ICAO Workshop Training Standards & Guidelines Moscow 16-17 September 2004

1. ICAO Workshop Training Standards & GuidelinesMoscow16-17 September 2004 Presenter: Brian Considine

2. ICAO Workshop Training Standards & Guidelines • Introduction & Overview ESARR 5 • Training Requirements • Licensing & Competence Requirements

3. Introduction & Overview ESARR 5 • Scope • Rationale • Applicability • Safety Objective • Safety Requirements • Requirements for Air Traffic Controllers • Implementation • Exemptions

4. ESARR 5 - Scope ESARR 5 sets out • The general safety regulatory requirements for all ATM services personnel responsible for safety related tasks within the provision of ATM services across the ECAC area • The safety regulatory requirements for controllers • The safety regulatory requirements for engineering and technical personnel undertaking operational safety related tasks.

5. ESARR 5 - Scope • ESARR 5 contains regulatory and administrative procedures for the issue and maintenance of ATC licences within ECAC States • ESARR 5 has been produced to enable designated air traffic control Licensing Authorities to license air traffic controllers in accordance with standards and procedures that are harmonised throughout the ECAC States

6. ESARR 5 - Applicability ESARR 5 explains to whom the Safety Requirements apply: • General requirements • Requirements for controllers • Requirements for engineering & technical personnel undertaking operational safety related tasks

7. ESARR 5 - Safety Objective • The overall safety objective is to ensure the competency and, where applicable, the satisfaction of medical requirements, of ATM services’ personnel responsible for safety related tasks within the provision of ATM services

8. ESARR 5 - Safety Requirements General requirements • Designated Authority • Air Traffic Services Provider • Individual

9. ESARR 5 - Safety Requirements Requirements for controllers • Designated Authority • Air Traffic Services Provider • Individual Personnel

10. ESARR 5 - Safety Requirements Requirements for engineering & technical personnel undertaking operational safety related tasks • Designated Authority • Operating Organisation • Individual Personnel

11. Implementation • General requirements for ATM services personnel shall be implemented by 10/11/2003 • Requirements for controllers shall be implemented by 10/11/2003 • Requirements for engineering & technical personnel shall be implemented by 11/04/2005

12. Exemptions • The only exemption in ESARR 5 is an acceptance that the experience requirement for OJTIs cannot be met in certain circumstances • The appropriate Designated Authority shall evaluate the circumstances and issue a documented exemption • The exemption shall ensure an equivalent level of safety

13. Introduction & Overview ESARR 5 • Scope • Rationale • Applicability • Safety Objective • Safety Requirements • Requirements for Air Traffic Controllers • Implementation • Exemptions

14. Training Requirements

15. Training Requirements • Initial Training • Unit Training Plans • Competence Schemes • Continuation Training • Development Training

16. DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ATCO LICENCE, RATING, ENDORSEMENT STUDENT LICENCE Progression of ATCO Training OJTI ASSESSOR SUPERVISOR SAFETY MANAGER INCIDENT INVESTIGATOR AIRSPACE DEVELOPER REFRESHER EMERGENCY CONVERSION CONTINUATION TRAINING TransitionalPre-OJT, OJT UNIT TRAINING Basic and Rating INITIAL TRAINING

17. Training RequirementsDesignated Authority • Initial Training • Initial ATC training courses to satisfy, as a minimum, the ECAC Guidelines for Common Core Content Training • Initial Training consists of Basic and Rating Training

18. Training RequirementsDesignated Authority • Approved Unit Training Plans • Competence Scheme • Approved procedures to ensure ongoing competence • Process by which controllers will be assessed • Persons responsible • How the Designated Authority will inform the controller and the ANSP • Method of record keeping

19. Training RequirementsDesignated Authority • Continuation Training • Refresher Training • Periodic Refresher Training • Emergency Training • Periodic Emergency Training

20. Training RequirementsDesignated Authority • Development Training • OJTI

21. Training Requirements • Initial Training • Unit Training Plans • Competence Schemes • Continuation Training • Development Training

