ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

ICAO – EUROCONTROLEUROPEAN SEMINAR ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

EUROCONTROL, BRUSSELS27 – 28 October 2005

Bogdan Braguta

Safety Regulation Unit

EUROCONTROL

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

Content:Why ESARR 5 ?ESARR 5 – ATM Services Personnel

- link with language proficiency for ATCOsConclusions

ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

Why ESARR 5 ?

ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs

- Maintaining and improving safety

"Numbers of ATM-related accidents and serious incidents shall not increase, and where possible decrease" - (MATSE 6, Jan 2000)

- Increases in traffic levels

- Evolving technology,

- Increase in automation,

- Development of new

skills, knowledge

Why ESARR 5? EUROCONTROLEUROCONTROL

RVSM

ADS

LINK 2000

8,33GNSS

RNAVPRNAV

2020

19977.0 million flights

Traffic doubles over 20 years

16.0 million flights

The Role of ESARRs/ ESARR 5

Harmonised Framework for ECAC

Uniform Minimum / Option to Excel

Addressing All Relevant Issues

Complement ICAO SARPs

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

ESARR 5 – ATM Services’ Personnel

ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs

Sets harmonised safety regulatory requirements for ATM Personnel,

specifically for

Air Traffic Controllers

Engineering and technical personnel

and

General requirements for ATM personnel having safety

related tasks

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel

THE OBJECTIVES

The safety objectives pursued are:

to ensure the competence and

where applicable the satisfaction of medical reqs.

of ATM services’ personnel responsible for safety related

tasks within the provisions of ATM services

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel

COMPETENCE meaning / definition

What is COMPETENCE ?

Possession of required level of

knowledge

skills

experience and

proficiency in English (where required)

to permit the safe and efficient provision of ATM services

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel

Engineers andTechnical personnel

Air Traffic Controllers

ATM personnel having safety related tasks

ESARR 5

ADDRESSES

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)

Requirements forDesignated Authority

Requirements forAir Traffic Service Provider

Requirements forIndividual Personnel

Accountabilities

for ATCOs

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)

Requirements forIndividual Personnel

Requirements for licensed/certificated ATCORequirements for licensed/certificated ATCO

… …

b)… is competent to provide ATC services b)… is competent to provide ATC services

Requirements for a student ATCORequirements for a student ATCO

……..

b)… is competent to undertake the OJT b)… is competent to undertake the OJT

RequirementsRequirements

An ATCO … is competent to provide ATC services An ATCO … is competent to provide ATC services

(5.2.2.1)(5.2.2.1)

An OJT instructor … is competent to provide ATCAn OJT instructor … is competent to provide ATC

services (5.2.2.5)services (5.2.2.5)

etc.etc.

Requirements forAir Traffic Service

Provider

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)

Requirements forDesignated Authority

or NSA in the SES

RequirementsRequirements

Before granting an ATC licence …. the applicant Before granting an ATC licence …. the applicant

has been assessed as competent (5.1.2.6)has been assessed as competent (5.1.2.6)

Before granting a Student ATC licence… has Before granting a Student ATC licence… has

undertaken the appropriate initial training andundertaken the appropriate initial training and

passed any associated examinations or passed any associated examinations or

assessments… to undergo OJT … (5.2.1.7)assessments… to undergo OJT … (5.2.1.7)

Implement procedures or require units to haveImplement procedures or require units to have

procedures for ongoing competence … to procedures for ongoing competence … to

maintain competence (5.2.1.11)maintain competence (5.2.1.11)

Procedures are subject to audit (5.2.1.12)Procedures are subject to audit (5.2.1.12)

ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)

Requirements forDesignated Authority

or NSA in the SES

General RequirementsGeneral Requirements

Ensure by appropriate regulation that ATM Ensure by appropriate regulation that ATM

Personnel is competent (5.1.1)Personnel is competent (5.1.1)

Requirements forAir Traffic Service

Provider

General requirementsGeneral requirements

Ensure at ATS Units that ATM personnel is Ensure at ATS Units that ATM personnel is

competent (5.1.2)competent (5.1.2)

Documentation availablefor ATCOs:

• EAM 5 GUI 2 – Safety oversight issues for ATCOs

• EAM 5 GUI 1 – Explanatory material for ATCOs

• EAM 5 ICAO – ESARR 5 vs. ICAO Annex 1 (new version)

www. eurocontrol.int/src

ESARR 5 is related to English language proficiency through notion of competence

ESARR 5 is a high level regulatory requirements document, so it does not contain the means to achieve English language proficiency

ESARR 5 complement ICAO Annex 1 provisions and as such there is no need to establish new criteria/requirements for language proficiency

No means of compliance have yet been determined (related to ESARR 5)

Designated Authorities/NSA have their role to play within the

implementation of ESARR 5 requirements (rulemaking and oversight

functions)

CONCLUSIONS

Tools to be developed

Ways to apply language proficiency requirements (guidance material)

Assessment of means to comply

Co-ordination with other bodies to ensure consistency and avoid duplication (EC, JAA/EASA, ICAO)

CONCLUSIONS

ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

ICAO – EUROCONTROLEUROPEAN SEMINAR ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

EUROCONTROL, BRUSSELS27 – 28 October 2005

Bogdan Braguta

Safety Regulation Unit

EUROCONTROL