Paul Kennedy Safety Regulation Division

Irish Aviation Authority

Entry Point North ATSEP Workshop - Malmo10th / 11th October 2018

ATSEP Training:Competent Authority Overview

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Workshop

Not a lecture

Still in learning

Open to questions

Even more open to answers!!!!!!

Ground rules

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• Brief introduction• Current Regulatory Context • Current Competent Authority Oversight of

ATSEP Training• New Common Requirements - key elements • Transition Plan……in progress

Contents

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Aviation Regulation Framework -Ireland

IRISH CIVIL AVIATION SYSTEM

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Ireland is part of a global system, other States must be satisfied that we perform our regulatory oversight obligations to a satisfactory standard before they allow us access to their State.

This is achieved by the:

• ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP)

• EASA Continuous Monitoring Standardisation Programme

International Oversight of Ireland

IAA Airspace Responsibility

ShanwickOceanicAirspace

Communications : IrelandAir Traffic Services : UK

NOTA

ShannonFIR

SOTA

NOTA

Current Regulatory Context

Regulatory EnvironmentBasic Regulation

Regulation (EU) 216/2008, Annex Vb

5 (a)(iv) the service provider shall use only suitably qualified and trained personnel and implement and maintain training and checking programmes for the personnel;

However …..Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, Annex VIII

5 (5.1)(d) …the service provider shall use only suitably qualified and trained personnel and implement and maintain training and checking programmes for the personnel;

Regulatory EnvironmentBasic Regulation

Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, Article 140 Transitional provisions • The certificates ………. made or recognised in accordance with

Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its implementing rules shall continue to be valid and …pursuant to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation…….

• Not later than 12 September 2023 the implementing rules adopted on the basis of Regulations (EC) No 216/2008 and (EC) No 552/2004 shall be adapted to this Regulation…..

So….Certificates issued under Regulation (EU) 1035/2011 ‘Common Requirements’…..still extant

And issued in accordance with…….

Article 9 Safety regulation of engineering and technical personnel

Competent Authorities Shall • Issue….safety rules for engineering and technical personnel

• Ensure adequate and appropriate safety oversight……. engineering and technical personnel…

Regulatory EnvironmentCommon Requirements

Regulatory EnvironmentCommon Requirements

ANNEX I General requirements for the provision of air navigation services

Technical and Operational Competence and Capability

ANSPs shall

• provide their services in a safe, efficient, continuous and sustainable manner

• maintain adequate technical ….expertise.

Regulatory EnvironmentCommon Requirements

Annex IISafety requirements for engineering and technical personnel undertaking operational safety

related tasksANSPs Shall

Ensure • that technical and engineering personnel…. who operate and maintain ATM equipment …. have

and maintain sufficient knowledge and understanding of the services they are supporting, ….. Document

• the adequacy of the competence of the personnel; • the personnel qualification schemes and policy, • the personnel training policy, • training plans and records • as well as arrangements for the supervision of non-qualified personnel.

Maintain a register• record the relevant qualifications of technical and operational personnel, against required skills

and competence requirements;

Current Competent Authority Oversight of ATSEP Training

Current Competent Authority Oversight of ATSEP Training

Includes National requirements for the approval of Air Traffic Services Systems and for the maintenance of records for such systems.

Enshrines in Irish Law the right of access to conduct inspections for authorised officers of the IAA.

Current Competent Authority Oversight of ATSEP Training

Rules require equipment and systems installed and operated by ANSPs must comply with the applicable ICAO standards, particularly ICAO Annex 10 on Aeronautical Telecommunications

Therefore service provider processes and procedures should be based on the following volumes;• Volume I: Radio Navigation Aids • Volume II: Communications Procedures • Volume III: Communications Systems • Volume IV: Surveillance and Collision Avoidance Systems • Volume V: Aeronautical Radio Frequency Spectrum Utilization

Annual Audit ProgrammeUsed to confirm ANSP’s procedures ensure ATSEPs undertaking safety related tasks:

• are properly trained and qualified to perform the assigned tasks;

• have and maintain sufficient knowledge to ensure a sound understanding of the air navigation services they are supporting,

• have and maintain their knowledge of the appropriate working limits to be applied when performing operational safety related tasks;

Current Competent Authority Oversight of ATSEP Training

Extract from Check list

Competency-based Training and Assessment or Air TrafficSafety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP)

Used as Guidance

For example;Evaluation of the effectiveness of the training ensuring that:• the competencies and related assessment are relevant to the work of

ATSEP in the specific context and environment to which they may be assigned after training;

• the trainees acquire the necessary competencies in a progressive and satisfactory manner; and

• remediation actions are taken if in-training or post-training evaluation indicates a need to do so.

