Welcome to - Entry Point North · 10:00 Welcome (Mr Andreas Fredriksson, Sales and Marketing Director, ... 12.45 EASA update on ATSEP Training, Q & A session (Mr Ken Engelstad,

Welcome to ATSEP Workshop 2016

09:30 Registration and coffee

10:00 Welcome (Mr Andreas Fredriksson, Sales and Marketing Director, Entry Point North)

10:15 ATSEP Training around the world

11:45 Lunch (optional tour at EPN Academy 12:20 – 12:45)

12.45 EASA update on ATSEP Training, Q & A session (Mr Ken Engelstad, Rulemaking officer, EASA)

14:15 Coffee break and Group Photo session

14.45 ATSEP Training at Albcontrol (Mr Arben Sancolli, Training Expert, Albcontrol)

15:30 Workshop on S/E Rating Training

16.30 Sum up of day 1

17.00 Bus departure to the hotel

19.00 Dinner organised by Entry Point North @ Restaurant Kockeriet, Norra Vallgatan 28, Malmö)

Agenda – Day 1

08.30 ATSEP OJTI and Assessor training (Mrs Anne-Mette Petri, Development Specialist EPN)

09.15 ATSEP Training at ELTEL (Mr Urban Enström, Business Development Manager, ELTEL)

10.00 Coffee break

10.30 Training for the unexpected (Mr Andreas Meyer, IFATSEA)

11.15 Challenges in the future: Remotely Operated Towers (Mr Mikael Höglund)

12.00 Summary and closing remarks

12.30 Lunch

Agenda – Day 2

Anna Karin Sogndal – Training & Operations Director

Georgina Szekeres – Project Manager

Andreas Fredriksson – Sales and Marketing Director

Jörn Andersen – Training Specialist

Inesa Stockunaite – Marketing Manager

Marie Mala – Sales and Marketing Representative

Carl-Magnus Jönsson – Client manager

Åsa Kajrup – HR Business Partner

Miranda Bohlin – HR Generalist

Flemming Tidselholdt - Systems Director

Presentation of the Entry Point North Team

ATSEP Training

Entry Point North ATSEP Training

Development Training

QualificationCOM

BASIC Training

QualificationNAV

QualificationSUR

QualificationDAT

QualificationSMC

Initial Training

Assessor

OJTI Refresher

OJTI

Provided by EPN

Rating Training SMC rating training

Rating Training Refresher TrainingEmergency Training

Conversion Training

Continuation TrainingProvided by EPN

SHARED

Entry Point North ATSEP courses

Basic CCC – 8-15 days

•Induction•Air Traffic Familiarisation (ATF)•Aeronautical Information Services (AIS)•Meteorology (MET)•Communications (COM)•Navigation (NAV)•Surveillance (SUR)•Data Processing (DAT)•System Monitoring and Control (SMC)•Maintenance Procedures (MTN)•Facilities (FAC)•Safety (SAF)

ATSEP Basic

Training can be performed at Entry Point North or customer site both for standard course as well as for tailor made solution.

• Qualification courses

• Shared (3 days) • Combined or Individual streams (dependent on stream)

• All qualification modules are CCC compliant

• Performed in classrooms and Lab, if possible

• Training is performed at Entry Point North or at customer premises

• Individually designed in close cooperation with the customer

• In addition to the CCC Qualifications, Entry Point North offers MET courses as well

ATSEP Qualification

Shared 3 days

COM-Combined 8 daysCOM-Voice 5 daysCOM-Data 5 days

NAV-Combined 10 days(VOR, DME, ILS)NAV-NDB 3 daysNAV-DF 3 daysNAV-VOR 5 daysNAV-DME 5 daysNAV-ILS 7 daysNAV-MLS 3 days

ATSEP Qualification courses - duration

SUR-Combined 8 daysSUR-PSR 4 daysSUR-SSR 5 daysSUR-ADS 2 days

DAT-DP 7 days

SMC-Combined 8 daysSMC-COM 5 daysSMC-NAV 5 daysSMC-SUR 5 daysSMC-DAT 6 days

• OJTI – 4 days

• OJTI Refresher – 2 days

• Subjects

• Training Philosophy

• Human Factors

• Training Techniques

• Assessment and Evaluation

• On-site or at Entry Point North

• EPN

ATSEP OJTI and OJTI Refresher

or at EPN• Assessor – 3 days

• Assessor Ref – 2 days

• Subjects

• Regulations

• Competence

• Assessment

• Communication

• The role of the Assessor

• On-site or at Entry Point North

ATSEP Assessor and Assessor Refresher

or at EPN

ATSEP Qualification Refresher

● Basic: 3 courses total of 45 participants

● Qualification: 8 courses total of 35 participants

● Qualification Ref.: 20 courses total of 158 participants

● OJTI and Assessor: 5 courses total of 23 participants

● Participants from

Switzerland, Estonia, Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Greenland,

