Learn how to prepare your resources, equipment and staff to establish a proactive culture across your operations and organization. Through practical planning exercises and real-life examples, this one-of-a-kind course reviews operational obstacles due to weather and the solutions to address them.

Course details

Duration: 4 days (32 hours)
Recommended level: Professional and Management
Prerequisites: Participants should have prior knowledge of airport and ground operations

Wahat you will learn

• Become familiar with adverse weather conditions and the complications they can produce
• Build response and action plans that address the risks your airport faces
• Minimize the impact of disruption and quickly return to normal operations
• Strengthen cooperation between departments and operations to become more efficient in planning and response
• Self-evaluate to improve the allocation of resources, equipment and staff

Who should attend

This course is open to all operational managers and staff, including:

• Station and ground operations managers
• Airfield operations managers
• Airport operations managers

Key topics

• The impact of weather conditions and other sources of disruption
  •   Storms, heavy rain and floods
  •   Extreme cold and heat
  •   Strong winds
  •   Low visibility situations
• Resource and operations planning
  •   Developing a response plan and action plan
  •   Equipment, staff and special training
  •   Testing readiness
  •   Continuous improvement through self-assessment
  •   Returning to normal operations
• Communication and collaboration with third parties
  •   Stakeholders you should involve
  •   Communicating through the media
• Airside operations
  •   Runway operations
  •   Ramp and passenger handling
  •   Cargo
  •   Current and future regulations

Course dates

June 19 - 22, 2012