Is Competency Based Training a big Con?

[Tee Emm]

but the way it is recorded is different and can be a lot easier to understand someone's progress than "Bloggs did some quite good landings today" type comments from the old hate sheets.

Nicely put, Clare P. I believe the cause of poor English expression often seen in student progress reports, goes right back to lack of well disciplined High School (Sorry - Secondary College) education. Everyone gets a mandatory star against their work no matter how bad it is.

Ticking the myriad boxes in the progress report matrix is fine if your standard of English expression is found wanting.. Opinions differ - but I for one prefer to read a well written concise progress report rather than use my finger to run down a boxed list of ticks. One of my pet grouches is reading a student's progress report starting with: "Adolf - you did very well today. Well done. Adolf's steep turns could be improved and he should try to look outside a little more. Landings are coming along nicely. Checks could be improved, Adolf - and just a reminder to keep using that under-arm deodorant" etc etc.

[Clare Prop]

I designed a system where there is room next to each "box" to write comments appropriate to that particular unit of competency, also using colour coding allows for a quick reference to check a student's progress at a glance. The sheet for each lesson is used as part of the debrief and the student signs that it is a true record.

I do get files transferred from other organisations which you can tell have been a "tick and flick" exercise and actually tell me no more than the logbook does about the student's flying progress. The students tell me they have never seen any of their training records.

Stinky Student Syndrome comes under NTS 1.5 Maintain effective communication & interpersonal relationships

[4Greens]

CBT is the phrase used world wide. It is touchy- feely psycho babble.