SofemaOnline is pleased to announce the introduction of a new corporate discount program that offers up to 40% discount for corporate clients.
This is not a “onetime offer”, rather it has been introduced as a standard business tool that we are pleased to offer our clients, to drive value from their allocated regulatory training budget.
SofemaOnline – The E-learning Revolution!
SofemaOnline (SOL) is leading the online EASA regulatory compliant E-learning Revolution! by offering a huge portfolio of material – professional support and innovative solutions including SASWEB.
Through our Learning Management System (LMS), SOL is able to offer both standard and tailored solutions to support our major clients with in-company courses covering internal procedures and “mini” training courses.
Sofema Aviation Services works closely with aviation industry to design and deliver comprehensive online trainings that is relevant and responsive to the expectations of the Organizations, at minimum cost.
The focus of Sofema Training is to share the understanding regarding the role of regulatory compliance which is in fact minimum compliance. Our goal is to share that regulatory compliance is not in itself a challenge rather it presents opportunities which allows the organization to successfully optimize and grow the business.
With 45 years of Commercial Experience behind SAS we look through the “Organizations” Eyes with specific focus on the Practical interpretation of the regulations.
Dangerous goods are “articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment” and which are covered under the IATA regulations. IATA DGR Appendix A.
Many everyday items and substances can be dangerous when transported by air. Due to the variations in temperature and pressure during a flight, some of these items may leak or break, generating toxic fumes or possibly starting a fire.
Employees who may come into contact with dangerous goods need to be aware of the nature of such goods, their potential for causing incidents and accidents and how they should be dealt with.
In addition anyone processing Passengers or performing security checks on them need to have a high level of awareness and to be vigilant regarding the potential for passengers to unknowingly carry Dangerous Goods on their person or to place in the personal baggage in the aircraft cargo compartment.
If you are involved in any way with the shipping of Dangerous Goods then you require training, even if you are not personally responsible you may still require Dangerous goods awareness training. (See the following Job Role definition for persons who require DG Awareness Training).
- Operators and Ground Handling Agent's staff accepting Cargo or Mail (other than Dangerous Goods) For Operators who Carry DG (Fly with DG) - Operators and Ground Handling Agent's staff involved in the handling, storage and loading of cargo or mail and baggage. For Operators who Carry DG (Fly with DG) - Passenger Handling Staff – applicable to both DG and Non DG Carriers (Fly & No Fly DG) - Flight Crew Members, Load Masters, Load Planners and Flight Operations Officers / Flight Dispatchers (Where the operator carries Dangerous Goods (Fly with DG) - Flight Crew Members (other than Flight Crew Members previously identified) – applicable to both DG and Non DG Carriers (Fly & No Fly DG) - Security Staff who deal with the screening of passengers and crew and their baggage and cargo or mail (e.g. Security screeners, their supervisors and staff involved in implementing security procedures. - Operators and Ground Handling Agent's staff accepting Cargo or Mail (other than Dangerous Goods) For Operators who “DO NOT” Carry DG (No Fly with DG) - Operators and Ground Handling Agent's staff involved in the handling, storage and loading of cargo or mail and baggage. - Flight Crew Members, Load Masters, Load Planners and Flight Operations Officers / Flight Dispatchers (Where the operator does not carry Dangerous Goods (No Fly)
Coming soon on SofemaOnline: Dangerous Goods Awareness Training
All online trainings are designed to provide essential Dangerous Goods (DG) Training for all groups of staff who need to have an awareness of all aspects of DG by Air, relevant to the specific Job Requirements.
Each Training consists of “Mandatory” required aspects together with additional relevant awareness and guidance information.
Over the years there have been a number of in-flight smoke and fire events where contaminants ignited by electrical faults allowed the fire to be sustained and spread. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have conducted aircraft inspections and found wiring contaminated with items such as dust, dirt, metal shavings, lavatory waste water, coffee, soft drinks, and napkins. Sometimes wire bundles and surrounding areas have been found to be completely covered with dust.
In recent years both the FAA & Industry have realized that current maintenance practices may not be enough to address aging non-structural systems. Over time, insulation can crack or breach, thus exposing the conductor.
EWIS Stands for Electrical Wiring Interconnect System and it is an abbreviation for something which has been around a long time. In fact any wiring, even a single wire may be considered as EWIS.
Training related to Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) was introduced by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in August / September 2008. The details were to be found in 3 Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) documents, specifically AMC 20-21, AMC 20-22, AMC 20-23.
EWIS is Mandatory training requiring both Initial and Recurrent elements with details of the identified groups being detailed in AMC 20-22.
SofemaOnline is developing a portfolio of online training courses written by professionals with many years of experience.
Here we look at techniques to support an effective Aviation Quality Assurance Audit and the way we ask questions during an audit, to enable us to take the maximum benefit from the responses we receive.
For the most effective outcome the Auditor should remain in control of the process from start to finish. The auditor has (or should have) the full attention of the Auditee and must ensure that you understand the responsibility to obtain the information necessary to make the correct determinations.
So how are we going to ask questions, in such a way that we quickly get to the substance of what we are trying to audit? Although we ask questions of each other all day long we seldom consider which technique works best and how we may improve our questioning skills.
Aviation Human Factors training has only been mandatory for the last 10 years with the EASA compliant maintenance environment.
Why Aviation Human Factors Training?
Well currently some 80% of aircraft accidents are attributable to human error, shared between pilots, maintenance staff and Air Traffic Control, Ground Operations and a very small percentage to other factors.
In the main it should be understood that this is a situation which is recognized as rectifiable through the process of raising awareness, training including the associated management of competence and implementation of effective process and procedure and effective communication within the workplace.
EWIS was initially introduced as AMC material by EASA through AMC 20-21, AMC 20-22 and AMC 20-23. Unlike Fuel Tank Safety (FTS) this was not driven by primary legislation (It should have been essentially there is little difference in the need for both FTS and EWIS). Тhis was a shortfall introduced by EASA which was later corrected in November 2011 with the enhanced requirement to include EWIS as part of the competence (but note this only applies to 145 - still not “fixed” for CAMO staff in many organisations who have not received EWIS training).
Every year there are literally hundreds of electrical events, incidents & accidents caused by Electrical wiring on commercial aircraft.
It is a well-known fact that companies who are prepared to invest in the development of their employees will see a direct benefit in the behaviour and performance of their employees. Online training is the perfect vehicle for this and SofemaOnline offers the perfect partnership whereby courses can be tailored to the specific needs of the organisation and include if required specific related organisational content (for example process and procedures).
SofemaOnline is a service provided by Sofema Aviation Services offering online training by qualified UK Nationals as well as Russian speaking trainers in the field of aviation. Our website is devoted to the effective delivery of EASA compliant online training. Offering a number of specific advantages including volume user discounts for both individuals and companies.
A number of Training courses are mandated by EASA as recurrent, for example: Maintenance Human Factors (HF), Electrical Wiring Interconnect System Training (EWIS) and Fuel Tank Safety (FTS).
European Aviation Safety Agency drives the requirement for recurrent training through EASA Part 145 regulations.
This training may be delivered in house or by an external Regulatory Training Organisational for example www.sassofia.com or by an online training organization for example www.sofemaonline.com
