Aviation Security Awareness for Airport and Ground Operations Employees (e-learning)

4-hour e-learning course

Security is a concern for everyone in the industry, affecting virtually all areas of operation. Working in or around an airport you have a role in keeping the industry safe and secure. In line with ICAO guidance, any personnel involved in implementing any security measures or who are authorized to have unescorted access to an airside area must receive security awareness training. This course is tailor-made to your role and will introduce you to the security measures and regulations you need to know whilst working in a ground staff airport or airline role. This course will provide you with background information about aviation security and practical information regarding handling threats and different security related tasks, with an introduction to cyber security.

Course Code: TSCS-67

Group discounts
Considerable discounts are available for multiple purchases (30+ users) of this course. To simplify company-wide implementation, you can also host this e-learning course on your company’s Learning Management.
Please contact us for more information.

Course format

• This self-study e-learning course requires approximately 4 hours of study, to be completed within 6 months from the purchase date (enrollment validity).
• After the enrollment validity expires, the users will not have access to the course content and will not be able to take the assessment.
• Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers for the best user experience.
• The recommended level for this course is Entry-level.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment. Please refer to the Assessment Information below for more details.

Registration information

• Please refer to our payment methods and applicable taxes.
• When you click to purchase the course, you will be directed to log in to your Training Profile through our Customer Portal.
• Are you purchasing the course for several people at once? Please find out how on our Payment page.

Upon completing this course you will have the skills to:

• Recognize the current threats to civil aviation
• Relate your security responsibilities to your role
• Demonstrate good security practices
• Facilitate a security culture and security incident reporting culture
• Enhance your company Security Management System (SeMS)

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• Current threats to the aviation industry
• Aviation security regulations and the international organizations behind them
• Security measures for persons, vehicles, inflight and cargo
• Response and measures to security-related incidents
• How to report security incidents: introducing IATA’s See It Report It (SIRI) initiative
• Introduction to cyber security

This course is recommended for:

• Persons working in a ground staff airport or airline role
• Persons working in a landside or airside area of an airport

Upon successful completion of the assessment, you will be granted an Award that you can print for your records.

Assessment information

Please read the General Information on Self-study exams.

• Delivery method: Unsupervised online-based exam. Assessment can be taken at any time at your convenience.
• Format: 35 multiple-choice questions
• Time allowance: 1.5 hours
• Passing grade: 80% correct answers
• Number of assessment attempts: 2

Important note: The assessment should be accessed after you have completed the course module. Once you have started the assessment you can no longer access the course module.