#AVIASSIST set for two more training courses in #Kigali

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17-20 APRIL TWO PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSES

The Foundation is pleased to announce two certificate courses at the AviAssist Safety Promotion Center (ASPC)-Rwanda. Both unique in-region opportunities not to be missed!

Human Factors in Aviation

Kigali, Rwanda 18-19 April – US$ 250

Human performance is fundamental to operational safety in aviation as the majority of incidents and accidents are attributable to human error. This course introduces participants to the principles of human factors awareness, the factors that affect personal performance and how the human element interfaces with equipment, the working environment, the tools to be used and the organizational context.

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For registration, complete and return the attached registration form.

Instructor Frank Klap will take you through this two days intensive course which is in the form of lectures, group exercises and plenty of moderated interactive discussions. The course will be of particular value to air traffic controllers, pilots & trainee pilots, flight safety officers, regulators, aircraft maintenance & repair companies, accident investigators, aircrew representatives, aviation students, but also to professionals from other modes of transport and the healthcare sector.
The course fee of US$ 250 includes:

A two day international and interactive Human Factors course
A certificate of completion (when all certification criteria are met)
Tea & coffee breaks
Lunches
A year’s subscription to Africa’s full colour quarterly SafetyFocus magazine

Airport Wildlife Management

Kigali, Rwanda / 17-20 April – US$ 500

This course teaches the knowledge, skills and tools needed to implement an effective airport wildlife management plan. Numerous African airports face airport wildlife management risks that need to be addressed.The management of wildlife on and near airports is not usually an easy task. It can be as diverse as habitat manipulation to use of predators to repelling wildlife to lethal control of wildlife. Understanding wildlife hazards will increase chances for the implementation of a stakeholder supported wildlife management plan.

Your team of instructors will take you through this four day intensive course which is in the form of lectures, field exercises, group exercises and plenty of moderated interactive discussions. A guest lecture by a senior KLM Royal Dutch Airlines captain will add further depth to the course by providing a cockpit and airline perspective to the topic. The course will be of particular value to:

Airport wildlife management staff
Airport fire fighters
Safety managers
Aerodrome safety inspectors
Airside management
Airport (operational) staff
Ministerial, district & city planning department staff
Environment Management Agency staff
Air Force Personnel
Dispatchers, pilots & other airline operational staff.

The course fee of US$ 500 includes:

A four day interactive Airport Wildlife Management course
A certificate of completion (when all certification criteria are met)
Tea & coffee breaks
Lunches
A year’s subscription to Africa’s full colour quarterly SafetyFocus magazine

For more information, click here
For registration, complete and return the attached registration form.

About AviAssist

The AviAssist Foundation is the only non-profit organisation dedicated to providing impartial, independent, expert safety guidance and resources for the African aviation industry.
We realise our incredible rates by deploying practising professional volunteers and support from the airlines for their transport as important pillars of our independent, non-profit status.
Not included in the course fee are costs for travelling and accommodation. You are kindly requested to make your own arrangements.

The course designs follow international standards as specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO, leading regulators from across the world and leading industry associations.

When it comes to our courses, our impact is that we bring courses and events for which there are currently no commercially feasible alternatives in the countries or sub-regions where the events are held. You can read more about our ‘after course support’ for our learners in our course catalogue that you can access by clicking here.

For more information and for special rates for enrolling more than 3 participants, contact us as training

Please be mindful of the fact that all courses have a very limited number of places to ensure excellent facilitator-learner interaction.

The ASPC-Rwanda is an initiative from the AviAssist Foundation and a joint undertaking with the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority, RwandAir, the aviation academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the University of Tourism, Technology & Business Studies (UTB) in Kigali and the JAA-TO. The ASPC-Rwanda is growing into East Africa’s leading resource centre for safety promotion, with training courses just one of the services offered.

Help us promote this event: please forward this email to anyone you think should grab this unique opportunity. As an independent, non-profit organisation, we rely on support of aviation organisations and companies, even if only by attending our great value for money events!

See you in Kigali, Rwanda next month!

Tom Kok
Director

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