905.TRI (b)(4), (c)(1) or (c)(2).

NaviMinds does not offer the simulator training needed for issuing SFI/TRI licenses – we only run the theoretical part. The teaching and learning part of the course shall be completed first and may be completed separately from the other parts of the course at a different ATO.

According to EASA:

“Training should be both theoretical and practical. Practical elements should include the development of specific instructor skills, particularly in the area of teaching and assessing threat and error management and CRM.”

– EASA AMC1.FCL.920

Our course fully complies with regulatory requirements. 

The requirement for a TRI (or SFI) is a 25-hour course in Teaching and Learning.

To qualify as an SFI/TRI, you must complete at least 25 hours of teaching and learning. Our Teaching and Learning course for SFI/TRI courses fully complies with all EASA requirements, and a certificate reflecting the EASA syllabus will be issued upon completion.

We operate under the ATO of Copenhagen AirTaxi A/S.

  • Physical Classroom: € 1,399 per person (VAT exempt)
  • Virtual Classroom: € 1,399 per person (VAT exempt)

 

Our Teaching and Learning courses are held in our training facility in Copenhagen, Denmark or conducted as virtual classroom training.

We offer a discount on the listed prices when two or more participants from the same company enroll.

Note: When booking a course through our website, only 10% of the course fee will be charged upfront. After we receive your booking order, we will send you an invoice for the remaining balance.

Option 1: Reserve your seat by paying a 10% deposit upon booking. We will send an invoice for the remaining balance approximately two weeks before the course begins.

Option 2: Secure your spot by paying the full amount upfront using Visa, Visa Electron, Maestro, or Mastercard.

Option 3: If you prefer to pay via invoice, please contact us to reserve your seat.

Let us know your preferred payment method, and we make sure to find a solution.

NaviMinds is the market’s leading provider of crew resource management (CRM) and human factors training. Since 1987, we have partnered with airlines and aviation organizations worldwide, ensuring that our facilitators bring extensive experience and expertise.

We are proud recipients of numerous prestigious awards, including “Most Innovative Training Provider,” “Best Human Factors Consulting Firm,” and “Best Crew Resource Management Training Provider” for multiple years. 

Our guiding philosophy is:

“Training for pilots – by pilots”

This ensures that you are guided through EASA-required topics by one of our current or former SFIs or TRIs. 

Our courses combine theoretical and practical elements, providing you with the know-how to understand and effectively apply teaching and learning strategies in the classroom and various aviation environments, including flight simulation devices and other training venues.

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Anne Sølvsteen

CEO & Founder

Anne’s career began as a Cabin Attendant in 1987. She became a Flight Instructor in 1994 and later served as a First Officer at Maersk Air and Sterling Airlines. Anne also served as a Simulator Flight Instructor and was Captain on the 737 fleet at Primera Air A/S. She also held the positions of Deputy Safety Officer and Chief of Human Factors Training.

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