ATSEP Initial Training

Course design

This course provides students with the minimum training required for Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP).

The course consists of Basic Training and Qualification Training.

  • Basic Training is designed to give all learner ATSEPs fundamental knowledge of the CNS/ATM environment and the skills applicable for the respective fields.
  • Qualification Training is designed to provide domain related knowledge and skills appropriate to the qualification stream to be pursued in the CNS/ATM environment.
    In a minimum of one specialised technical domain, ATSEPs are trained for one or more streams that correspond with the system/s and equipment that they will eventually work with. Domains and streams can be selected individually.

Course objectives

Upon completion course participants shall:

  • have fundamental knowledge of the CNS/ATM environment and systems from all technical domains.
  • have the ability to identify and solve generic but realistic problems related to an area of expertise.
  • have the required knowledge and skill set to be able to successfully react to and resolve key issues and scenarios

Course duration
  • Basic Training                     7 days
  • Qualification Training          approx. 4 days for each domain
(depending on learner’s specialisation and selected streams

Course content

I. Basic Training

  • Introduction
  • Air Traffic Familiarisation
  • Aeronautical Information Services
  • Meteorology
  • Communication
  • Navigation
  • Surveillance
  • Data Processing
  • System Monitoring & Control
  • Maintenance Procedures
  • Facilities
  • Safety
  • Human Factors
  • Miscellaneous

II. Qualification Training / Domains

  • Communication
    (Voice; Data; Transmission Path; Recorders)
  • Navigation
    (Performance Based Navigation; Ground Based Navigation – NDB, DF, VOR, DME, ILS, MLS; GNSS; On Board Equipment)
  • Surveillance
    (Primary; Secondary; ADS; HMI; Surveillance Data Transmission; Selected Topics from Data Processing)
  • Data Processing
    (Data Processing Systems; Process; Data; Selected Topics from Communication and Surveillance)
  • System Monitoring & Control
    (ANS Structure; ANS Systems/Equipment; SMC Tools, Processes and Procedures; Technology; Selected Topics from Other Domains)