- Completely independent and unassisted take off and landings

-Weather analysis and forecasting of flying conditions through the day and next day 

- Adaptation of a flight plan as the conditions change

- Finding the thermal core and staying in it.

- understand variometer uses

- Glider control when entering and exiting a thermal

- Being aware of height gained and lost

- Mastery on thermic air laws

- Active piloting

- Free air collapse recovery

- Fast decent techniques. (big-ears+ speed bar + 360° turns.)

- should have around 200 flights and at least 70 hours of air time 

- Inflate the glider form a clean mushroom positions

- Cobra launch

- Able to take off in a 25 Km/h wind strength

- Deep knowledge of global and local weather.

- Clear understanding of skew-T

- Effects of pressure systems

- Effects of fronts 

- Being able to predict the days stability and type of expected thermals 

- Inversions, and change in wind speed and direction at different altitudes

- Understand a variety of different clouds and what they mean to pilots

- In flight wind effect on AOA in a thermal entry and exit

- Change in center of pressure with inputs

- locked in Spiral and autorotation recovery

- learning to read wind cycles and what they indicate for the flying conditions

- Using full brake range when required

- Air law during landing

- Air space regulations and how to get information on new sites

- line materials used and fabric materials used along with their properties

- What to do when the glider gets damaged during TO

- what to do if you fly out with a damaged line, twig stuck in the glider, fabric damage, line tangle, cravat, etc

- Radio operations

- Compare the weather forecast with actual conditions  

- readjust plans with current weather, not predicted weather

- Accurate risk assessment

- Mental state and flight plan