New Common RequirementsKey Elements

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Regulation (EU) 2017/373

Recital• air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEP)… should be subject to a

harmonised training and competence assessment scheme.

• Therefore, detailed provisions on training and competence assessment of such personnel should be included….

Regulation applies from 02 January 2020

New Certificates to be issued by 01 January 2021

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

ATM/ANS.AR.A.005 Certification, oversight and enforcement tasks

The competent authority shall exercise • Certification

• Oversight

• Enforcement

• Monitoring of the safe provision of services

• Verification that applicable requirements are met.

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Part PERS - Scope

• sets out requirements to be met by the service provider …• training and the competence assessment of ATSEPs

…except

• For the service providers applying for a limited certificate the minimum requirements to be met with respect to the training and the competence assessment of ATSEP may be determined by the competent authority.

• Those minimum requirements shall be based on qualification, experience and recent experience, to maintain specific equipment or types of equipment and ensuring equivalent level of safety.

However all will

ATSEP.OR.105 Training and competence assessment programme • the service provider shall establish a training and competence assessment programme …

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Training Requirements A service provider shall ensure that ATSEP have completed

BASIC TRAINING • training designed to impart fundamental knowledge of the service provider’s

operational environment.

QUALIFICATION TRAINING • training designed to impart knowledge and skills appropriate to the qualification stream

to be pursued in the service provider’s operational environment.

SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RATING TRAINING • training designed to impart system/equipment-related knowledge and skills leading

towards operational competence.

CONTINUATION TRAINING • training designed to maintain and/or augment existing knowledge and skills related

to the ATSEP assigned responsibilities and duties.

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Training Instructor requirements

Service Providers shall ensure that ATSEP• Training instructors are suitably experienced in the field where

instruction is to be given;

• On-the-job training instructors have successfully completed an on-the-job-training course and have the skills to intervene in instances where safety may be compromised during the training.

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Competence Requirements

A service provider shall establish, implement and document processes for: • assessing the initial and ongoing competence of ATSEP; • addressing a failure or degradation of ATSEP competence, including

an appeal process; • ensuring the supervision of personnel who have not been assessed as

competent; • define the following criteria against which initial and ongoing competence

shall be assessed: • Technical skills; • behavioural skills; • knowledge.

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Competence Requirements

‘Competence’ is understood as a situation where ATSEP possess the required level of • Knowledge• technical and behavioural skills • Experience• language proficiency when required,in order to be authorised to perform duties on the system and equipment they are competent to work on.

A service provider shall ensure that ATSEP • have been assessed as competent before performing their duties; • are subject to ongoing competence assessment

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Technical Skills Assessor Requirements

Service providers shall ensure that technical skills assessors have successfully completed an assessor course and are suitably experienced

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Technical Skills Assessors Experience

• have clear understanding of the service provider’s assessment process and procedures applicable;

• have clear understanding of the performance required of the ATSEP during the assessment and/or on-going assessment;

• have the ability to evaluate, in an objective and independent manner, whether the ATSEP has achieved or is maintaining the level of performance required;

• have the ability to assess and, if required, act when intervention is necessary to ensure that safety is not compromised;

• have the ability to analyse and accurately describe and/or record strengths and weaknesses of an ATSEP performance; and

• use appropriate interpersonal and communication skills to brief and debrief an ATSEP, if required

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Language Requirement Service providers shall ensure • ATSEP are proficient in the language(s) required to perform their duties.

based on

• ATSEP duties• the safety criticality of the systems worked on • the language requirements related to operating instructions, manuals• need to communicate across operational boundaries that require a

common language.

Regulatory EnvironmentNew Common Requirements

Record-keeping

Service providers shall maintain records of• all the training completed by ATSEPs, • competence assessment of ATSEPs

Service providers shall make such records available:

• on request, to the ATSEP concerned;• on request, and with the agreement of the ATSEP, to the new employer

when the ATSEP is employed by a new entity.

Transition Plan

Transition PlanNotification &Consultation

Consultation

Transition PlanExposition Matrix

Demonstration of meeting requirements

Transition PlanWorkshops with Service Providers

Transition PlanReview and Issue of Certification

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Questions?