Ramp Incident / Accident Investigation

4-day (32 hours) classroom course

IATA’s Ramp Incident / Accident Investigation 4-day classroom course will provide the necessary tools and techniques to investigate a ground operations event to meet industry requirements. You will analyze and evaluate ramp incident and accident scenarios, improve your interviewing and questioning skills, use management tools for accident prevention and apply lessons learned for self-improvement objectives. This course follows the AHM 650 & 652 and a simulated accident investigation based on ICAO Annex 13 taking advantage IATA IDX (Incident Data Exchange).

Course Code: GOC043VEEN02

Course format

• This classroom course provides 4 days (32 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• Take this course at an IATA Training Center, Regional Training Partner, or on-demand as in-house training.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment.

Prerequisites

• Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced.
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 or the equivalent for courses held in languages other than English.

How to register

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In-house training

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Investigate accidents and incidents meeting industry requirements
• Analyze and evaluate ramp incident / accident scenarios
• Improve your interviewing and questioning skills
• Use management tools for accident prevention
• Apply lessons learned for self-improvement objectives

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• Management of safety
• Providing an understanding of organizational culture
• Safety reporting
• Accident causation
• Human factor considerations
• Investigation of accidents and incidents
• Introduction to categories of accidents and accident investigation levels
• Introduction to ICAO investigation requirements
• Accident prevention plans
• Interoperability with SMS and ISAGO standards
• Practical exercise – Accident investigation

This course is recommended for:

• Safety Officers
• Ground Operations Safety Managers
• Ramp Managers and Supervisors

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on an assessment. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.