22. Licensing & Competence Requirements

23. Licensing & Competence Requirements • Designated Authority Responsibilities • Service Provider Responsibilities • Individual Responsibilities • Competency Requirements

24. Licensing & CompetenceDesignated Authority Requirements • Before granting a Student ATCO Licence or Certificate of Competence shall ensure the applicant: • Has undertaken the appropriate Initial Training and passed any associated examinations or assessments in the rating discipline in which he/she will be authorised to undergo on the job training to be suitable for training under supervision of an authorised OJT instructor to be an Air traffic Controller • Holds a valid medical certificate of the appropriate class

25. Licensing & CompetenceDesignated Authority Requirements • Before granting an ATCO Licence or Certificate of Competence and the associated rating(s), rating endorsement(s) and unit endorsement(s), shall ensure that the applicant has: • Undertaken the appropriate Initial Training and has passed any associated examinations or assessments • Successfully completed the elements of the Unit Training Plan appropriate to the rating discipline being undertaken • Been assessed as competent • Holds a valid medical certificate

26. Licensing & CompetenceDesignated Authority Requirements • Before granting an ATCO authorisation to provide operational training as an OJT instructor shall ensure that the applicant has • A minimum of two years experience in the rating discipline in which he will instruct • A minimum of six months experience in the rating on the specific sector or operational position on which the instruction will be given • Completed an appropriate OJT Instructor course and passed any associated assessments required

27. Licensing & Competence Service Provider Requirements • Shall ensure that a student air traffic controller • Holds a current student licence • Holds a valid medical certificate

28. Licensing & Competence Service Provider Requirements • Shall ensure that a student and /or trainee controller is adequately prepared for OJT by Transitional Training and Pre-OJT

29. Licensing & Competence Service Provider Requirements • Shall ensure that a controller providing an ATC Service • Holds valid ratings • Holds a valid medical certificate of the appropriate class • Is Competent

30. Licensing & Competence Service Provider Requirements • Shall ensure that units have approved competence schemes including requirements for controllers to: • Complete a specified number of hours • Be subject to competency assessment • Undertake periodical refresher and emergency training • Ensure operational competence after returning from extended periods of absence

31. Licensing & Competence Service Provider Requirements • Shall ensure that an OJTI • Holds the appropriate valid ratings • Holds a valid OJT Instructor Licence • Is Competent • Holds a valid medical certificate of the appropriate class

32. Licensing & Competence Service Provider Requirements • Shall ensure that units have procedures for monitoring controllers for psychoactive substances • Shall ensure that units have procedures to prevent controllers from exercising the privileges of his licence: • Medical reasons • Psychoactive substances

33. Licensing & CompetenceService Provider Requirements • Shall notify the Designated Authority when: • A controller’s competence is in doubt • A controller is judged no longer competent • A controller or student is assessed no longer medically fit • An OJTI is judged no longer competent to provide operational training

34. Licensing & Competence Individual Requirements • A Student Controller shall ensure that • Holds a current student licence • Complies with the unit competence scheme and is competent to undergo OJT • Holds a valid medical certificate of the appropriate class • Informs management when no longer medically fit • Does not undertake OJT if under the influence of psychoactive substances

35. Licensing & Competence Individual Requirements • An ATCO shall ensure that he • Holds valid ratings/endorsements • Complies with the unit competence scheme • Complies with any conditions imposed by the Designated Authority • Holds a valid medical certificate of the appropriate class • Informs management if no longer medically fit to provide an ATC service • Does not provide an ATC service while under the influence of psychoactive substances • Does not exercise the privileges of his licence if there is a decrease in medical fitness

36. Licensing & Competence Requirements • A person responsible for tasks in the provision of ATS or supporting the provision of ATS which are related to the safety of air traffic shall • Not carry out such tasks unless he has been declared competent and has been duly authorised to do so • Be subject to, or initiate, appropriate measures to ensure ongoing competence • Meet medical requirements, if appropriate , to the task

37. Licensing & Competence Requirements • Designated Authority Responsibilities • Service Provider Responsibilities • Individual Responsibilities • Competence Requirements

38. ICAO Workshop on Training Standards & GuidelinesMoscow16-17 September 2004