Available courses

VV Approach Departures

VVApproachDepartures™ is an Air Traffic Control trainer that provides skills pertaining to the processing of departing traffic that are that are complementary to those presented in the companion course, VVApproach™. Concepts are presented using an organised sequence of learning steps which explain the thought processes informing the required control decisions. Skills are practiced on targeted simulator exercises, with feedback provided automatically. As the culmination of the course requires the processing of both inbound and outbound aircraft, the course is most suitable as an extension of VVApproach™.


Administrator Resources

This module course manuals and other documentation. It also provides access to  short video demonstrations on:

  • Adding and editing students and teachers,
  • Creating cohorts and assigning students and teachers to them,
  • Assigning students and teachers to courses,
  • Tracking student activity,
  • Monitoring and exporting student performance information,
  • Deactivating students.

Getting Started

This is a short course describing the process to set up your computer and speech recognition system in preparation for running Visual Vectoring Simulation online.

Tasks include:

  • How to download and install the VV Simulator;
  • Setting up the Speech Recognition function for online use;
  • Training the speech Recognition function for best outcomes.



VV Enroute

 

VV Enroute™ is a Windows-based Air Traffic Control trainer that teaches basic skills in surveillance-based Enroute/Area control. The training program is structured in incremental learning steps that will enable students to lean to manage intense and challenging traffic scenarios in a realistic environment. It is ideal for deployment at the commencement of a radar (or surveillance) ATC course, and will reduce training times and failure rates - and their associated costs. Skills taught include:

 

  • Vectoring;
  • Conflict recognition and resolution;
  • Application of radar/surveillance separation;
  • Sequencing;
  • Interface usage;
  • Task management;
  • Prioritization;
  • Communications and phraseology;
  • Scanning.

 

VV Enroute™ provides many hours of challenging traffic scenarios on four platforms: Basic MAZE, Complex MAZE, GRID and DIAMOND. In the early scenarios the traffic complexity is selectable - aircraft may be added as the student becomes confident to handle them. Later scenarios present structured traffic flow which can be dynamically changed to add variety and to provide exposure to a wide range of configurations. A random traffic generator provides an immense variety of traffic flow for skills development.

The program includes a choice of regional airlines, to allow local preferences for aircraft callsigns to be selected in simulation. This enables familiarity with the telephony likely to be required for local traffic to be developed. Metric and imperial measures of distance, height and speed are available.

On all platforms traffic levels and complexity rise as progress is made through the simulator exercises. The portable and modular nature of the training package makes it suitable for delivery in a classroom or computer laboratory environment, or for learning in private. 

 

VV Approach

 

VV Approach™ is an Air Traffic Control training course that provides formative skills in Terminal Area (TMA) sequencing and traffic management. Skills taught include:

 

  • Vectoring;
  • Conflict recognition and resolution;
  • Application of radar/surveillance separation;
  • Application of wake turbulence separation;
  • Sequencing;
  • Interface usage;
  • Task management;
  • Prioritisation;
  • Communications and phraseology;
  • Scanning.

 

VV Approach™ is focused at teaching the efficient sequencing of aircraft for landing on a single runway. This is one of the most challenging roles in ATC and, as it determines the efficiency of the airport, is also one of the most important.

The program includes a choice of regional airlines, to allow local preferences for aircraft callsigns to be selected in simulation. This enables familiarity with the telephony likely to be required for local traffic to be developed. Metric and imperial measures of distance, height and speed are available.

On all platforms traffic levels and complexity rise as progress is made through the simulator exercises. The portable and modular nature of the training package makes it suitable for delivery in a classroom or computer laboratory environment, or for learning in private.  The training is self-paced.

VV Approach™ is ideal for students at the commencement of a radar (or surveillance) ATC course, particularly for those working in a busy TMA environment. It is also applicable for candidates transferring to such an environment from another discipline in ATC. 

 

 

VV Stack

VV Stack™ is a Windows-based Air Traffic Control trainer that teaches intermediate skills in holding and gate sequencing in a surveillance-based Enroute/Area control environment. It is ideal for deployment at the commencement of a radar (or surveillance) ATC course, and will reduce training times and failure rates - and their associated costs. Skills taught include:

  • Arrivals control;
  • Management of holding patterns;
  • Management of an inbound sequence based on
    • Defined parameters such as gate times or trail distances;
    • The use of an Arrivals Management (AMAN) system.
The course consists of 2 hours of training content and 12 hours of simulation.

VV CompSep

VV CompSep™ is a practical training program for Air Traffic Controllers and teaches the correct response to a Compromised Separation event, in which two aircraft under Surveillance Control have (or to be about to have) less than the required vertical or horizontal spacing. 

The VV CompSep™ course provides instruction on developing appropriate responses to CompSep events and with the use of the VV Simulator, much practice in applying these responses. Responses to other unusual events, such as PAN or HIJ calls are also tested.

Scenarios are presented as a series of conflicts without warning and providing the Controller with no opportunity for planning. Response must be immediate and accurate with the use of the correct phraseology. This scenario-based method provides an element of surprise, which is otherwise very hard to simulate. 

The VV CompSep™ course is ideal as refresher/recurrent training for licensed Air Traffic Controllers and for ATC trainees who will be working in a busy surveillance enviroment. 


VV Plus

VV Plus™ (Phraseology and Language in Unusual Situations) is a course that enables users to practice basic skills in speaking, listening to and interpreting English language in an Air Traffic Control (ATC) environment. Whilst it is designed as a language trainer, the modular nature of the courseware would make VV Plus suitable for use in refresher and recurrent training.

A focus is placed on the following areas:

  • Delivery of English ATC instructions from a stimulus phrase in a foreign langage;
  • Improvement of aviation vocabulary, including
    • Aircraft components;
    • Acronyms;
    • Synonyms;
    • Common terms and phrases.
  • Listening skills involving standard and non-standard phraseologies;
  • Listening and comprehension of phrases in English;
  • Interpretation of operational events in specific scenarios, including:
    • Inflight emergencies;
    • Traffic conflicts;
    • Course compliance;
    • Medical issues;
    • Equipment failure; and
    • Other unusual events