Test registration and local administration

Central EALTS Administration maintains central management and control of the EALTS but the local administration of the test is organised through local test centres.

Test centres conduct EALTS testing sessions on behalf of organisations, training institutions or licensing authorities subject to local requirements. Special test sessions can be arranged for individuals wishing to sit the test. Interested parties should contact their local test centre in the first instance.

The following steps outline the registration and administration procedure for the EALT. 1

Enquiry

Test applicants or their sponsors contact a test centre to obtain an application form and to find out about available test dates. The test centre can also provide further details of the EALT as required. Contact details for all EALTS test centres worldwide can be found through the EALTS website.

Application and enrolment

Applicants complete the application form and send it or take it in person to the test centre with the test fee and appropriate additional documentation. Those taking the completed form in person to the test centre will have a digital photograph taken to prevent the possibility of identity fraud. Those sending the completed form should include two recent identical passport-sized photographs (not more than six months old). Further evidence of identity including such details as a unique identifying number, photograph, date of birth and signature, such as a passport, aviation authority licence or national Identity card, will also be required. 2 This same document must be presented at the test centre on the day(s) of the test and must be valid, both at registration and on the day(s) the test is taken.

Candidates must enter the number of their chosen identity document on the application form. A copy of the identity document is to be attached to the application form. Only when all registration procedures are fully completed, including the receipt of the test fee, will an application be processed.

Confirmation of enrolment

After the application has been received by Central EALTS Administration, the local test centre informs the candidate of the dates and times available for them to take the two parts of the test. The test centre and candidate schedule a mutually convenient date and time for both parts of the test to be taken and the tests are formally booked. It is not necessary for both parts of the EALT to take place on the same day. The local test centre confirms the agreed final schedule for both parts of the EALT to the candidate in writing.

Taking the test

The identity of all candidates is checked before they sit either part of the EALT. Photographs of candidates may be taken prior, during or after a test has been taken. Each candidate must have the same evidence of identity as that used to support the application form. 3 No other forms of identification are acceptable. Paper and pens or pencils will be provided by the test centres. Candidates must not take any bags, books, papers, cameras, mobile phones, recording devices, pagers or any other devices, electronic or otherwise, into the test rooms.

EALT administrators meet the candidates, check identification and ensure all candidates know where and when to go for their tests. For the EALT Test of Listening, candidates are given a unique log-in name and password and are assigned a computer terminal. Candidates log themselves in using the details provided and are then approved to begin the test by the EALT Administrator. For the EALT Test of Speaking, candidates are assigned a waiting room and an interview room.

Candidates are encouraged to take notes during both parts of the test, but notes made during either part of the test may not be removed from the test rooms. Candidates are not allowed to leave the test rooms at any time during either test.

The EALT Test of Speaking test is recorded.

Results

Results are awarded by Central EALTS Administration and local test centres are informed typically within 10 working days of the completion of the test. Local test centres are then responsible for notifying their candidates of these results.

Additional notification of results may be undertaken by test centres to organisations, departments or individuals nominated by the candidate or the candidate’s sponsor organisation at the time of enrolment.

To reduce the risk of error in the communicating of results, test centres are typically not permitted to give results over the phone, by fax or by e-mail.

A Test Report Verification Service is available through Central EALTS Administration. 4

1 c.f. ICAO Cir 318-AN/180 Ch.2 Section 4 Test Administration and Security

2 Candidates taking the test outside their own country must present a passport or aviation authority licence.

3 Candidates must bring the photo-ID document used in support of the test application to the test. This is the only form of identity that will be accepted on the test day. This document must be valid on the day of the test.

4 c.f. ICAO Cir 318-AN/180 Ch.2 Test Administration and Security 4.3.5