14 CFR · Part 141
14 CFR Part 141, Appendix H
Ground Instructor Certification Course
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes the minimum curriculum for a ground instructor certification course and an additional ground instructor rating course, required under this part, for the following ratings:
Ground Instructor—Basic.
Ground Instructor—Advanced.
Ground Instructor—Instrument.
2. Aeronautical knowledge training. (a) Each approved course must include at least the following ground training on the knowledge areas listed in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, appropriate to the ground instructor rating for which the course applies:
20 hours of training if the course is for an initial issuance of a ground instructor certificate; or
10 hours of training if the course is for an additional ground instructor rating.
Ground training must include the following aeronautical knowledge areas:
Learning process;
Elements of effective teaching;
Student evaluation and testing;
Course development;
Lesson planning; and
Classroom training techniques.
Ground training for a basic ground instructor certificate must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to a recreational and private pilot.
Ground training for an advanced ground instructor rating must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to a recreational, private, commercial, and airline transport pilot.
Ground training for an instrument ground instructor rating must include the aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to an instrument rating.
A student who satisfactorily completed 2 years of study on the principles of education at a college or university may be credited with 10 hours of the training required in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
3. Stage checks and end-of-course tests. Each student enrolled in a ground instructor course must satisfactorily accomplish the stage checks and end-of-course tests, in accordance with the school's approved training course, consisting of the approved knowledge areas in paragraph (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section No. 2 of this appendix appropriate to the ground instructor rating for which the course applies.
Reflects the eCFR edition current as of September 29, 2026. Retrieved from ecfr.gov on October 16, 2026.
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