In France, the corps of Technicien supérieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile (TSEEAC, in English Civil aviation opérations Technicians) of the

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Enrollment

The TSEEAC

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is open to individuals who have their ''

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''. Between about 30 and 60 entries may be available each year. After the enrollment, students are trained during three years at the ''

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'' (French civil aviation university) of

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Career

This corps has five grades (in descending order): * TSEEAC exceptional class: 5 levels. * TSEEAC main class: 8 levels. * TSEEAC normal class: 11 levels. * TSEEAC internship: 1 level. * TSEEAC student: 1 level. The TSEEAC, under certain conditions, can be assigned to two functional positions of management: * ''Cadre Technique de l'Aviation Civile'' (CTAC) (Technical middle management of civil aviation): 8 levels. * ''Responsable Technique de l'Aviation Civile'' (RTAC) (Technical manager of civil aviation): 5 levels. There are also possibilities to move to another corps of the DGAC like air traffic controllers,

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or ''Ingénieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile''. They should go for one or two years at

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to perform a complementary training.

Job

TSEEAC personnel can do many jobs at the DGAC, including: technical assistant, technical operating controller (SAFA programme), aerodrome air traffic controller, ramp manager (at

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), aeronautical information operator, officer of the regional offices of information and assistance in flight (BRIA), and investigation assistant ( BEA).

Training

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'', they perform a two-year training before graduation. * TSEEAC also called ''TSA fonctionnaires'' (TSA civil servants), admits by a competitive examination, they perform the same training as the TSA civils during two years. After this, they are integrated into the TSEEAC corps and perform a one-year complementary

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training at the DGAC.

History

The corps of TSEEAC has had several name changes since the 1960s: * 1962 - TNA: ''Technicien de la Navigation Aérienne'' (Air navigation Technician) including the operations air traffic controller and the air traffic safety electronics personnel. * 1964 - division of the corps: the corps of the TNA remains, despite the departure of air traffic controllers and electricians, respectively to the new corps of "''Officiers Contrôleurs de la Circulation Aérienne''" (OCCA) - became air traffic controller after that - without those of electricians - became Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel. * 1975 - TAC: ''Techniciens de l'Aviation Civile'' (Civil aviation technicians). * 1993 - TEEAC: ''Technicien des Etudes et d'Exploitation de l'Aviation Civile''. * 2000 - TSEEAC: ''Technicien Supérieur des Etudes et d'Exploitation de l'Aviation Civile''. * 2011 - The initial training at

of TSEEAC is opened to non

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and renamed TSA (''

'').

Decree

Décret n°93-622 du 27 mars 1993
concerning the corps of ''techniciens supérieurs des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile''.

References

Bibliography

* Ariane Gilotte, Jean-Philippe Husson et Cyril Lazerge, ''50 ans d'Énac au service de l'aviation'', Édition S.E.E.P.P, 1999

External links

TSEEAC on ENAC website
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