C-1

C-1

Section C-1 of the IRM

Multiple Choice

Gordon is teaching at a dropzone that utilizes instructor aided deployment (IAD) as their training method. He is considered to be their very best coach. Cliff has really been struggling to pass Category B, and the office is considering having him do his next jump with Gordon, as Gordon's students usually do very well. Is this acceptable?

• Yes

• No

No

Coaches are only allowed to supervise IAD students who have reached Category C and demonstrated a successful clear and pull.

Multiple Choice

To be prepared for this course, which categories do you need to become most familiar with?

• A-C

• D-H

• F-H

• All of them

F-H

This course will teach you to apply the teaching methods you will learn to the F-H portions of the ISP (integrated student program) that can be found in Section 4 of your SIM. Reviewing this content now will help prepare you for this course.

Multiple Select

Which of the following do you need to do to pass this course (select all that apply)?

• Get an 80% on the test prior to attending the course.

• Have assisted in a first jump course within the last 12 months.

• Satisfactorily conduct two training sessions from the ISP syllabus that coaches are qualified to teach.

• Satisfactorily complete two evaluation jumps to include debriefing your student and filling out their logbook correctly.

All of the above

Yup! All of those things are required for you to earn your rating.

Multiple Choice

For how long is your rating considered valid before being processed by the USPA?

• 10 days

• 30 days

• 90 days

• 180 days

30 Days

Be sure to be on top of things and log in to the USPA website often to check the status of your rating. You want to ensure that it is good to go within thirty days of course completion.

Multiple Choice

Rhonda loves teaching and coaching. And, although she has logged over thirty coach jumps in the last year, she hasn't gotten to help out with the first jump course, something she'd really like to do. She shows up every weekend, attends the coach meeting when it is held by the DZO, actively seeks supervision from the instructors, and is sure to pay her rating renewal fee on time when submitting her signed documentation for renewal. Is she eligible to renew her coach rating?

• Yes

• No

No

In order to renew a coach rating, the coach must have assisted or taught the general portion of at least one first jump course in the last twelve months.

Multiple Choice

You've had a great year coaching in the first year as a ratings holder. It's time to renew your rating. Who should you talk to in order to have your credentials verified?

• Another coach

• An instructor examiner only

• Any instructor

• Any D license holder

Any instructor

Any instructor may verify your renewal requirements for you. So, just grab one at the dropzone and sit down with them and your logbook.

Multiple Choice

There are three instructional ratings currently offered by the USPA. Which of the following is NOT one of those ratings?

• coach

• instructor examiner

• instructor evaluator

• instructor

Ratings

1. Coach Rating

2. Instructor

* Static line (SL)

* Instructor Aided Deployment (IAD)

* Accelerated Freefall (AFF)

* Tandem

3. Instructor Examiner

- For every ratings course, the examiner appoints evaluators. These are experienced instructors who assist with the course and perform some of the evaluations. This is not a rating, but a role that an appointee fills during a ratings course

Multiple Select

It is a very busy Saturday, and the office is panicked over how to cover all of the AFF students that day. Though Don, an AFF instructor, is scheduled to teach the first jump course, the office asks him to please jump and let Mary, a coach, teach the first jump course. They create a plan whereby Don will check in on Mary between jumps, and teach the things she isn't permitted to teach. When Don gets on the ground, Mary is teaching students good body position on the creepers. Is this acceptable, or should Don stop her?

• It is acceptable

• It is not acceptable

Not acceptable

This is not acceptable, as it does not fall into one of the five categories that comprise the non-method specific portions of the ground school.

Multiple Choice

In the same scenario, would it be acceptable for Mary to teach students how to PLF?

• Yes

• No

Yes

PLFs are part of the landing proceedure, and coaches are permitted to teach landing and landing emergiences.

Multiple Choice

Matt is very excited to do his Category B jump, but when he gets to the dropzone, there is only one AFFI available. Since the other person would be an AFFI, is it acceptable for Sue, a coach, to go on the reserve side?

• Yes

• No

No

Coaches may only conduct training and jumps with students who have been cleared by a USPA instructor. Also, only AFF instructors are permitted to do harness hold jumps, and Category B is a harness hold jump.

Multiple Choice

Everyone at the dropzone keeps getting sick! There are no instructors present when Sue comes in to do a recurrency. She is only ten days uncurrent. Is it acceptable for Larry, a current USPA coach, to do her recurrency training and jump?

• Yes

• No

No

All recurrency training and jumps must be conducted under the supervision of a current and appropriately rated instructor. If there are no instructors on the dropzone, then there is no one to supervise.