Becoming an ICAO english proficiency examiner
 

A bit of an unusual question here:

Although I didn't qualify for the ICAO native speaker level of english, I both grew up in the UK and spent over 10 years there in education. Currently, I am doing my ATPL abroad (in Germany to be specific) and have passed my ICAO level 6. I am now looking to boost my CV, given the current situation in the industry, and found myself wondering whether and how I could become an examiner myself. Is it difficult? Do you reckon it would help in boosting my CV for a low-hour job?

Thanks for your advice and help.

If you talking about assessing English Language Proficiency to satisfy the EASA Aircrew Regulation, you may wish to read AMC1 FCL.055 here.

Thanks, though sadly that sounds like I need some line experience...

I qualified as an assessor and examiner some 7 years back and have done a few hundred assessments since then.

I am a fluent, native English speaker but I still found that it was a fairly (but not prohibitively) expensive and difficult course; the exam was an absolute b*****d!!

I can't see how it would add any credibility to your CV. All an employer is going to be interested in is the fact that you hold ICAO Level 6 and do not require retesting.

Saying that, I have come across several "Level 6's" over the years who had been assessed informally at L6 but who were not even L4 - one was no more than L2 and that was at a push. I accept that any assessment is a snapshot at the time and small assessment deviations can occur but there should not be any more than one level of discrepancy, i.e. a L5 being assessed at L6, OK, but a L2/3 at L6 is having a laugh!. :rolleyes:

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