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Prerequisites
Before commencing training for the Instrument Rating, a student requires:
a valid Commercial Pilot Licence or Private Pilot Licence;
in the case of a Multi-engine (Group 1) Instrument Rating, a Multi-engine Rating;
a valid Category 1, or 3 Medical Certificate.
In accordance with the requirements established by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency, entrance into this program requires the completion of Grade 12 (or equivalent) or candidates must qualify as a mature student (age 19 and not havin attended school full-time for 52 weeks).
Transport Canada establishes the minimum requirements for the Instrument Rating as follows:
70% on the Transport Canada INRAT Examination (Air Regulations, Instrument Flight Rules and Procedures, Meteorology, Instruments, Radio and Radar Systems, and Navigation).
50 hours cross-country experience.
40 hours instrument time, including a cross-country flight in actual or simulated IFR conditions of not less than 100 nautical miles, and including instrument approaches to specified approach altitude minima at two locations.
Successful completion of a flight test.