TAM PAX
I hold the FAA dispatch licence, but have not done the ICAO course. But I have been personally involved in editing the course materials to meet the 7192 requirements, so I've been through every module of the course in detail. I am also part of the UK Ops Managers Assoc. (UKOMA) working group who have been part of this exercise.
My view is that the UK has long needed a standard for ops/flight dispatcher training and I am delighted that the CAA have, at last, defined what that should be. I make no apology for being an advocate for this course, there have been other courses which have been of value, the City and Guilds comes to mind, but we now have an internationally recognised standard, albeit without licence. The Glasgow College were keen to work with us and having already most of the training materials from the ATPL course, were well positioned to kick this project off. The editing of the course has been, and still is, being supervised by expereinced airline ops managers from a variety of airlines.
The course will take time to gather momentum and so far the College have not advertised. This first course batch has around 50 students.
This ICAO syllabus is nothing new and if you're interested, take a look at the IFALDA website who have been working on the ICAO steering group to update some of the materials.
http://www.ifalda.org/IFALDA%20Web%2...ing%20FDTM.ppt