So the candidates are asked dquestions based on their knowledge about the content of a course that they haven’t attended yet? That seems like a very strange selection process. With 7 weekends and a full week of the course, over 6 months, there should be lots of time to cover any gaps in knowledge.
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Keep in mind it’s an instructors course. The whole idea is to further your knowledge and learn how to teach the material. So a knowledge check isn’t unreasonable as the expectation is that you have a good grasp of the subject matter already.
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I’ve always thought you should have a knowledge check before every course. It allows for the instructors to tailor instruction to the needs of the participants (there’s no point covering stuff that the candidates already know thoroughly and and gaps in their knowledge may be accounted for), and for higher levels it helps to guage if the candidate has sufficient preexisting knowledge to be suitable for such a high calibre course
Not exactly. Selection entailed surface-level questions on some of the key topics, but not all of them. Emphasis was placed on topics already taught in the classification syllabus, such as simple aerodynamics, and there was little pressure put on new topics such as air traffic. The one outlier was Air power, which i hadn’t been taught directly, but self study using the right doctrines can get you up to standard. The selection team aren’t looking for cadets that are already of QAI standard, but for those that have the right character to be able to be taught and to then teach cadets themselves.
Yes, but…they are looking for the best 40 cadets from the 40-50,000 in the Corps, so it massively helps your application if you are already at the top of your game.
Try 30000.
This isnt 2010…
26000 ATC cadets and 10000 CCF(RAF) cadets as of April 2022.
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Not all of whom are eligible on age grounds. And not all the eligible apply. It will be a significantly lower figure
Say an average of 10 cadets apply per wing, each wing can put forward 5.
30 per region put through in 6 regions; 180 cadets competing for 50 spaces across two courses (north and south).
Edit to add, this is back of fag packet maths and may be total Horlicks.
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Yes, however how many of those are eligible, and actually want to apply? When it reaches the actual QAIC board, its normally around 250.