Examiners
The BGA provides support to gliding examiners operating at BGA clubs. The BGA examiner system is currently being transitioned to a Part-SFCL compliant system.
BGA examiner qualifications
BGA Full Rated Instructors are authorised to conduct skill tests and proficiency checks for the issue of the Bronze Endorsement and the Cross-Country endorsement.
BGA Regional Examiners are authorised to conduct skill tests and proficiency checks for the issue of any BGA endorsement or rating that they hold.
BGA examiner guidance and standards
The BGA publication ‘BGA Examining Standards’ details BGA examiner requirements and examining standards; all Regional Examiners or prospective examiners as well as BGA Full Rated instructors who carry out Bronze and Cross Country endorsement tests should be familiar with the detail.
The BGA Examining Standards document is available here.
Assessment records for use by examiners are available here:
– BGA Assistant Instructor Assessment record
– BGA Full Instructor Rating Assessment record
BGA examiner application form
The BGA examiner application form is available here.
BGA Cloud Flying Endorsement Assessment
The following are authorised to assess for the BGA Cloud Flying Endorsement:
Ian Atherton, Andy Aveling, Andy Durston, Barry Elliott, Derren Francis, John Garrett, Chris Gill, Graham Holloway, Gordon MacDonald, Chris Marren, Graham Morris, Andy Miller, Nick Norman, Patrick Naegeli, Paul Ruskin, Andrew Roch, Derek Smith, Dave Watt, Paul Whitehead, Alan Wrigley, Robert Tait, Rob Barsby, Ian Mitchell, Peter Gill, Jamie Sage, Tony Moulang
Queries should be directed to lizzie@gliding.co.uk
SFCL examiner guidance
The SFCL examiner standards document is here.
CAA authorised SFCL examiners can be found here.
Where existing BGA/national examining privileges exist, these are converted to their SFCL equivalent. E.g. a Full Rated Instructor can be standardised as an FE(S) with SPL assessing privileges, an RE can be standardised as an FE(S) with instructor assessing privileges, and an FE SLMG can be standardised as an FE(S) with TMG extension assessing privileges. Please refer to our SPL conversion webpage.
Important note – individuals without those BGA/national privileges cannot convert into FE(S) privileges and must complete the requirement as detailed in SFCL.420. Please refer to our DTO webpages.