COURSE DURATION: 5 Days Training. 3 Days – Refresher (Covers all topics summarized)

PREREQUISITE: AVOP – Airside Vehicle Operators Permit

COURSE DEPLOYMENT: Classroom / Virtual

TARGET GROUP: Aviation Fire Fighters

COURSE AIM: The aim of this is course is to enable the participants understand and use the correct aviation phraseology when operating in the maneuvering area.

COURSE OBJECTIVES - UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Communicate with Pilots and ATC
• Apply learnt rules and behaviors when entering the maneuvering areas
• Apply safety principles to avoid incursions

MINIMUM NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 12

PASS MARK: 75%

AMOUNT: (PER LEARNER; PER DAY): R3199 (Excl. VAT)

REFRESHER AMOUNT: (PER DAY; PER LEARNER) R2272 (Excl. VAT)

MODULE 1 : GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

• General Operating Procedures:
• Introduction
• Who, why and when we use radiotelephony language?

MODULE 2 : SPEECH TECHNIQUE

• General
• Radiotelephone
• Phonetic language
• Numerals
• Time
• Standard speech abbreviations

MODULE 3 : RADIOTELEPHONY CALLSIGNS

• Airside callsigns
• Aircraft callsigns
• Callsigns confusion

MODULE 4 : COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND VEHICLE OPERATORS

• Establishment of contact
• Continuation of communication
• Standard phrases
• Acknowledgement of messages
• Airside read back of messages
• Conditional clearance
• Test transmissions

MODULE 5 : CONTROL OF SURFACE TRAFFIC

• Prior to transmitting
• Priority on the maneuvering area
• Crossing runways
• Stopbars

MODULE 6 : SPEEDS

• Speed limit as per local aerodrome regulations

MODULE 7 : BIRD AND WILDLIFE CONTROL

• Bird control at airports

MODULE 8 : EMERGENCIES

• Radio failure on the maneuvering area
• Becoming lost/uncertain of position on the maneuvering area
• Vehicle breakdown on the maneuvering area

MODULE 9 : RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR)

• Observing techniques

MODULE 10 : LOW VISIBILITY OPERATIONS (LVO)

• Apply and adopt the Low Visibility Operations SOP’s
• Control of aerodrome surface traffic in conditions of low visibility

MODULE 11 : JETBLAST AND PROPWASH HAZARDS

• How to maintain safe distance behind a taxiing aircraft
• How to maintain safe distance from the propwash

MODULE 12 : RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY MARKINGS

• Day markings
• Night markings
• Stop bars and lead-on lights
• Runway guard lights

MODULE 13 : SURFACE MARKINGS

• Understanding different surface markings
• Understanding meanings of colors

MODULE 14 : APRONS MARKINGS

• Understanding different apron markings
• Understanding meanings of colors

MODULE 15 : SIGNAGE

• Understanding how to interpret different signage on the airfield
• Understanding different signage categories e.g., mandatory, warning, etc.

MODULE 16 : MISCELLANEOUS GROUND MARKINGS

• Understanding how to interpret different ground markings

MODULE 17 : INSPECTION OF RUNWAYS

• How to perform a runway inspection
• How to follow instructions from the ATC
• How to do a read back to the ATC instruction

MODULE 18 : PREVENTING RUNWAY INCURSIONS

• Situational awareness
• General runway incursion prevention