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TRAINING COURSE

EASA Air Operations Management for Helicopters – Recurrent Training (OBSOLETE)

Introduction

EU regulations impact competent authorities, commercial and non-commercial helicopter operators. Additionally, Member States may also decide to apply the relevant provisions of the new basic regulation 2018/1139 to public interest activities such as firefighting, police, border control & customs, SAR.

This course reviews the structure and basic principles of the relevant regulations and covers the detailed scope of the requirements and future ruilemaking deveopments. It is designed to provide continuity and refresher training for those involved in all helicopter operations activities.

Course Content

  • Define and summarize the compliance requirements for conducting commercial and non-commercial helicopter operations.
  • Identify and review the applicable helicopter regulatory requirements, amendments and future developments applicable to their specific organisation.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the Safety and Compliance monitoring programme.
  • Define and illustrate aviation regulatory requirements for personnel with responsibility for contracting specific activities to helicopter service providers (e.g. HEMS, Firefighting and Border Guard activities).

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you should have:

    • Define and summarize the compliance requirements for conducting commercial and non-commercial helicopter operations.
    • Identify and review the applicable helicopter regulatory requirements, amendments and future developments applicable to their specific organisation.
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of the Safety and Compliance monitoring programme.
    • Define and illustrate aviation regulatory requirements for personnel with responsibility for contracting specific activities to helicopter service providers (e.g. HEMS, Firefighting and Border Guard activities).

Who should take this course

  • Helicopter operator management team personnel (AOC/NCC/NCO/SPA/SPO).
  • Non-aviation personnel involved in the contracting of activities (‘State’ and commercial) to helicopter service providers.
  • Competent Authority staff.

Pre-requisites

Essential:

Essential:

  • Knowledge of management processes in accordance with ORO.GEN.200.
  • Familiar with operators Operations Manual content and connection with Regulation (EU) 965/2012.

Desirable:

  • Management experience with Helicopter Operator (AOC/NCC/NCO/SPA/SPO).
  • Completion of introductory EASA Air Operations for Helicopters training course.