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TRAINING COURSE

Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) Awareness & Familiarisation

Introduction

Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) operation has been undertaken for a number of years primarily limited to military and police operation. Since the inclusion of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service into JAR-OPS and future EASA OPS regulations, it has been recognised that the safe operation of night time missions would be enhanced using NVIS equipment. This improvement for civil night VFR operation, with the aim of reducing accidents and improving awareness, requires modification to make an aircraft NVIS-compliant.

However, Certification of NVIS modifications and recent assessments of NVIS modified aircraft has shown a lack of awareness regarding installation, training, configuration management and continued airworthiness issues for NVIS modified aircraft. To improve awareness, regulators, design organisations, operators as well as maintenance and training organisations require specific knowledge in existing standards for NVIS equipment.

Course Content

The NVIS course is an introduction course designed to give participants an understanding of the content and application of NVIS requirements for civil aircraft/helicopter. Participants will receive an introduction to NVIS certification, operational and maintenance requirements and how they apply it to their daily work environment.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you should have:

  • The NVIS course is an introduction course designed to give participants an understanding of the content and application of NVIS requirements for civil aircraft/helicopter. Participants will receive an introduction to NVIS certification, operational and maintenance requirements and how they apply it to their daily work environment.

Who should take this course

  • Flight Operation Managers involved in NVIS operations;
  • Postholder Continued Airworthiness;
  • Maintenance Planners;
  • Maintenance Organisations (continued airworthiness of NVIS modified aircraft) & Part 66 Licensed Persons;
  • Competent Authorities responsible for the approval of Part 145;
  • Regulators performing oversight;
  • AOC Holders or responsible for the verification of certification issues (Part 21) in NVIS approvals; and
  • Design organisations which intend to modify aircrafts/helicopter for NVIS operations.

Pre-requisites

Essential:

Participants are kindly requested to bring a laptop to the course to access course material which will only be provided in electronic format.