Airside Safety Management Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyse the main hazards associated with airport airside operations and aircraft ground movements.
• Apply structured methods for identifying and assessing airside safety risks.
• Evaluate risks associated with aircraft, vehicles, personnel, equipment, and operational interfaces.
• Develop effective controls for apron, runway, taxiway, and manoeuvring-area hazards.
• Strengthen airside vehicle and driver safety management practices.
• Apply effective controls for Foreign Object Debris and airside housekeeping risks.
• Assess human factors and operational behaviours that contribute to airside incidents.
• Implement effective safety reporting, investigation, and corrective-action processes.
• Evaluate airside emergency preparedness and response arrangements.
• Apply Safety Management System principles to day-to-day airside operations.
• Establish meaningful airside safety performance indicators and assurance activities.
• Develop practical improvement actions for strengthening airside safety performance.

Who Should Attend

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and classify hazards across different areas of the airside environment.
• Conduct structured airside safety risk assessments.
• Analyse the causes and contributing factors of airside incidents and near misses.
• Evaluate aircraft, vehicle, pedestrian, and equipment interaction risks.
• Develop appropriate controls for apron and aircraft turnaround activities.
• Assess runway, taxiway, and manoeuvring-area safety hazards.
• Apply effective FOD prevention and control practices.
• Evaluate human factors, communication, fatigue, workload, and behavioural risks.
• Establish effective safety reporting and corrective-action processes.
• Assess the effectiveness of airside emergency response arrangements.
• Monitor safety performance using relevant operational indicators and assurance methods.
• Develop an integrated airside safety improvement action plan.

Course Outline