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Apron safety and ground handling

Keep people and aircraft safe through every turnaround: hazards, rules, fuelling, heat and safety data, under ICAO, EU and UAE requirements

By Aerospace Garage Desk · Introductory · 45 minutes · 24 narrated pages

What you will be able to do

  • ✓ Describe the apron as a shared workplace and identify the main hazards to people and aircraft, using published figures with their limits.
  • ✓ Explain how ICAO Annex 14, the Airport Services Manual, safety management, occurrence reporting and the EU ground handling Regulations apply to the ramp.
  • ✓ Apply the safe sequence for arrival, servicing and departure, including equipment approach, engine danger zones and the turnaround critical path.
  • ✓ Protect ramp staff with the right equipment, noise controls, heat-stress planning by WBGT, vehicle checks, driving permits and debris control.
  • ✓ Apply fuelling precautions and the rules for fuelling with passengers on board, de-icing and dangerous goods at the aircraft.
  • ✓ Measure ramp safety with normalised indicators and estimate the cost of ground damage and the benefit of prevention.

Course content

Session 1 · The apron as a workplace

1.1

  1. Who works on the apron · free preview
  2. The hazards of a shared space
  3. What the numbers say
  4. From the investigation file: the ramp agent at Montgomery
Session 2 · Rules and standards for the apron

1.2

  1. ICAO: the stand, its markings and apron management
  2. Safety management and reporting
  3. Europe's new ground handling rules and industry standards
  4. Worked example: the safe approach to a parked aircraft
Session 3 · The turnaround, step by step

1.3

  1. Arrival: making the stand ready and securing the aircraft
  2. Servicing: equipment around the aircraft
  3. Departure: pushback, engine start and engine danger zones
  4. Worked example: a 45-minute turnaround and its critical path
Session 4 · People and equipment

1.4

  1. Protecting the people: clothing, hearing and fitness
  2. Heat: working the ramp in a Gulf summer
  3. Equipment and drivers: checks, permits and debris walks
  4. Worked example: a work and rest cycle for a hot afternoon
Session 5 · Fuelling and special operations

1.5

  1. Fuelling: the basic precautions
  2. Fuelling with passengers on board
  3. Special operations: de-icing and dangerous goods
  4. Worked example: can fuelling start with passengers boarding?
Session 6 · Measuring safety and what comes next

1.6

  1. Reporting ground damage and occurrences
  2. Safety performance indicators for the ramp
  3. Trends: smarter equipment, electric fleets and apron control
  4. Worked example: what does ground damage cost an airline?

Who this course is for

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