Airport Ramp Safety East

Course details

This course equips participants with knowledge on hazard identification, risk assessment of airport ramp safety activities and safety management of airport ramp. Airport ramp safety audits and inspections, managing human factors and crisis communication are also addressed. Site visits to Singapore Changi Airport's facilities are incorporated into the learning experience to give participants a better perspective of how theories discussed are applied in an operating environment.

OUTLINE

•    Overview of Airport Ramp Safety Operations
•    Identifying Accident-prone Airside Activities

                  -  Aircraft technical handling and support

                 -  Apron handling/aircraft refuelling

                 -  Catering

                 -  Development construction works

•     Infrastructure, Installations, Markings/Signs: Safety Implications

                 -  Airside marking/signs and roadway system

                 -  Aircraft guidance docking system

                 -  Passenger loading bridges

                 -  Apron lightings

•     Airside Operations' Responsibilities and Relationship with Safety Unit

                -  Airside operations' accountability and responsibilities

                -  Safety unit's involvement with safety management

•     Safety Regulations and Classification of Hazardous Materials

                 - Safety regulations under ICAO Annex 18 (The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air)

                 - Classification of dangerous goods

                 - Labelling and packing

                 - Action by airport emergency service

•    Bird Hazard Control

                -  ICAO's Standards and Recommended Practices on bird control

                -  Factors contributing to bird hazard: Methods for controlling birds

•    Foreign Object Debris and Ramp Safety
•     Implementation of Integrated Safety Management Systems (SMS)
•    SMS as a Part of Business
•    Safety Policies, Action and Goals Reviews
•    Safety Inspection and Checklist

                  - Routine and detailed airside inspections

                  - Management inspection/audit

                  - Thorough inspection using checklist

•    Airport Ramp Safety Audit

                  - What is safety audit?

                  - Areas and activities that require audits

•     Involvement of Airlines and Ground Handling Agents in Airport Ramp Safety

                  - Relationship between airport operators and airlines

                  - Achieving consensus in actions for safety

•     Ramp Safety Considerations for Low-cost Terminals

                  - Remote parking of aircraft

                  - Passenger safety

                  - Special markings

                  - Positioning support equipment

•    Human Factors Affecting Safety
•    Human Information Processing
•    Focus Detection
•    Physiology/Circadian
•    Stress and Vigilance
•    Crisis Communication Management

                   - Effective crisis communication strategies

                   - Crisis communication plan

                   - Working with media

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Personnel from civil aviation authorities, airport authorities/operators and organisations involved in airport ground operations or airside safety preferably with at least one year working experience relating to airside operations.