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(2) The aeronautical knowledge areas in
which training is required for an instrument
rating that is appropriate to the aircraft category and class rating for the course which
applies.
4. Flight training. (a) Each approved course
must include at least 15 hours of flight training in the approved areas of operation of
paragraph (c) of this section appropriate to
the flight instructor rating for which the
course applies.
(b) For the use of full flight simulators or
flight training devices:
(1) The course may include training in a
full flight simulator or flight training device, provided it is representative of the aircraft for which the course is approved for,
meets requirements of this paragraph, and
the training is given by an instructor.
(2) Training in a full flight simulator that
meets the requirements of Section 141.41(a), may be
credited for a maximum of 10 percent of the
total flight training hour requirements of
the approved course, or of this section,
whichever is less.
(3) Training in a flight training device that
meets the requirements of Section 141.41(a), may be
credited for a maximum of 5 percent of the
total flight training hour requirements of
the approved course, or of this section,
whichever is less.
(4) Training in full flight simulators or
flight training devices described in paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section, if used in
combination, may be credited for a maximum of 10 percent of the total flight training hour requirements of the approved
course, or of this section, whichever is less.
However, credit for training in a flight training device that meets the requirements of
Section 141.41(b) cannot exceed the limitation provided for in paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
(c) An approved course for the flight instructor-instrument rating must include
flight training on the following approved
areas of operation that are appropriate to
the instrument-aircraft category and class
rating for which the course applies:
(1) Fundamentals of instructing;
(2) Technical subject areas;
(3) Preflight preparation;
(4) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be
performed in flight;
(5) Air traffic control clearances and procedures;
(6) Flight by reference to instruments;
(7) Navigation systems;
(8) Instrument approach procedures;
(9) Emergency operations; and
(10) Postflight procedures.
5. Stage checks and end-of-course tests. Each
student enrolled in a flight instructor instrument course must satisfactorily accomplish
the stage checks and end-of-course tests, in
accordance with the school-s approved training course, consisting of the approved areas
of operation listed in paragraph (c) of section

No. 4 of this appendix that are appropriate to
the flight instructor instrument rating (for
an airplane-, helicopter-, or powered-lift-instrument rating, as appropriate) for which
the course applies.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40909, July 30, 1997, as
amended by Docket FAA-2015-1846, Amdt.
141-18, 81 FR 21461, Apr. 12, 2016]

APPENDIX H TO PART 141 - GROUND
INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION COURSE
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes
the minimum curriculum for a ground instructor certification course and an additional ground instructor rating course, required under this part, for the following ratings:
(a) Ground Instructor - Basic.
(b) Ground Instructor - Advanced.
(c) Ground Instructor - Instrument.
2. Aeronautical knowledge training. (a) Each
approved course must include at least the
following ground training on the knowledge
areas listed in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e)
of this section, appropriate to the ground instructor rating for which the course applies:
(1) 20 hours of training if the course is for
an initial issuance of a ground instructor
certificate; or
(2) 10 hours of training if the course is for
an additional ground instructor rating.
(b) Ground training must include the following aeronautical knowledge areas:
(1) Learning process;
(2) Elements of effective teaching;
(3) Student evaluation and testing;
(4) Course development;
(5) Lesson planning; and
(6) Classroom training techniques.
(c) Ground training for a basic ground instructor certificate must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to a recreational and private pilot.
(d) Ground training for an advanced ground
instructor rating must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to a recreational, private, commercial, and airline
transport pilot.
(e) Ground training for an instrument
ground instructor rating must include the
aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to
an instrument rating.
(f) A student who satisfactorily completed
2 years of study on the principles of education at a college or university may be
credited with 10 hours of the training required in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
3. Stage checks and end-of-course tests. Each
student enrolled in a ground instructor
course must satisfactorily accomplish the
stage checks and end-of-course tests, in accordance with the school-s approved training
course, consisting of the approved knowledge
areas in paragraph (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section No. 2 of this appendix appropriate to the

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