TERMS & CONDITIONS

DURATION
The JAA Modular distance learning course is a course conducted over a period of 9 months. In exceptional circumstance the College may extend the duration to 18 months.

STUDY
The JAA Modular distance learning student commits to 15 hours a week study and will make their best endeavours to complete the course on schedule.

ATTENDANCE
Students are required to be in attendance at the College for three blocks of face-to-face ground school, as required by the Western Australian Aviation College, unless the CAA has granted exemption. (duration of each ground school block is 7 working days)

CONDUCT
Students are required to exhibit professional conduct at all times whilst on site

COURSE FEES
The payments of the course fees are due before commencement. Course fees are non-refundable.

EXAMINATIONS
Students are required to attempt both internal (Progress Tests) and CAA exams when required by the College. All CAA exam fees are the responsibility of the student. An exam delivery fee will also be charged by the Western Australian Aviation College, which is due and payable prior to exam sittings. On enrolment, the student and the college will agree on attendance dates for the ground school component of the Modular course. Exam delivery fees are $70 when sitting as part of a scheduled course, on the agreed attendance dates. If a student attends a ground school and exam sitting at a time other than the agreed date(s), the exam delivery fees may vary. The exam delivery fee is $160 for a resit. As the CAA requires that each exam is held at a separate time, it is not possible for a student to do a resit for the standard group delivery fee ($70) in a room with students doing a different exam. A resit will be in a separate room. The college schedules and runs one modular group of exams each month. If a candidate wishes to sit an exam that is not part of the scheduled group (eg. Air Law, which is a Module 1 exam, in a month in which the college is running Module 2 exams) the candidate will be charged a fee based on cost recovery for the cost of the exam room, as determined on a case by case basis. If it is necessary to hold exams at WAAC rather than Murdoch University due to lack of candidate numbers, costs will be determined on a case by case basis.

DISMISSAL
The College may, at its discretion, dismiss the student from the College for breach of contract, unacceptable conduct or performance. No refund would be due.

INTERNET
Students are required to obtain internet access to enable use of the web based training tolls used during training.

WRITTEN NOTICE
Written notice is deemed to have taken place on receipt of a letter or e-mail only.

PROPER LAW
The law of Western Australia shall govern this agreement but does not remove the right to take further action under Australia’s Consumer Protection laws.

COPYRIGHT
The Student acknowledges that they will be exposed to intellectual property during their studies with the College. Copyright law protects all College documents. All information passed to the Student is for their use only, it may not be sold, copied or transferred in any format.

These TERMS and CONDITIONS form a contract between the student and the Western Australian Aviation College, which is EXECUTED by the parties upon course enrolment.

  POLICIES

APPEAL and GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS
Should the need arise, Western Australian Aviation College will ensure that course participants have a fair mechanism for appealing disputed assessment decisions or grievances that arise in non-assessment situations.

ACCESS & EQUITY POLICIES
As a training organisation, Western Australian Aviation College will comply with its legal and moral duty to respect the rights and beliefs of course participants and staff through avoidance of discrimination, recognition of the special needs of clients and course participants, physical access to courses, remediation and bridging programs, mentoring, culturally appropriate behaviour, and equal opportunity.

WELFARE AND GUIDANCE SERVICES
Western Australian Aviation College aims to ensure that every participant gains the maximum benefit from participating in a particular course or program. Management practices are implemented that safeguard the interest and welfare of learners in all training and assessment situations. All staff are highly qualified and experienced personnel who give course participants support, advice and counselling whenever needed.

DISMISSAL
The College may, at its discretion, dismiss the student from the College for unacceptable conduct or performance. Two written warnings will be communicated prior to any dismissal. No refund is made on dismissal.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Western Australian Aviation College’s policy and applicable laws prohibit any form of sexual harassment and discrimination in employment opportunities and conditions, based on race, colour, religion, sex, age, disability and national origin. It is this organisation’s policy that no associate / employee will be subject to harassment for any status. Western Australian Aviation College shall apply the principle of Equal Employment Opportunity to all employment practices including recruitment and selection, promotion, training and development. Western Australian Aviation College offers students of any race, gender, colour and national or ethnic origin all the rights, privileges and activities generally available at the school.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH POLICY
It is the policy of the Western Australian Aviation College to promote and maintain the highest degree of safety, health and well-being of staff by aiming to: · prevent accidents and ill-health caused by working conditions; · protect staff from any health hazard which may arise out of their work or the conditions in which it is carried out; and · place and maintain staff in an occupational environment designed to satisfy their needs for safety, health and well-being at work. ·

PRIVACY POLICY
The Western Australian Aviation College privacy policy defines how personal information will be handled. The definition of "personal information" is found in section 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988: "'personal information' means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion."

Collection of personal information: Collection necessary for the Western Australian Aviation College’ activities will be collected lawfully and fairly, and as a general principle, collected with the individual's consent.

Use and disclosure of personal information: As a general principle, information will only be used or disclosed for its original purpose unless the person has consented to its use or disclosure for another purpose.

Accuracy of personal information: All reasonable steps will be taken to ensure that personal information is accurate, complete and up to date.

Security of personal information: All reasonable steps will be taken to protect personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Openness in relation to the Western Australian Aviation College’s practices: Practices established for the collection of personal information are documented and this information is available on request.

Access and correction rights: As a general principle, individuals will be given access to their personal information and allowed to correct it or explain something with which they disagree, unless disclosing this would have an unreasonable impact on someone else's privacy. This principle is subject to exemptions such as if this disclosure would compromise a fraud investigation.

Restrictions on transborder data flows: As a general principle, personal information about an individual will only be transferred to a foreign country if it is believed that the information will be protected by a law or a contract which upholds similar privacy principles.

QUALITY POLICY
The Western Australian Aviation College quality policy is to use management systems which meet the specifications of the accreditation authority, relevant national industry competency standards, as well as all regulatory and customer requirements to fulfil the key function of providing: · a system of continuous improvement in quality client service; · a safe and healthy working environment for all personnel and students; · efficient, productive and technically expert training services to meet or exceed customer expectations.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEGISLATION POLICY
The Western Australian Aviation College operates in accordance with, its personnel are aware of and implement the legislative and regulatory requirements of Vocational Education and Training Legislation (Vocational and Training Act 1996)