oh well, its been a long day?????????????????????????

Lexdawg
 

AG Ratings in R44 aircraft can be done at Ballarat,Victoria by County Helicopters P/L:ok:

Ag Ratings
 

Ag ratings can be done in Orange NSW at Eagle Helicopters David Braid can do the training. He does not use the r44. If you are interested in training in the r44 try County Helicopters in Ballarat Vic and speck to Ashlie Dickson they do the ag ratings there.
The Ag rating consists of two exam one casa and the other is AAAA, you will need to conduct a 10 hour training program and then the flight test, they usually use Bob McKenzie from overfly Helicopters. if you need any other information just let me know.

Ag Ratings
 

County Helicopters out of Ballarat Victoria are the go for Ag ratings in R44's.:D

Thats right... But if you want to do a ag rating and you are not worried about the craft you use i would reconmend Eagle Helicopters.

FAA Helicopter Pilot Part 137 Ag Rating?
 

I'll resuscitate this thread and bring it 'round and up the planet to the US. As the title indicates, is there any such thing? I've searched the FAA's website and did find that Pilot knowledge and skills are requiring a check off but I could find no reference to a rating or endorsement. Just curious does one exist and it surely seems very few schools in the US actually teach Ag for helicopters. ???

14 CFR 137.19 explains the demonstration you need to complete. Most agricultural operations will have a Chief Pilot who has demonstrated tot he FAA in order to obtain the certificate. He is then responsible for checking you and issuing you a "pilot card" just as we do in Part 133 operations.

I do not know of any schools that teach it these days, and if they did, the sign off is useless as each operator is required to check their own pilots.

The other requirement will be the exams required by the individual state. I'm in Texas so took written exams for general regulations pertaining to pesticides, an exam for aerial application and another for an area of specialty, such as range and pastureland or field crops or something like that. I hold a commercial aerial applicator licence from Texas Department of Agriculture.
If you don't have these exams you can work under the direct supervision of the company you are working for, although most companies will require you to have them.
Many of these exams reciprocate from state to state, so you will probably only have to take them once.
I don't know of any schools that specifically teach aerial application in helicopters.

Thanks guys! :ok:

FWIW, do not do it in California. I had an apprentice applicator license there which requires some studying---none of which applied to aircraft.

You then have to work under a "journeyman" for two years before sitting your final exams and state checkride.

I won't be going to California that's for sure, I was just curious because years ago when I thought about obtaining my CPL(H) -looking back, I should have- I remember quite a few schools and some here in Florida offering Ag training and I thought there was an FAA rating for it. We do a lot or aerial spraying here but at 51 I'm not sure I have the time to gain the experience to do it professionally.