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AMC1 ADR.OR.D.017(a);(b) Training and proficiency check programmes

ED Decision 2021/003/R

TRAINING OF AERODROME PERSONNEL โ€” GENERAL

(a) The training programme should cover all personnel:

(1) involved in the operation, maintenance, and management of the aerodrome (supervisors, managers, senior managers, and the accountable manager); and

(2) operating unescorted on the movement area, and other operational areas of the aerodrome, and which are related to the aerodrome operator

regardless of their level in the organisation.

(b) The training programme should include safety management system training whose level of detail should be appropriate to the individualโ€™s responsibility and involvement in the safety management system and should also include human and organisational factors.

(c) The training programme should consist of the following:

(1) a process to identify training standards, including:

(i) syllabi, duration, and frequency for each type of training and area of activity for the persons mentioned in point (a), including for the instructors and assessors;

(ii) method(s) for delivery of training and competency assessment; minimum performance to be achieved by trainees; and

(iii) track completion of required training;

(2) a validation process that measures the effectiveness of training;

(3) initial job-specific training;

(4) practical training;

(5) recurrent training;

(6) refresher training; and

(7) continuation training.

(d) The training programme should identify training responsibilities and contain procedures:

(1) for training and competency assessment of the trainees;

(2) to be applied in the event that personnel do not achieve or maintain the required standards.

(e) Training contents, syllabi and duration should comply with the requirements prescribed in
Part-ADR.OPS.

(f) A training file should be developed for each employee, including management, and a system should be in place to assist in identifying and tracking employee training requirements, and verifying that personnel have received the required/planned training.

(g) Information related to points (c) and (d), including the identified training standards and the related syllabi and frequency, should be included in the aerodrome manual.