SIGMA TANDEM SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL
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Section 1: The Sigma Tandem Systm • Chapter 2 - Applicant Information 11301 - 00.00.0000
CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS
In addition to yearly recertification, Tandem Instructors are expected to maintain currency during the yearly
recertification period.
A. If any currently rated Tandem Instructor has not made a Tandem jump in the preceding 90 days, he must make one
Tandem jump with an experienced jumper acting as a student before taking a student student. The experienced
jumper/ student must first be briefed on how to respond to Tandem emergencies.
B. If any currently rated Tandem Instructor has not made a Tandem jump within the last 180 days, he must complete
recurrent training before taking a student student.
C. If any Tandem Instructor during probation has not made a Tandem jump within the last 30 days he must make one
Tandem jump with an experienced student who has been briefed on how to respond.
RECERTIFICATION
Renewal Procedures: Tandem Instructor ratings must be renewed every year.
To apply for the renewal of your Tandem Instructor rating, you must have made at least 25 Tandem jumps within the
preceding 12 months, at least three of which have been made within the preceding 90 days.
If you have fulfilled the above requirement, you need only:
1) Have a Tandem Instructor Recertification form verified and signed by either a Relative Workshop Tandem Vector
owner or Relative Workshop Tandem Examiner, and
2) Send the endorsed form and the license fee to the Relative Workshop. As soon as the applicant has mailed the
renewal form and the check to the Relative Workshop, the rating is considered renewed; you do not have to wait for
the response by the company, though you are required to keep a copy of the form to prove your currency.
3) If a Tandem Instructor has a USPA Tandem Instructor Rating, it is not required that he renew with RWS as long as
he meets the requirements to maintain his USPA Rating.
If you have not fulfilled the above requirements, you must take recurrent training.
RECURRENT TRAINING
Recurrent Training consists of one solo drogue jump and one Tandem drogue jump with an experienced student.
During the Tandem drogue jump, the applicant must make a stable exit from at least 10,500 feet, with drogue
deployment within 10 seconds and opening by 4,500 feet. Applicant must demonstrate the ability to control heading
during drogue-fall by making at least two opposite 360-degree turns. Applicant must also perform dummy ripcord
pulls to both drogue release handles and the reserve ripcord. Landing must be stand-up (wind permitting) within 50
meters of the target.
These two jumps must be witnessed and signed off by a Relative Workshop Tandem rig owner or Relative Workshop
Tandem Instructor Examiner. (If you are an owner or an examiner, you can sign yourself off).
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