PUBLICATIONS

With the exception of APF Constitution, requests for printed APF Manuals cost $5 each (including postage and handling). Operational Regulations and Regulatory Schedules will be sold as one for $5.

Regulatory

Rules and Regulations

• APF Constitution 
• APF Exposition
• APF Operational Regulations and Regulatory Schedules
• Dictionary of Definitions
• Training Operations Manual (TOM)
• • Pre First Jump Assessment
• Code of Ethics
• APF Board and Board Committees Charters
  
• APF Operational Committees Charters
• APF Area Council Charter
• APF Election and Voting Regulation
• APF Organisational Safety Management System (SMS)
• Jump Pilots & Aircraft 
• Jump Pilot Manual
• Display Manual (for Display Organisers) complete and including the appendices for the:
  • Carriage of Dangerous Goods; and
  • APF special requirements for display jumps
• Equipment Standards & Bulletins 
• APF Technical Directives

Policies and Procedures

• Anti-Doping Policy APF is operating under the ASAC Anti-Doping Policy and has transferred responsibilities for testing to ASADA
• Cloud Jumping
• Drug and Alcohol Procedures 
• Member Protection Policy 
• Misconduct Policy and Procedures Manual
• Privacy Policy
• Procedures Manual 
• Travel Policy and Procedures
• Volunteer Management Policy and Procedures
• Incident Communications Guide

Club Packages

• Club Audit & Risk Assessment Package
• Draft Club Operational Safety Management System template
  • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack 1 - Fatigue Risk Management
    • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack 1 - Briefing Notes
  • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack 2 - Emergency Response Checklist
  • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack 3 - Equipment Compatibility
  • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack 4 - Aircraft Emergency and Evacuation Procedures
  • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack 5 - Combating TM Complacency
  • Club SMS Continuing Improvement Pack - Tandem Water Landings

Sport

• Sporting Code 2020
• APF Dive Pools
• APF Performance Based Funding Guidelines 
• APF Sport Development Funding

Instructional

Instructor Guide NEW 1st July 2021

Senior Instructor Guide NEW 1st July 2021

Course Trainer Guide NEW 1st July 2021

DZSO Guide NEW 1st July 2021

Parachute Instructors Manual

Accelerated Freefall Endorsement Guide

Tandem Endorsement Guide (A Tandem Instructor's Handbook)

Solo Freefall Endorsement Guide

Coach Assessment and Appointment booklet

Training Resources

• Certificate Class A Training Guide
  
  • Sample Class A Assessment 
• Certificate Class A Exam
• Certificate Class B Training Guide
  
  • Sample Class B Assessment
• Certificate Class B Exam
• Weather Guide NEW 1st July 2021
• Canopy Pilot Guide
  • Canopy Downsizing Chart with Criteria poster
• Camera Flying Guide
• Tracking and Freefly Guide
• Wingsuit Training Guide
• Canopy Relative Work (CRW) Training Guide 
• Display Jumpers Handbook *This handbook is advisory only, please also see "Display Manual" which includes appendices of "Carriage of Pyrotechnics" and "Council Requirements".
• XRW Discussion & GuidelinesA Presentation by Darren Griggs
• XRW a draft syllabus, by Darren Griggs
• Star Crest and Bigway Guide (from the Aussie Bigways site)
• Injury Prevention Exercise Program for Tandem Masters
• Practice Exam for Instructor Ratings and Endorsements
• Coaching General Principles course - 4 hour online course by Sport Australia recommended for all APF coaches

Miscellaneous Publications and information

• APF Strategic Plan Document
• Standby Student Membership Applications [Pink Cards] - Procedure and Agent’s Return form CL9
• Basic Body Flight for B-rels and Beyond A thesis by Alan Moss
• Starting a new DZ?
• A Skydiver's Guide To Mental Training by Alison Quick 1988
• Who is ASAC - Air Sport Australia Confederation
• Certificate A Magazine - information for the novice skydiver

Safety Posters

• Buddy Checklist (simplified)
• Buddy Checklist (detailed)
• Canopy Downsizing Criteria
• 2 canopies deployed
• 3-ring maintenance
• Cutaway! Have You Thought of all the Questions?
• Freefly equipment
• Out of the Corner
• Premature deployment
• Low turns do not always impress...
• Reason model
• Attention - Tired...?
• Propeller Warning
• Parachute Landing Area
• Cypres Info for Pilots
• Setting Your Altimeter and/or AAD
• Learn from the Mistakes of Others 
• Track!
• Wing Loading
• Time/Altitude Awareness
• Beware the Borrowed Gear Merry Go Round
• Accident Trends - One US DZ's Snap Shot
• CASA - Be Alert for Skydivers (A poster for other airspace users)
• Safety Checklist
• AAD Warning Posterproduced by Airtec
• Safety Code for Low Altitude Jumps produced by Flight-1
• The Canopy Collision Zone produced by Instructors Academy
• Gear Check - What's Wrong? produced by Tim Parrant
• Pro Camera Helmet produced by Tim Parrant
• Tandem Camera Flow-chart produced by Tim Parrant
• Physiological Aspects of Video produced by Tim Parrant
• Shoulder Injury
• Shoulder Injury 2

CASA

• Documents relating to Parachute Operations

APF Logos

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Annual Reports

• 2020 Annual Report
  
  • 2020 Financial Statements 
• 2019 Annual Report
  • 2019 Financial Statements
• 2018 Annual Report 
• 2017 Annual Report
• 2016 Annual Report
• 2015 Annual Report
• 2014 Annual Report
• 2013 Annual Report
• 2012 Annual Report
• 2011 Annual Report
• 2010 Annual Report