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Introduction to Specialist Function D - Charting

Course Orientation and General Objectives

Chart Purpose, Significance, and Characteristics

Chart Updating (Function 5.2)

Selecting Charts to Update and Determining Methods

Practical Exercise: "The Update Triage

Executing Updates and Layout Adaptation

Practical Exercise: "The Conflict Resolution Lab"

Chart Creation (Function 5.3)

Defining Coverage, Data Readiness, and Magnetic Variation

Practical Exercise: "The Magnetic Drift Calculation"

Compiling Aeronautical Information and Production Orders

Practical Exercise: "Drafting the Work Ticket"

Verification, Printing, and Library (Functions 5.4 and 5.5)

Verification and Quality Control

Printing Specifications and Library Management

Practical Exercise: "The Print Shop Audit"

Knowledge Checks

Quiz 1: Chart Purpose and Types

Quiz 2: Symbology and Decoding

Quiz 3: Updating Decisions and Methods

Quiz 4: Data Insertion and Layout

Quiz 5: Creation, Verification, and Library

Course Feedback

End-of-Course Survey

Master the end-to-end lifecycle of aeronautical charts with Specialist Function D: Aeronautical Charting Processes and Quality Control. Designed for aviation data professionals and charting teams, this course takes you from first principles to advanced operational execution across updating, creating, verifying, and managing aeronautical charts. You will learn how to identify affected charts from incoming data, make correct update method decisions, and apply ICAO-compliant symbology while preserving readability and scale integrity. Go deeper into chart creation by defining appropriate coverage, validating base datasets, and determining magnetic variation for the target epoch and area. Then, translate complex aeronautical information—routes, navaids, airspace, procedures, minima, and frequencies—into production-ready instructions for internal or external cartography teams. The course emphasizes quality control, ensuring accuracy against authoritative sources, effective discrepancy resolution, and pre-press readiness. You’ll also establish robust printing specifications, digital output parameters, distribution planning, version control, and a well-structured chart library with complete change history. Through targeted knowledge checks, you’ll validate your understanding of chart purpose and types, symbology decoding, update decisions, layout adaptation, and library best practices. By the end, you will be equipped to sustain reliable, compliant, and operationally effective chart products that support safe navigation and timely decision-making across the aviation ecosystem.

Specialist Function D: Aeronautical Charting Processes and Quality Control

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            <p>Specialist Function D: Aeronautical Charting Processes and Quality Control provides a structured, end-to-end immersion into the charting workflow within Phase 2 operations. The course establishes the scope, objectives, and responsibilities associated with processing incoming data; preparing, distributing, and storing aeronautical charts; and maintaining the integrity of an organization’s chart library. Learners will develop a rigorous understanding of the purpose, significance, and characteristics of aeronautical charts—covering scale selection, formats, layout principles, and conformance to specifications—while gaining fluency in decoding symbology and legends, interpreting ICAO instrument approach categories (A–D), and applying correct interpretation practices for operational decision-making.</p>

<p>The curriculum progresses from foundational orientation to hands-on chart maintenance, creation, verification, and archival management. In Chart Updating (Function 5.2), participants learn to identify affected charts from incoming data and effective dates; determine whether updates require new editions or hand amendments; and apply the correct symbology while preserving readability and scale fidelity. Chart Creation (Function 5.3) emphasizes defining coverage based on operational requirements, validating map and topographic sources, determining magnetic variation, compiling aeronautical information (routes, navaids, airspace, procedures, minima, frequencies), and issuing precise production orders. Verification, Printing, and Library (Functions 5.4 and 5.5) reinforce quality control through systematic verification against authoritative sources, discrepancy resolution with originators, pre-press readiness, and the preparation of print/digital specifications, alongside robust distribution, version control, effective date management, and archival practices. Knowledge checks throughout the course—spanning chart purpose and types, symbology, update methods, data insertion, layout, and end-to-end quality assurance—consolidate mastery and ensure readiness for operational charting roles.</p>
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