After successful completion of the pre-accession flight test with an authorized instructor, the candidate for flight instructor qualification shall undergo theoretical and practical training.

The theoretical training with a total duration of at least 125 teaching hours contains, in addition to subjects focused on helicopter flying, the basics of pedagogical knowledge. Practical flight training shall consist of at least 30 flight hours in dual control.

The helicopter flight instructor course is finished by examination with an authorized examiner, which includes a test sample lecture on the selected topic of theoretical instruction, a demonstration of the instruction of pre-flight and flight preparation, and finally a flight test in a helicopter.