Profession air traffic safety technician

Air traffic safety technicians perform technical tasks concerning the design, installation, management, operation, maintenance and repair of air traffic control and air navigation systems. operation, maintenance and repair of air traffic control and air navigation systems.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative

Related professions air transport

• Air traffic controller
• Air transport operations clerk
• Aircraft loader
• Aircraft pilot, co-pilot
• Aircraft purser
• Aircraft service technician
• Flight attendant
• Helicopter pilot
• Radar observer

Knowledge

• Airport safety regulations

  Know airport safety regulations and instructions.

• Surveillance radars

  Know that Mode A/C Secondary Surveillance Radar stations continuously interrogate all aircraft within their range. Know that Mode S Secondary Surveillance Radar stations carry out interrogations of aircraft within their coverage.

• Air transport law

  Know air transport laws and regulations. Due to the nature of aviation, knowledge of air transport laws partially overlaps with knowledge of international law.

• Electrical systems used in transportation

  Understand the functioning of electrical systems, their specifications, and application in operations and systems for the transportation of freight and people.

• Airport electrical systems

  Know the different elements that comprise airport electrical systems, such as air navigation equipment, electronic landing aids, radars, and meteorological services. Know the function and operation of each of these elements.

• Technical drawings

  Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings.

• Electronics

  The functioning of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including programming and applications. Apply this knowledge to ensure electronic equipment runs smoothly.

• Aircraft flight control systems

  Know the setting, features and operation of aircraft flight control systems. Manage flight control surfaces, cockpit controls, connections, and operating mechanisms required to control the flight direction of an aircraft. Operate aircraft engine controls in order to change aircraft speed.

• Common aviation safety regulations

  The body of legislation and regulations that apply to the field of civil aviation at regional, national, European and International levels. Understand that regulations aimed at protecting citizens at all times in civil aviation; ensure that operators, citizens, and organisations comply with these rules.

• Safety engineering

  The engineering discipline used to ensure that systems, machines and equipment work according to the set safety standards and laws, such as environmental law.

Skills

• Install electrical and electronic equipment

  Install equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work, or equipment to generate, transfer or measure such currents and fields. This equipment includes switchboards, electric motors, generators or direct current systems.

• Comply with air traffic control operations

  Act in compliance with instruction provided by air traffic controllers.

• Maintain electronic equipment

  Check and repair electronic equipment. Detect malfunction, locate faults and take measures to prevent damage.

• Use testing equipment

  Use equipment to test performance and operation of machinery.

• Ensure aircraft compliance with regulation

  Ensure that every aircraft complies with applicable regulation and all components and equipment have officially valid components.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB