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ESARR 5
Managing ATCO and ATSEP competences inEurope

EIWAC – Tokyo – March 2009
Benoit RULLEAU – French Embassy in Japan1

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Managing ATCO and ATSEP competences in Europe
1. ESARR 5
2. EC 2096/2005
3. ATCO Licence
4. ATSEP Common Core Content
5. Implementation by DSNA

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1. ESARR 5• ESARR: Eurocontrol SAfety Regulatory Requirements– Eurocontrol member states must incorporate those requirements into theirnational legislation– ESARR aims at evolving toward a common regulatory system in Europe• ESARR 3 sets out requirements for safety oversight and safety
management• ESARR 5– Was approved by Eurocontrol in 2000 for ATCOs and 2002 for ATSEPs– Takes the general principles of ESARR 3 and applies them toATM personnel performing safety related tasks– “The overall safety objective is to ensure competency (…) of ATM
services’ personnel responsible for safety related tasks within theprovision of ATM services.”3

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1. ESARR 5• Authorities must ensure that organizations and personnel
performing ATM safety related tasks are competent to carry out
those tasks.
Authorities assist the ANSP to define what safety related tasks are.
• Organizations (ANSP) must ensure that personnel performing ATM
safety related tasks:– Are properly trained and competent to carry out those tasks and– Satisfy medical fitness requirements• ATCOs and ATSEPs shall:– Not carry task unless having being declared competent and authorized– Follow training to ensure ongoing competence– Meet medical requirements
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1. ESARR 5• Spectrum of application of ESARR 5 for ATSEP– ESARR 5 applies to “engineering and technical personnel undertaking
operational safety related tasks”– Those are defined as:“Personnel who operate and maintain ATM equipment approved for
operational use.
Note: (does not) cover other equipment related functions, such asdesign, testing, commissioning (…)”– Equipment approved for operational use are “All systems (…) that havebeen operationally released to be used either by aispace users directly,
or are used in the provision of ATM services”

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2. EC 2096/2005• European Commission Regulation (EC) 2096/2005 was issued in
December 2005
– ANSP of EU must comply to obtain ANSP’s certificate• EC 2096 lays down common requirements for ANSP– ESARR 3, 4 and 5 (except for ATCO) are adopted by EC– “With regard to the personnel involved in safety related tasks (…), theprovider of ATS shall document the adequacy of the competence of the[ATSEP]”

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3. ATCO Licence• According to the European Regulation 550/2004, the Directive
2006/23/EC of the European Commission defines a “Community Air
Traffic Controller Licence”• All ATCOs in Europe must hold a licence (even military)– Student ATCO licence granted after completion of initial training– ATCO licence granted after completion of unit training– Proficiency in English is compulsory (=> language endorsement)– 6 possible ratings:• Aerodrome control or Approach control or Area control• Instrument/Surveillance or Visual/Procedural– Each rating allows several different possible endorsements

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3. ATCO Licence• Initial training– leads to the delivery of the Student ATCO Licence– is defined in Eurocontrol’s “Guidelines for air traffic controller
Common Core Content Initial Training” (CCC)• Unit training– leads to the delivery of Ratings and to Unit endorsement– Unit training plan is defined by each unit (and approved by the authority)– Unit training is delivered by an on-the-job training instructor– Continuing training is compulsory. The competence of ATCO isassessed every 3 years at least.

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4. ATSEP Common Core Content• The Common Core Content Initial Training Specification wasissued in January 2009. It is based on the “Guidelines for a common
qualification level of technical training for ATSEP”.
• The CCC (2009) is not mentioned in ESARR 5 (2002), butEC2096/2005 will be amended to reference it as a standard.
• EC chose to not impose a licence for ATSEP. States Authorities
and/or ANSP can chose their way for implementing ESARR 5/CCC.
– French ANSP chose to introduce a “basic licence” covering Initial Traning
but not system/equipment rating for ATSEP

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4. ATSEP Common Core ContentBASICQUALIFICATION

S/E RATINGCOMPETENCEASSESSMENT• Basic training– Fundamental knowledge of the CNS/ATM environment– Skills applicable to all learner ATSEPS• Qualification training– ATSEP must train in a at least one out of 5 domains: Communication (C),Navigation (N), Surveillance (S), Data processing (DP), System monitoring andcontrol (SMC)– Knowledge and skills related to a domain– 16 streams are identified, within the 5 domains, each corresponding to a genericprofile• At the end of Initial training, students are ready to begin System/Equipment
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4. ATSEP Common Core Content• Today ANSP practices are very different concerning HRmanagement– In some ANSP, ATSEP are polyvalent• In DSNA, ATSEP have over 5 years of post-graduation training before
qualification, all of them are trained on the 5 domains.
• They first train on C, N, S and DP, then learn SMC once the master maintenanceskills– In some ANSP, ATSEP are specialised• They only work on 1 system during all their career• SMC is a stand-alone specialisation, not doing any maintenance on systems• Training is completed in a few months¾Difficult to set a common standard for training!
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5. Implementation by DSNA• DSNA chose to implement a basic licence for its ATSEP• All ATSEP are trained in the 5 domains during initial training.
• Because those systems are more or less safety related, the ATSEP
definition is extended to technicians in charge of Air conditioning andPowering systems. 2 Domains are added:– Domain Air conditioning (AC) (approx. 1 year of training)– Domain Electrotechnics (ET) (approx. 1 year of training)• Thus, ATSEPs are divided in 3 categories:– Electronics engineers, with all 5 standard domains– Electrotechnics technicians, with domain ET– Air conditioning technicians, with domain AC
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Stream Com VoiceStream Com Data
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Stream Nav ILS
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Stream Nav MLS
Stream Sur PSR
Stream Sur MSSR
Stream Sur ADS
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Conclusion• Personnel competence management regulation are being
implemented at European level for ATCO and ATSEP• This implementation aims mostly at better safety through better initialand continuous training practices and competence assessment• It also aims at reducing disparities/fragmentation between ANSP…
• … But current differences between ANSP, and inertia of suchorganisations in a highly safety critical environment, make it difficult
to adopt high standards.

Thank you!
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