certificates of proficiency

1. FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency are issued, by National Parachute Associations or Federations, on behalf of FAI.
2. The Certificates and A, B, C, D stickers will be purchased from FAI by national organisations only and each national organisations may set a charge, as it sees fit, for the issue of the initial certificate, A, and further levels, B, C and D.
3. The A, B, C, D stickers, indicating the certificate level of the holder, shall be retained and issued only by the national organisation. The certificate should be returned to the national organisation, with the appropriate documentation, for B, C and D stickers to be added.
4. Each sticker shall be marked with the number of the Certificate of Proficiency holder, and the date of issue of the particular certificate (sticker). Spaces are provided on the stickers for these details.
5. FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency may be issued only to current members of a National Association.
6. National Parachute Associations or federations shall keep a full record of all International C. of P.s issued to their members. An application form will be designed by each national organisation to suit their particular needs and to integrate the recording of the issue of FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency with their own membership recording system.
7. An FAI International Parachuting Certificate of Proficiency shall have a number, in two parts :
   

Norway has kindly accepted to share the Application Form they have designed for their own use. All member countries are welcome to to re-use and modify this form to suit their own needs. Click here to download the document (ZIP-compressed Word file, 23K)

See also below for information 2 pictures of the application form used by Ireland and Kenya.

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» Read more What a Certificate looks like... certificates of proficiency certificate cover:   "A" certificate sticker: "Parachutist"   "B" certificate sticker: "Freefall Parachutist"   » Read more Contact the IPC concerning the certificates of proficiency certificates of proficiency The FAI web pages no longer publish email contact details, in order to prevent abuses such as address harvesting for spam purposes. Instead we invite you to use this form to contact the IPC on matters relating to the FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency. » Go to form Contact Information certificates of proficiency Orders for Certificates and the accompanying stickers are to be placed with the FAI Secretariat at the following address. Pricing information available also from the FAI Secretariat. Note that only FAI Members (National Airsport Control organisations) and their authorised affiliated federations are eligible to place orders. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Avenue Mon-Repos 24 CH-1005 Lausanne Switzerland e-mail: click here Fax: 0041 (0)21 345 1077 Tel: 0041 (0)21 345 1070 For any further information about the 'FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency' (CoP) programme, please contact: » Read more FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency certificates of proficiency At it's Annual Conference in San Diego, USA in January 2001, the International Parachuting Commission agreed on a world-wide standard of International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency (commonly known as 'licences'). This agreement arose from the fact that the requirements for the FAI Parachuting A, B, C, D, etc. CoP's varied widely from country to country, and also because a large number of prominent parachuting nations issued no FAI Certificates or "licences" at all. It was concluded that, particularly the traveling parachutist and all drop zone operators, would benefit if one standard of FAI Certificate of Proficiency were applied throughout the world. » Read more PARACHUTING DISCIPLINES: Artistic Events Canopy Formation Canopy Piloting Formation Skydiving Paraski Style & Accuracy Landing CF Web Challenge - 2008 in partnership with Discover this original idea International competition in the events of the Canopy Formation discipline, that is, 2 and 4-way sequential and 4-way rotation [more] Who's who in IPC Discover the people who work for the IPC. Today: John Smyth, Vice President IPC The 'FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency' programme was officially launched in August 2002 and the new certificates are available to FAI Members from the FAI headquarters in Lausanne. [ read more ] Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Avenue Mon-Repos 24, CH-1005 Lausanne, tel +41 21 345 1070 - email FAI Terms and conditions governing access to the FAI Web Site.