Course Title: Course in Hazardous Weather to Aviation

Course Code: ENV8

Course Description:

The short course will deal with the specific hazardous weather to aviation and how this

affects aerodromes and aircrafts. This information will help in flight planning and enable

more efficient operations at an airport.

Who should attend?

This course will be particularly helpful to personnel whose daily operations are affected

by the weather: Private and commercial pilots, air traffic controllers, aeronautical

meteorological personnel and ground staff working outside on the apron at an airport

might find this information very useful in their scope of work.

Course Content:

Introduction to competencies required by the International Civil Aviation

Authority for Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel.

The hazard that cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms pose to aviation.

The hazard that low cloud and poor visibility such as fog, mist, haze smoke,

sand and dust storms, heavy rain and volcanic ash pose to aviation.

The hazard that aircraft icing poses to aviation.

The hazard that aircraft turbulence - CAT, mountain waves, gravity waves,

mechanical, orographic, wake turbulence and convective turbulence and

micro bursts poses to aviation.

VFR and IFR flight rules.

Types of aeronautical forecasts issued at an airport.

Aeronautical warning information available to pilots and ground staff at an

airport (SIGMET/AIRMET/Aerodrome warnings).

Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF’s).

Take – off forecast.

Meteorological Aerodrome and Special Reports (METAR’s)

Sig weather charts for en route flying weather.

Course Period:

From 5 to 10 days.

Course Style:

Lecture or One-to-One training style.

In house training.

Group Training.

Practical Training.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

This course is provided in VIP or standard forms. For more information

contact BATD team.

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