Everywhere around the world, aircraft play a critical role in public safety. Ensure responders are certified to safely work around them.
From firefighting, medical evacuations to pursuing criminals, aircraft are commonly used in public safety. Making sure responders understand how to safely work around airplanes (fixed wing) and helicopters (rotary wing) maximizes response effectiveness and reduces the likelihood of accidents. Our new CorePass® Aircraft Safety certification ensures responders are safe and ready.
Whether used as a stand-alone assessment, or the assessment is integrated within a training programme, a summative assessment is performed by a designated IPSQA Assessor who will test the candidate against a range of skills and knowledge requirements for working around rotary and fixed wing aircraft including:
- Key features and terms
- Aircraft familiarization
- Safety briefing regulatory requirements
- Hazard identification and management
- Safe approach, positioning and departure
- Landing site requirements and preparation
- Loading and unloading
- Dangerous goods
- Incident reporting
- Air rescue helicopter capabilities
- Winch safety (helicopter)
- Emergency procedures (ground, inflight, crash)
- Communication systems, signals and protocols
- Identification and use of emergency equipment
Our CorePass® scheme is different from our other certifications (such as CertPubS®, DefraQual®, ProQual, WorkQual etc), as it does not use the ISO17024:2012 standard. This means the assessor can also be the candidate’s instructor and a lighter level of quality assurance applies. Assessment is still robust with the Accredited Testing Provider still required to ensure assessment tools used are compliant and that evidence is retained for external audit and moderation.
This CorePass® certification is not an air crew qualification (i.e. winch operator), it is aimed at emergency service workers who are not air crew, who may work around or be transported by aircraft.
For candidates seeking certification for related rescue disciplines, IPSQA offers a range of other certification products including:
- IPSQA CorePass® Public Safety Radio
- IPSQA CorePass® First Aid I-IV (Basic to Advanced)
- IPSQA CorePass® Workplace Fire Suppression I
- IPSQA CorePass® Competent Swimmer
- IPSQA DefraQual® Module 2 Water & Flood Rescue Responder
- IPSQA Certificate in Public Safety (Emergency Vehicle Operator)
- IPSQA ProQual: NFPA 1006 – Structural Collapse (Operator & Technician)
- IPSQA ProQual: NFPA 1006 – Confined Space Rescue (Operator & Technician)
Contact us or your local Accredited Testing Centre for further information.