Who should attend. The course is designed for those who may have to conduct or participate in an aircraft accident investigation. This may be in the role of official investigator for a State or as an accredited representative/technical advisor of a manufacturer, operator or service provider.
Before electronic calculators, converting square varas (at 1 vara = 32.8748 inches) to acres was a tedious job. But if 1 vara = 33 1/3 inches, 3 varas are exactly 100 inches, 36 varas are exactly 100 feet, and 108 varas are exactly 100 yards. An easy division and some shuffling of the decimal point do the job.
There are 5280 feet in a mile. In 1000 feet, one tenth would be 528  feet, two tenths is 1056. There are just under two tenths of a mile  in 1000 feet.