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knowledge and/or skill area, required of the relevant air traffic services licence holder.

                                                                                 Note: An individual is either competent or
                                                                            not.
Currency                                                                    Satisfactory completion of relevant written examinations and performance assessment within the time frame specified.
Current, for an aviation English language proficiency (Part 65) assessment  See Section 13.03.
Endorsement                                                                 An authorisation associated with a rating, and forming part thereof, which defines the location and discrete function at and/or for which a specified service may be performed by its holder.
Fatigue                                                                     See Section 14.01.
FS Licence                                                                  A licence issued as authority to act in a licensed flight service function.
Functional group                                                            A group of one or more sectors and/or work stations that provide an array of air traffic services identified by the ATS provider as requiring a common core of knowledge and skills.
Like type endorsement                                                       An endorsement defined by the ATS provider, which has attributes and requirements sufficiently similar to other within the functional group to be suited to generic recency requirements of familiarisation, training and assessment.
Manual of Standards                                                         The CASA manual which prescribes operational and technical standards pertaining to the licensing, and training for licensing, of air traffic service personnel.
Part 65 language assessor                                                   See Section 13.01.
Proficiency                                                                 The assessed level of ability to carry out the functions of an Endorsement as measured against the minimum prescribed standard in a formal performance assessment.

                                                                                 Note: Individuals are variously proficient.
Qualification                                                               An authorisation associated with a licence, and forming part thereof, which defines a specified ancillary activity for which the holder is authorised.
Rating                                                                      An authorisation entered on or associated with a licence and forming part thereof, stating special conditions, privileges or limitations pertaining to such a licence.
Recency                                                                     The on-going practical application of a function for a required minimum period within the time frame specified.
Recommended practice                                                        Any specification of uniform application recognised as desirable for the safety of air navigation, and including any means proposed by a regulator to put that specification into effect.
Rule                                                                        A direction prescribed by a service provider to satisfy maintenance of and compliance with a standard.
Sector                                                                      A volume of airspace defined for the purpose of providing an air traffic service.
Standard                                                                    Any specification of uniform application recognised as necessary for the safety of air navigation, and including any direction prescribed by a regulator to ensure conformity with that specification.

Chapter 2:  Authority to Act in Air Traffic Control

Section 2.1:  General

2.1.1                     Standards

2.1.1.1                This chapter contains standards establishing 'authority to act' in air traffic control.

2.1.2                     Authority

2.1.2.1                Air Traffic Controller Licences conform to the specifications for personnel licences as established in ICAO Annex 1.

2.1.3                     Annotations

2.1.3.1                For the purposes of Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs), an Air Traffic