5-day (40 hours) classroom course
This course provides you with a practical understanding of the systems and tools that organizations have or should have in place that are intended to manage safety risk and reduce the occurrence of incidents and accidents. The course also provides you with knowledge and tools that can be used when assigned responsibilities associated with internal incident investigations.
Course code: SAC024VEEN02
Course format
Prerequisites
- You should have some prior knowledge of Aviation Safety Management and Quality Assurance Principles.
- Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced.
- The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.
How to register
In-house training
To arrange in-house training for your company, please complete the in-house training request form or contact the Training Specialist in your region.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain how aviation safety regulations are drafted and how compliance and quality assurance contribute to an organization’s safety performance
- Outline the basics of SMS and Risk Management
- Summarize human factors and organizational behavior and discuss the influence of culture
- Establish differences between accident investigations and internal incident investigations
- Explain how an internal incident investigation is conducted and the methodology for drafting a report
- Outline the basics associated with an aircraft accident investigation
The key topics that are covered during this course include:
- The link between aviation accidents and rule making
- State accident investigation responsibilities especially Annex 13, 19 and ICAO Doc 9859
- Importance of developing and maintaining comprehensive and effective internal policies and procedures
- Importance of structured safety management in preventing incidents and accidents
- Importance in understanding human factors, culture and organizational behavior in preventing incidents and accidents
- Differences and similarities in internal incident investigations and state-controlled accident investigations
- Initiating and conducting an internal incident investigation
- Basic accident investigation procedures
- Incident investigation report
Activities
- Numerous case studies
- Videos
- Exercises
This course is recommended for personnel involved in accident investigations from:
- Civil aviation authorities
- Airport authorities
- Air navigation service providers
- Aircraft maintenance organizations
- Airlines
An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.
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