Course aim

The course provides fundamental knowledge on both incident and accident investigation to safety professionals, operational staff, and future ATM accident/incident investigators. It enables participants to carry out investigations into occurrences and to act as advisors/coordinators/ATM operation specialists in official accident/incident investigation teams.

After completing this course, the participants:

• Understand the depth of investigation required to conform to the legislation, regulations and other requirements of the state for which they are conducting the investigation.
• Understand ATM accident/incident investigation techniques.
• Understand the impact of human and latent organizational factors on an ATM-related accident/incident.
• Understand how to collect facts and preserve evidence.
• Understand how to analyse facts to determine causes and make safety recommendations.
• Understand how to write a final report that meets the requirements of the accident investigation authority of the state conducting the investigation.
• Have an understanding of Safety II.

Course structure

The course is approximately 5 days in duration, depending on the number of participants. The course consists of classroom training, discussions, a case study, and exercises.

Content in brief

The course covers topics such as, but not limited to:

• Concept of Just Culture.
• Investigator training.
• Investigation general.
• Initial actions.
• Fact finding.
• Human factors.
• Handling witnesses.
• Conclusion and report writing.
• Case study.
• Introduction to safety II.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites, it is however an advantage if the participants have a professional interest in accident/incident investigation.