A
A licence
The first licence. Typically clears a jumper to skydive without direct supervision — to pack their own main, jump in groups, and exercise self-supervision in freefall and under canopy.
Minimums — see official site
AU
National body · Australia
Australian Parachute Federation
The national body for sport parachuting in Australia — responsible for the sport's safety regulation, certificates and instructor ratings across Australian dropzones.
Who they are
The APF self-administers skydiving in Australia in coordination with the national aviation regulator. It publishes the operational regulations that member dropzones follow and issues the certificates that license jumpers.
Australian licensing uses an A→D certificate progression, with jump-count and proficiency requirements at each level. Refer to the APF's official site for the current requirements.
Licences
The APF ladder.
An A→D certificate progression under the APF's operational regulations. See the official site for the current requirements.
B
B licence
Adds privileges such as water-landing training, and is a common stepping stone toward earning a coach rating.
Minimums — see official site
C
C licence
Adds privileges such as night jumps and exhibition (demonstration) jumps, and is a prerequisite for several instructional ratings.
Minimums — see official site
D
D licence
The master licence — all licensed privileges, and the prerequisite for the senior instructional and examiner ratings.
Minimums — see official site
Privilege descriptions are broadly common across federations; the exact requirements are set by APF. Confirm the current rules on its official site.
Instructor ratings
The APF issues instructor and coach ratings — including AFF, tandem and packer ratings — under its training and rating scheme.
In SkyLog, the coaches who hold these ratings show them on their profile as verified credentials, and the sign-offs they give are sealed into your logbook. See how coach sign-offs work.
The authority
APF's official site is the last word.
This page is an orientation. Requirements, ratings and regulations change — before you rely on anything here, confirm the current rules with APF directly.
apf.com.auYour logbook
Log to the licence.
Progression is built on a verified, signed-off record. SkyLog keeps exactly that — free for your first 50 jumps.