Basic Airside Safety (e-learning)

3-hour e-learning course

An interactive, flexible, and effective way of learning about the airport environment, airside safety, rules, aircraft danger zones, fire prevention and in the event of an incident, know the procedures to follow in fire action and how to administer first aid. Ideal for individuals or Organizations with a high number of trainees who need to meet the requirements to get airside access.

Course code: TALP-17

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.

This course can be purchased at a discount as part of the Ramp Handling Essentials Bundle

Course format

• This self-study e-learning course requires approximately 3 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.
• 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:

• Cover all critical parts of safety at the apron
• Provide a common knowledge-base to protect people and equipment, so that all staff can cooperate safely and respond to incidents and accidents
• Reduce the risk of accidents and ramp damages

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• The airport environment
  • The airport
  • Communication
  • Hand signals
  • Aircraft ground support equipment
• Security and Safety
  • Security
  • Aircraft danger zones
  • Health and safety
  • Severe weather conditions
  • Traffic rules at the ramp
  • Accident and incident reporting
• Fire and first aid
  • Fire prevention
  • Fire protection and fire action
  • First aid

This course is recommended for:

• All personnel who have airside access
• All personnel involved in ramp operations

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.

• Method: Unsupervised online exam The assessment can be taken at any time at your convenience.
• Format: 30 multiple-choice questions
• Time allowance: 1.5 hours
• Passing grade: 70% 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.