Modular licences and exclusion removal: train for the scope you need

Two different starting points

“Modular licence” is also different from “CASA modules”, which are knowledge subject areas. The names sound similar; they do not describe the same choice.

Identify the Required Licence Privileges

1. Send the current position

   Provide the licence, category, exclusions and relevant qualifications or results. For a first licence, explain your background and the work you need to cover.

2. Agree on the intended privileges

   Identify the aircraft and systems involved, including the work that will remain outside scope.

3. Review credit and the gaps

   We assess the evidence against the selected training requirements and plan the units, applicable exams and practical evidence still needed.

4. Complete the pathway and application

   Work through the agreed training and experience requirements, then the licence application process. CASA decides the licence outcome.

Keep category exclusions and type-rating limitations separate

Removing a category exclusion is not an automatic removal of every limitation attached to an aircraft type rating. Read the exact wording on the licence and identify the requirement that applies to it. Send us the licence if the distinction is unclear.

Our category exclusion course finder starts with the category and exclusion code. If you need several exclusions removed, list them in the application so we can assess the combined scope and package the training price.

Choose the outcome and the training route separately

Modular versus full category describes the intended licence scope. Supported Part 147 training versus CASA self-study describes the learning and assessment pathway. CASA confirms that both pathways can support modular outcomes.

Sigma’s supported pathway brings the gap assessment, learning support and unit assessment together. It does not remove the obligations attached to the licence. A modular course package is also not a complete apprenticeship qualification: employers planning a formal apprenticeship should use the full qualification pathway.

Compare the modular and full category options before choosing the scope. If you already know the exclusion you need removed, you can go straight to the relevant course and application.

Written by the Sigma Aerospace College training team. AMROBA is cited as an industry source; these are Sigma’s explanations and services, not an AMROBA endorsement.