The Civil Air Operations Officers’ Association of Australia, known as Civil Air, is Australia's federally registered professional and industrial organization for civilian air traffic controllers and related air-operations specialists. Registered in 1948, it represents controllers, instructors, flight-data and airways-data personnel, simulator-support staff, air-traffic-services managers, and eligible Defence civilian controllers. Civil Air works on aviation safety and professional standards, technical and operational policy, training, workplace conditions, and international air-traffic-control cooperation. It is Australia's member association in the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations and operates from Port Melbourne.