Sweden, Thailand, Belgium, Ireland, UAE(Dubai), Lithuania

ATSEP Courses since last ATSEP Workshop in October 2015

Organisation/country: Albcontrol/Albania

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• No. of ATSEPs: 22

• Compliance with the CCC: Yes

• Initial Training is done: Externally IANS & EPN

• Refresher Training: NOT YET

• E-learning: No

• ATSEP licencing: Not yet, but ongoing discussions with the National CAA

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Consolidation of the process, starting with refresher

Training, initial training for the new employes etc

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP: Licensing and harmonisation

of the training seems quite difficult.

• Other additional info:

Organisation/country: Belgocontrol/Belgium (not present)

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• Initial Training is done: Combined internally & externally

• Refresher Training: Yes - ad-hoc when needed and per default 5 years cycle for all systems

• E-learning: No

• ATSEP licencing: No - Belgocontrol ATSEP certification (audited by ISO and Belgian NSA)

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Targeting full compliance with new Commission implementing regulation EU

2016/1377 as published in the Official Journal of the European Union L226 - Vol 59 publication date 19/8/2016. (will

become in force Jan 2019)

• What challenges do you see in the future of ATSEP: Training of ATSEP OJTI and Technical skill assessors

before Jan 2019

• Other additional info: Training policy evolves towards outsourcing of ATSEP initial training. Assessment for

System/Equipment rating remains within Belgocontrol.

Organisation/country: BULATSA/Bulgaria

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• Initial Training is done: Internally

• Refresher Training: Yes (1 per year)

• E-learning: Yes -partly

• ATSEP licencing: Yes

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Improve ATSEP training Programmes and Questionnaire

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP?


Organisation/country: Billund Airport/Denmark

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• Compliance with the CCC: Yes/Partly


• Refresher Training: Yes / every 3 years

• E-learning: No


• Future plans for ATSEP training: Maintaining and develop ATSEP’s refresher training

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP? Recruiting staff with an education,

that is gives the right basic electronic knowledge.


Organisation/country: Copenhagen Airports AS/Denmark

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• No. of ATSEPs: 45 as end target, plus 12 of which is in AGA area

• Compliance with the CCC: Yes, Partly (on our way)

• Initial Training is done: Externally

• Refresher Training: Yes, every 3 years, Initial by Manufacture/vendor

• E-learning: Yes, on Refresher QT training


• Future plans for ATSEP training: Implementation OSTI & ASSESSOR Training and function,

”the Endless circle”.

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP: Generaly the increase in

automatisation, especially from the implementation of SESAR (PCP activities) the next coming

years

• Other additional info: ATSEP in CPH, is scattered over very different departments.

Organisation/country: Naviair/Denmark (slide 1/2)

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• Compliance with the CCC: Almost

• Initial Training is done: Externally/Internally

• Theoretical Refresher Training: We do theoretical refresher training in VOICE, DATA, NAV, SUR,

Data processing streams every third year and to times a year for SMC. We have in 2015/2016

done 19 refresher courses organised by EPN. Practical refresher training and S/E Rating

Training we do regularly.

• E-learning: We don´t use e-learning much

• ATSEP licencing: Not a personal license, it is not a requirement in DK, but Naviair has a

license as a company.

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• Future plans for ATSEP training: New staff join EPN Basic and Qualification training at EPN.

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP: Difficult to buy courses at e.g EPN, if

no other companies/ANSP demand the service or do the training in-house. We do not hire

ATSEP that often.


Organisation/country: Naviair/Denmark (slide 2/2)

Organisation/country: Estonian Air Navigation Services/Estonia

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• Compliance with the CCC: Partly


• Refresher Training: Yes, different time for different subjects from 1 year up to 5 years as

general practice, in some subjects ~10 years.

