Bell Helicopter Textron Undifferentiated or Other Model
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 6
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Procedure; Human Factors; Airspace Structure
While providing On the Job Training instruction my trainee gave an IFR clearance and vector to a helicopter below the MVA (Minimum Vectoring Altitude) without any of the required procedures of ascertaining whether or not the pilot could maintain their own terrain/obstruction clearance below the MVA. This aircraft was also right on the boundary with an adjacent facility.
PVD TRACON Controller reported their trainee issued an IFR clearance to an aircraft that was below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude and on the boundary of another sector's airspace.