149 Self Assessment

Complete all areas where applicable.

This form may be saved, continued at a later time, and then submitted when completed. Press SAVE, to save your entries.  You will be automatically sent a link to the email you provide, then use link to continue assessment, and press SUBMIT when completed, no later than 1st November 2024, or BEFORE you start instructing.

This form is a controlled document, managed by the NZHGPA delegation.

Information provided will be held in confidence and used by the Operations Team for improving safety and operational procedures within the NZHGPA 149 Certification. 

PURPOSE

This questionnaire is a self-assessment tool for the head or sole Instructors/Coaches; to help identify strengths and any weaknesses for improvement to both your legal aviation obligations and the safety of your students. This Internal Audit Tool will have a three year cycle for lodging with the NZHGPA Auditor (recommend internal review annually or after a safety event), and form part of any future on-site instructor audit. 

Ultimately, the audit is about demonstrating compliance with the OPM, and improving safety of those instructed/coached under your care, in an environment that is known to have an inherent risk. Lodging of the internal audit is a compulsory requirement to remain listed and endorsed by the NZHGPA on the association website list of Instructors/Coaches and the flying school webpage. 

By completing and lodging this audit with the NZHGPA, you will be able to outwardly demonstrate that a review has been undertaken to ensure you, as an instructor, remain up to date with the Civil Aviation Act 1990, and with various Civil Aviation Rule Part 1, 12, 19, 61, 91, 106 requirements that allow you to instruct, under the privileges granted by the NZHGPA Part 149 certificate, that consolidates those rule parts into the NZHGPA Operations Procedure Manual; https://nzhgpa.org.nz/operational-procedures-and-forms/.   

Completion of the self-assessment audit will be compulsory in order to operate as an instructor in New Zealand and will form the basis for future physical audits, which are expected to roll out from mid-2025 onwards. On passing the physical audit, you will be issued with a three year NZHGPA Quality Seal of Approval Certificate. This will provide confidence that you are an approved NZHGPA training provider who has met the quality assurance requirements of the CAA through the NZHGPA 149 Quality Management System.

If you have any operational questions with regards to this form, please contact operations@nzhgpa.org.nz.  

NOTE:

If you generate income from instructing or coaching, you are considered to be a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU), and there are additional duty of care obligations, under the the Health and Safety at Work  Act 2015, which are outside the responsibilities of the NZHGPA. More information can be found in the NZHGPA INSTRUCTOR HANDBOOK . In addition, the NZHGPA has written the HG/PG SMS 101 Guide specifically to help Instructors/Coaches navigate their legal obligations under the Act. Please make yourself familiar with those requirements.

DECLARATION

I hereby certify that I have provided correct and truthful answers, and that if anything materially changes, I will advise the NZHGPA Auditor (audit@nzhgpa.org.nz).