• E-learning: Yes

• ATSEP licencing: Yes, EANS internal ATSEP competence scheme, approved by NSA, Certificates

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Necessary compliance with the CCC

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP:


Organisation/country: Finland/Finavia (slide 1/2)

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• Refresher Training: Every 3 year

• E-learning: A little

• ATSEP licencing: No

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Fulfill the New Regulation

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP? Uniform quality of Assessment


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Organisation/country: Mittarfeqarfiit/Greenland

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• No. of ATSEPs: 8 in total, 7 technicians.

• Compliance with the CCC: No


• Refresher Training: Yes, we strive to do it every 3 years

• E-learning: No


• Future plans for ATSEP training: Radar, LOC and DME

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP?


Organisation/country: HungaroControl/Hungary

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• Refresher Training: Yes depending on systems (1-3 years)

• E-learning: Yes

• ATSEP licencing: No, we have certification

• Future plans for ATSEP training: implementing the competency-based training

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP? Find suitable candidates


Organisation/country: SJSC “Latvijas gaisa satiksme”/Latvia (slide 1/2)

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• Refresher Training: Yes

• Two levels of RT:

• 1. at Technical Units – every month (S/E level);

• 2. at Training Centre: for all ATSEP (job level) – once per every 4 years.

• E-learning: currently we transfer our question bank for Initial Training (about 500 questions)

to e-learning environment.

• ATSEP licencing: Yes (at the enterprise level)

• Future plans for ATSEP training: development of all Qualification courses in the form of

standardised packages, standardisation of S/E Rating training programs, development of

ATSEP Technical Skill Assessor Course and refresher courses for theoretical instructors and

OJTIs.

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- implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/1377 including implementation of ATSEP

competence assessment;

- development of ATSEP Technical Skill Assessor Course.


- more than 30 % of our ATSEPs have obtained both OJTI and Theoretical Instructor ratings;

- we have implemented Team Resource Management (TRM) program for ATSEP.

Organisation/country: SJSC “Latvijas gaisa satiksme”/Latvia (slide 2/2)

Organisation/country: Oro Navigacija/Lithuania

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• Compliance with the CCC: Partly


• Refresher Training: Yes (every 3 year)

• E-learning: No


• Future plans for ATSEP training: Follow European requirements



Organisation/country: Avinor Flysikring AS/Norway

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• Compliance with the CCC: Yes – it is a continuous update process


• Refresher Training: Yes, every 3 or 5 years depending on the ”safety critical” level

• E-learning: Yes, most refresher training is now by e-learning & e-exam.


• Future plans for ATSEP training: Develop e-learning modules for all training


New areas being introduced are not described by CCC

• Other additional info: Introducing new technology for Remote Towers in 2017.

Organisation/country: NAV PORTUGAL, EPE/Portugal

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• No. of ATSEPs: 100 operational



• Refresher Training: Starting 2017

• E-learning: We have a platform but we need to implement more E-learning Courses

• ATSEP licencing: S/E Proficiency

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Continuation Training Implementation

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP? Due to the last Commission

Regulation and S/E complexity and importance, ATSEPs need to be properly trained and their

competence need to be maintained

• Other additional info: Sharing experiences with each other

• Combitech is an independent part of the Saab group, and with ~1750 employees, oneof the largest Nordic technical consultancies.

• What we do in the ATSEP domain and related areas:

• Provide ATSEP teachers and technical experts to Entry Point North.

• Provide training and expertise in related areas for the Swedish Armed Forces

• Provide system integration in several areas, including tailored RCMS solutions

• Provide experience from safety, system development, maintenance, etc. as value added to the ATSEP training

• Provide knowledge transfer from other areas, of similar nature, with high demands on availability, reliability, safety, security and/or cyber security

• What challenges do you see in the future regarding ATSEP?

• To be able for the ANSP:s to find a common level regarding the ATSEP certification.

• To find a common understanding of the level of requirements in the different parts of the ATSEP training.

Organisation/country: COMBITECH/Sweden (slide 1/2)

• Architecture analyses

• Studies

• System safety

• Flight safety

• RAMS/ILS

• System integration

• System development

• Project management

• AWOS – weather information system

• ATIS – automatic terminal information service

• IRIS – ATCC/TMC information system (AIS)

• RANDIS – airport information system (AIS)

• Wing – crew management & planning system

Services and products (examples in the ATM area)

Organisation/country: Eltel Networks Infranet/Sweden (slide 1/2)

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• Compliance with the CCC: Partly compliance with CCC

• Initial Training is done: Yes, Combined internally & externally

• Refresher Training: Yes for TWS in ATCC. Technical forum and other information for field

Technician.

