Aerodrome Safeguarding

All aerodromes must ensure that the environment both on and off the airport are maintained in a safe condition for aircraft operations.  The aerodrome safeguarding course is designed to provide qualified and trained persons who can ensure correct Aerodrome Safeguarding
services as expected by GCAA.

Course Objectives:

• To provide qualified and trained persons who can ensure correct Aerodrome Safeguarding services as expected by GCAA
• Obstacle limitation services Approach/departure surface.
• Training staff (specialists, section leaders) providing aerodrome safeguarding to comply with GCAA requirements & ICAO Airport services manual Part
• Provide Air Navigation Service Providers with an in-depth overview of the CNS Safeguarding purposes, principles, processes, modelling tools and methods, as well as technical solutions for mitigating impacts and enabling developments.
• Provide trainee with ICAO Annex 10&  ICAO DOC 015 – managing Building Restricted Areas requirements

Course Outlines:

• CNS Equipment and associated EUR Doc 015 surfaces

• • Communication: VHF/UHF
  • Navigation: ILS, DME, G-BAS, VOR, NDB
  • Surveillance: PSR, SSR, SMR, A-SMGCS

• Air operations and instrument flight procedures

• • CNS safeguarding principles
  • Overview of international regulations and guidance material (EUR-DOC 015, Annex 10, PANS-OPS)
  • Overview of national regulations and practices and Land use planning and offshore development.

• CNS safeguarding modelling and tools for “Specialist Engineering Analysis”

• • Modelling techniques and experience (Line-of-sight, Numerical simulations and limitations)
  • Commercial simulation software and tools overview

• Specific examples of what can be caused by project developments etc.

• • Buildings
  • Introduction to electromagnetic wave propagation
  • Adverse effects on air operations (Multipath, Shadowing)

• CNS safeguarding regulations and processes

• • Process for dealing with authorities, airports, developers
  • Cranes
  • Mobile structures - aircraft and vehicles
  • Mitigation techniques (e.g. building design, building materials, shielding of buildings, CNS equipment upgrades, procedure design)

• Wind Farms

• • Effects to en-route navigational aids such as DVOR and DME
  • Effects to communications systems
  • Effects to primary and secondary radars
  • Mitigation techniques