An applicant for a Grade II Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating must—
| (a) | hold a valid CPL (Helicopter) or an ATPL (Helicopter); |
| (b) | hold a valid night rating; |
| (c) | hold the appropriate instrument flight training endorsement if applicable; |
| (d) | hold, or have held during the immediately preceding 90 days, a valid Grade III Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating; |
| (e) | have given not less than 200 hours of flight instruction as a Grade III Helicopter Flight Instructor and provide proof of having given instruction in every exercise of the PPL syllabus as listed in Appendix 1.1 of Document SA CATS 61; |
[Regulation 61.16.1(e) substituted by regulation 30 of Notice No. R. 532, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Act)]
| (f) | have successfully completed the appropriate training course as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61, at a Part 141 approved ATO; |
| (g) | have successfully undergone the instructor ground evaluation test referred to in Document SA-CATS 61; and |
[Regulation 61.16.1(g) substituted by regulation 11(aa) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
| (h) | pass the skills test referred to in regulation 61.16.4 conducted by a DFE within 30 days of successfully completing the instructor ground evaluation referred to in paragraph (g). |
