Enhanced Air Traffic Control

Enrollment Eligibility:

To be eligible for enrollment in the program, the student must meet the following criteria:

• The Federal Aviation Administration requires that all applicants read, write, speak, and understand the English language. FAA guidance on language proficiency can be found in the current version of Advisory Circular AC60-28 and the Level 4 proficiency standards of ICAO Doc 9835.
• The Federal Aviation Administration requires that all applicants must be under 31-years-old by tentative job offer after graduation. Employment in Federal contract facilities (Non-FAA) do not have this requirement.
• Applicants must have, at a minimum, of one year of general work experience, or one year of full-time college, or any combination of education and experience equaling at least one year of general experience.
• Applicants must be able to pass a Federal Security Clearance background check. AT-CTI (Tier 3) Contract Tower (Tier 2)
• Applicants must be able to pass a Class 3 Airman Medical Exam to enter program and a FAA endorsed medical exam, drug test, and psychological examination upon graduation.
• Applicants must receive a successful qualifying score on the FAA administered Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) test prior to completion of the program, in order to be considered for direct employment with the FAA.

Enrollment Process:

Eligible students are selected for the program according to the following steps:

• Student must enroll in the prerequisite class, ATC 200: Introduction to Air Traffic Control, and successfully meet all of the requirements listed in the course curriculum.

Description:

Sacramento City College maintains an Air Traffic Control program in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Collegiate Training Institute program. Our program is designed to provide students with a professional level of aviation knowledge and to allow students to be evaluated for potential direct hiring as air traffic controllers by the FAA.

Projection of number of students to earn degree annually- 18 students (estimate) 

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

• interpret and apply Federal Aviation Regulations that pertain to Air Traffic Control procedures.
• utilize correct air-to-ground and ground-to-air communication terminology and phraseology.
• interpret, prepare, and disseminate terminal and/or en-route weather reports.
• correctly apply Air Traffic Control procedures in simulated terminal, or en-route air traffic control environments.
• properly use air traffic control computer data entry systems and voice communication equipment.

Career Opportunities:

Employment opportunities exist within the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) National Air Traffic Control system for Air Traffic Controllers. There are also over 250, non-federal air traffic control facilities throughout the country in need of controllers. Opportunity for employment as remote pilot operators, who provide high fidelity air traffic control training, and for military controllers is also available.

General Education:

The Enhanced Air Traffic Control Associate in Science (A.S.) degree may be obtained by completion of the required program, and either (a) the Local General Education Pattern or (b) the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC), plus sufficient electives for a total of at least 60 units. See SCC graduation requirements.

The program is structured as an intensively scheduled cohort learning program. Students will be taking a series of 4-week classes during each semester. Individual classes may require knowledge gained in prior classes, therefore scheduling individual classes outside of the cohort or taking courses out of sequence is not permitted.

The program covers all the FAA learning objectives of the FAA Academy's AT Basics course, the FAA Academy’s Terminal and En-Route academics, and the FAA Academy’s laboratory training scenarios during a 3-semester series of classes.