Instructor Rating Expiry Date and Revalidation Process
Before September, the CFI will receive a 'club instructor block revalidation form' from the BGA on which the CFI should list all instructors that he or she has revalidated, together with confirmation that the minimum revalidation requirements. The block revalidation date is the 30th September.
The completed form must be returned to the BGA as soon as possible (absolute latest by end December) to ensure that instructors are included on the BGA top up insurance policy.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INSTRUCTOR WISHING TO REVALIDATE HIS OR HER RATING TO PROVIDE THEIR CFI WITH EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE IN THE 12 MONTHS PREVIOUS TO THE REVALIDATION DATE - see BGA Laws and Rules.
Instructors who meet the revalidation requirement but for some reason are not added to the club instructor block revalidation form by their CFI may still revalidate through their CFI providing the necessary flying requirement is met. Revalidation in this case is recorded by submitting a BGA Instructor Form 2 . The revalidation expiry date will be the following 30th September.
New Instructors
Up to the end of the first year of instructing ONLY (1st Oct – 30th Sept), the new instructor must comply with the solo hours for the whole year, but they do not have to comply with the instructional hours requirement. In subsequent years, the normal revalidation requirements apply.
Renewing Lapsed Ratings
If they wish to continue instructing, Basic, Assistant & Fully Rated Instructors who have not met the full revalidation requirement must, at the request of their CFI and subject to meeting the required experience requirements, be renewed by a BGA Examiner (or in the case of BI, additionally by a BI Coach). The revalidation date will be the following 30th September.
Renewal in this case is applied for on a BGA Instructor Form 2.
Revalidating/Renewing a BGA MGIR Rating
The BGA MGIR is not a stand-alone rating but has a revalidation/renewal requirement. For more information please check the motor gliding section.
Applicability of BGA MGIR Instructing Hours to Gliding Instructor Rating Requirements
With the agreement of the SRE, 5 hours of relevent SLMG instructing may count towards the toal required instructional hours in the Revalidation/Renewal Requirements table below.
Instructor 'Year'
In addition to the above requirements, all Full and Assistant rated instructors are required by BGA Laws and Rules to carry out a refesher course at intervals not exceeding 5 years and a CFI's standardisation check at intervals not exceeding 3 years. An Instructor having successfully completed an instructor rating issue (Basic, Assistant or Full Rating) shall be deemed to be in year 1 of the 5 year cycle.
The Year 5 refresher training is conducted either by a Regional Examiner, approved CFI or approved Senior Instructor. On completion of the Year 5 refresher, and following notification to the BGA office using a BGA instructor form 3, the instructor shall be deemed to be Year 1 for the following instructional year.
Obtaining approval to run Year 5 refresher courses shall be part of the renewal requirements for instructors holding the CFI endorsement. CFI's should seek the advice of their SRE or the National Coach.
The BGA recommends that on completion of the 3 or 5 year requirement, the testing CFI or examiner signs and dates an entry in the instructors logbook, as well as in the case of a 5 year refresher course completing the BGA instructor form 3.
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