Canadian Aviation Regulations

402.03 (1) Subject to section 6.71 of the Act and subsections (3) and (4), the Minister shall, on receipt of an application submitted in the form and manner specified in the personnel licensing standards, issue an air traffic controller licence or endorse the applicant’s air traffic controller licence with a rating where the applicant provides documentation to the Minister that establishes

• (a) the applicant’s citizenship; and

• (b) that the applicant meets the applicable requirements set out in the personnel licensing standards in respect of

  • (i) minimum age,

  • (ii) medical fitness,

  • (iii) knowledge, and

  • (iv) experience.

  • (v) [Repealed, SOR/2008-122, s. 2]

(1.1) An application shall also include

• (a) one photograph of the applicant that meets the requirements of subsection 422.03(3) of the personnel licensing standards; and

• (b) documentation establishing that the applicant demonstrated, by means of an evaluation, their ability to speak and understand English, or both English and French, at the operational or expert level in accordance with the language proficiency scale set out in the table to subsection 422.03(4) of the personnel licensing standards.

(2) The Minister may specify in an air traffic controller licence any condition in respect of the exercise of the privileges of the licence or the privileges of a rating endorsed on the licence, if the condition is required to ensure aviation safety, including any condition in respect of

• (a) the training of the licence holder;

• (b) the supervision of the licence holder;

• (c) the equipment that the licence holder may use; or

• (d) the operational location at which the licence holder may exercise the privileges of the holder’s air traffic controller licence.

(3) Where air traffic control services are provided at an operational location in English only, the Minister shall not endorse an air traffic controller licence with a rating for that operational location unless the applicant has passed an examination that demonstrates that the applicant is sufficiently competent in the use of that language to be able to engage in two-way radiocommunication involving the exchange of safety and control messages.

(4) Where air traffic control services are provided at an operational location in both official languages, the Minister shall not endorse an air traffic controller licence with a rating for that operational location unless the applicant has passed an examination that demonstrates that the applicant is sufficiently competent in the use of both official languages to be able to engage in two-way radiocommunication involving the exchange of safety and control messages.