About

The Emergency Response Plan (ERP) is an invaluable tool for all airport stakeholders, providing clear direction for action and exposing pain points that could aggravate a real response.

This course helps you to develop a response plan that brings together aircraft operators, airport authorities, ground service providers and state emergency response agencies.

This course is available at IATA Training Centers, Regional Training Partner locations, and on-demand as in-house training.

Course format

• This classroom course provides 5 days (40 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment

Prerequisites

• Participants should have prior knowledge of airport operations
• Recommended level is Intermediate and Management
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or equivalent for other languages.

What you will learn

On completion of this course you will be able to:

• Understand what are ICAO's Standards and Recommended Practices for emergency planning at airports
• Meet the legal responsibility to manage emergencies at an airport
• Coordinate a response plan among the airfield and ground service departments, as well as various outside agencies
• Develop table top and full scale emergency drills
• Evaluate crisis management systems at aerodromes and identify required improvements

Course content

• Regulatory requirements
• Basics of Aviation Emergency Management
• Coordination an inter-dependency
• Roles and responsibilities of Airports and GSP
• Emergency Response leadership skills
• Tasks – actions – workplaces
• Notification – alarm – alarm plans
• Special assistance team / Humanitarian Response
• Communication
• The ‘Toolbox’ of responsible staff
• Drafting a plan
• Training and exercises
• Business Continuity
• Course review and Examination
• Regulatory publications

These regulatory publications are referenced in the course:

• Airport Services Manual, Part 7, Airport Emergency Planning, ICAO
• Annex 14, Chapter 9, ICAO
• Manual of Certification of Aerodromes, Doc 9774, Part 4, ICAO
• Advisory Circular 150/5200-31C, FAA

Activities

• Exercises
• Case studies
• Video presentations

Who should attend

This course is recommended for:

• Emergency Response Planning Managers
• Operations Managers of Airport Operators
• Station Managers and Duty Officers
• State authorities involved in airport emergency response planning

Certificate awarded

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.

Additional information

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Further training
Graduates of this course can apply for the Harvard ManageMentor© (HMM) distance learning program at a special graduate price.