Approach Procedural control was an excellent background for Approach Radar control.
I remember it as a tough 9 weeks , only getting easier in the last 3 weeks or so with the haze of misunderstanding lifting and thinking wow this makes sense after all.
We went into the radar course fully prepared and understanding what approach control meant before touching radar, subsequently we had a 100% pass rate on the radar course , losing a few along the way at the procedural stage.
Procedural sets you up so well for every aspect of ATC it is was a sad day when they did away with the procedural ratings, and now we would appear to be further de-skilling only allowing a few to do Aerodrome ratings