• E-learning: No, but we believe it is one good and necessary complementary tool.


• Future plans for ATSEP training: Use EPN for initial and Qualification training.

S/E-training in house or in cooperation with other ANS-P with same equipment.

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• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP: We have to follow the common rules

• Other additional info: Eltels scope in Sweden: 2 ATCC, En Route Equipment for LFV. 10

Airports for Swedavia and 20 Municipal Airports.

Organisation/country: Eltel Networks Infranet/Sweden (slide 2/2)

Organisation/country: SAAB/Sweden

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• Initial Training is done: Externally by EPN and internally for System/Equip

• Refresher Training: Yes, assessed annually.

• E-learning: No

• ATSEP licencing: Ongoing.

• Future plans for ATSEP training: All 6 personnel will be certified.

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP? How fits external personnel performing

small ATSEP tasks into the certification process?

• Other additional info: Saab is both an ANSP (CNS) and maintenance organization with both

internal and external personnel working as ATSEP.

Organisation/country: Swedavia ATM/Sweden

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• Compliance with the CCC: Yes for Level A

• Initial Training is done: ATSEP Basic and Qualification is done externally. For local system

knowledge the training is done internally.

• Refresher Training: Yes, every five years. Practical work is equated with refresher training.

• E-learning: Wish to carry out refresher training to e-learning


• Future plans for ATSEP training: OJTI and Assessor training scheduled for two persons

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP? Challenge to comply with

new/updated regulations from an economic point of view


Organisation/country: RUAG (MRO Organisation)/Switzerland

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• No. of ATSEPs: ~55


• Initial Training is done: Externally

• Refresher Training: Yes, planned 2-3 yearly

• E-learning: No

• ATSEP licencing: No (National decision).

• Future plans for ATSEP training: Management/Sales/Marketing awareness training started.

System/Equipment Rating training (thru OJTIs) begun. NSA invited.



~15 OJTIs, 13 completed, 3 Assessors, 2 completed, training by Entry Point North.

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• No. of ATSEPs: 270 (200 in NATS Operations & 70 in NATS Services).

• Compliance with the CCC: Full compliance with all objectives being met, some exceeded and

new ones added in areas as required by our business. Member of the QUASAR working group.

• Initial Training is done: Internally, at our NATS engineering and ATC training facility in

Hampshire UK.

• Refresher Training: Yes. As required determined by business & safey significance combined

with system exposure.

• E-learning: Generally no, but always considered when designing training.

• ATSEP licencing: No. We operate a competency scheme that’s fully compliant with IR 2013-

08 endorsed by our NSA.

Organisation/country: (slide 1/2)

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• Future plans for ATSEP training: Maintain and develop in house capability and continue to

sell externally.

• What challenges do you see in future regarding ATSEP: New technologies, cyber security,

maintaining and developing the common core content to be current with the evolving

technologies, TSA and OJT training and the cost of additional regulation.


Organisation/country: (slide 2/2)

● Groups

● How does your organisation organise S/E rating training for new

entries, experienced ATSEPs?

● Challenges?

● Which initiatives could make it easier for your organisation?

Please be back at 16:00, select one from each group to report about your

discussions

Workshop – S/E rating training

Group A Group B Group C

Robert Mortensen Peter Larsen Peter Strøm Mortensen

Stig Maagaard Pedersen Andreas Meyer Vida Morkuniene

Mikael Olsson Bengt Olsson Troy Buckley

Viktors Golosovs Chris Cox Adam Weidemann

Martin Truedsson Magnus Johansson Rui Mendes

Arben Sancolli Mikael Höglund Urban Enström

Group D Group E Group F

Lene Noergaard Lau Per Andersen Michael Leif Andersen

Roger Holm Jan Brøchner Rickard Pettersson

Hannu Valtonen Mats Vennerberg Jevgenijs Oborins

Attila Horváth Siim Ridbeck Kalin Kulev

Arlindo Santa Pär Oberger Rob Whittlestone

Workshop – S/E rating training - Groups

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Welcome to - Entry Point North · 10:00 Welcome (Mr Andreas Fredriksson, Sales and Marketing Director, ... 12.45 EASA update on ATSEP Training, Q & A session (Mr Ken Engelstad,