Regulation (EU) 2017/373
(a) This Subpart establishes the requirements to be met by the service provider with respect to the training and the competence assessment of air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEP).
(b) For the service providers applying for a limited certificate in accordance with points (a) and (b) of point ATM/ANS.OR.A.010 and/or declaring its activities in accordance with point ATM/ANS.OR.A.015, the minimum requirements to be met with respect to the training and the competence assessment of ATSEP may be determined by the competent authority. Those minimum requirements shall be based on qualification, experience and recent experience, to maintain specific equipment or types of equipment and ensuring equivalent level of safety.
ED Decision 2020/020/R
It is acknowledged that ‘power supply’ and ‘air conditioning’ systems and equipment can be critical elements of the aviation safety chain and that personnel should be competent in those areas. Personnel that maintain these systems should not be considered as ATSEP. In general, ATSEP do not work on these systems, but rather control and manage the release of power supply and air conditioning systems, to and from operational service.
ATSEP.OR.105 Training and competence assessment programme
Regulation (EU) 2017/343
In accordance with point ATM/ANS.OR.B.005(a)(6), the service provider employing ATSEP shall establish a training and competence assessment programme to cover the duties and responsibilities to be performed by ATSEP.
When ATSEP are employed by a contracted organisation, the service provider shall ensure that those ATSEP have received the applicable training and competences foreseen in this Subpart.
AMC1 ATSEP.OR.105 Training and competence assessment
ED Decision 2020/020/R
GENERAL — METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDERS, DATA SERVICE PROVIDERS, FLIGHT PROCEDURE DESIGN SERVICE PROVIDERS
(a) Service providers should identify authorised personnel who are competent to operate, maintain, release from, and return into operations equipment of the functional system.
(b) Service providers could demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements of Subpart A — AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY ELECTRONICS PERSONNEL of Annex XIII (Part-PERS) to Regulation (EU) 2017/373 by performing a gap analysis (e.g. a specific compliance matrix) that describes and compares the requirements for the training of the persons identified as air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEP), as well as for their qualification, experience, and recent experience, and by maintaining specific equipment or types of equipment to ensure an equivalent level of safety thereof.
(c) The gap analysis (e.g. specific compliance matrix) that is referred to in point (b) should also detail the competence assessment(s) to be conducted by the service providers for ATSEP that meet the applicable requirements, and include copies or references of all the documents that are required for demonstrating compliance.
GM1 to AMC1 ATSEP.OR.105(b) Training and competence
ED Decision 2020/020/R
GENERAL — METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDERS, DATA SERVICE PROVIDERS, FLIGHT PROCEDURE DESIGN SERVICE PROVIDERS
The gap analysis (e.g. specific compliance matrix) should:
(a) describe the qualification, experience, and recent experience of the ATSEP;
(b) indicate for which requirements of Subpart A of Part-PERS exemptions should be granted;
(c) indicate the training, including the required examinations and assessments, to be provided to the ATSEP; and
(d) include an assessment that confirms that the compliance of the ATSEP with the training, examination, and assessment requirements that are described in the analysis can be considered as equivalent to the successful completion of the training that is required by Regulation (EU) 2017/373 for the purpose of demonstrating compliance.
GM2 to AMC1 ATSEP.OR.105(b) Training and competence assessment programme
ED Decision 2020/020/R
GENERAL — METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDERS, DATA SERVICE PROVIDERS, FLIGHT PROCEDURE DESIGN SERVICE PROVIDERS
The authorised persons who are competent to operate, maintain, release from, and return into operations equipment of the functional system may be information technology (IT) personnel or technicians with maintenance tasks at a service provider.
GM1 ATSEP.OR.105 Training and competence assessment programme
ED Decision 2017/001/R
The training and competence assessment programme should include:
(a) the training policy;
(b) the description of all training activities and the interrelations between different training activities;
(c) the description of the function/role of the phase/course supervisor, instructors and assessors;
(d) the description of the qualifications of instructional and competence assessment personnel;
(e) the target group of learners;
(f) the description of the minimum qualification of learners or required entry levels (‘learner’ is the generic term for a person performing a learning activity without any reference to his or her status (ab initio/student/trainee));
(g) the description of knowledge outcome and performance objectives;
(h) the record of supervisory, instructional and competence assessment personnel participating in a course;
(i) the training environment (e.g. infrastructure, equipment, etc.);
(j) the training methodology (e.g. classroom instruction, self-study, computer-based training (CBT), on-the-job training (OJT), etc.);
(k) the training material;
(l) the training schedule;
(m) the competence assessment method (e.g. pre-course, on-training evaluation, post-course, etc.);
(n) the record of individual learners training and competence assessment; and
(o) the feedback mechanisms.
GM2 ATSEP.OR.105 Training and competence assessment programme
ED Decision 2017/001/R
When already qualified and experienced ATSEP move from one service provider to another, the receiving service provider may conduct an analysis and/or competence assessment of their previous training. Any identified training shortcomings, relative to their new duties assignments should be addressed through additional training.
Regulation (EU) 2017/373
In addition to point ATM/ANS.OR.B.030, the service provider employing ATSEP shall maintain records of all the training completed by ATSEP, as well as the competence assessment of ATSEP and make such records available:
(a) on request, to the ATSEP concerned;
(b) on request, and with the agreement of the ATSEP, to the new employer when the ATSEP is employed by a new entity.
ATSEP.OR.115 Language proficiency
Regulation (EU) 2017/373
The service provider shall ensure that ATSEP are proficient in the language(s) required to perform their duties.
AMC1 ATSEP.OR.115 Language proficiency
ED Decision 2017/001/R
Service providers should determine the level of language proficiency based on the particular ATSEP duties, the safety criticality of the system ATSEP will need to work on, and taking into account the language requirements related to operating instructions, manuals, and the need to communicate across operational boundaries that require a common language.