ATSEP QUALIFICATION, SUR COMBINED
Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel

Course aim

The course is designed to impart domain-related knowledge and skills appropriate to the Surveillance (SUR) qualification streams (SUR-PSR, SUR-SSR, SUR-ADS) in accordance with EASA ANNEX XIII - Part-PERS requirements for service providers concerning personnel training and competence assessment Subpart A - Air Traffic Safety Electronic Personnel.

Course objectives

After completion of the course, participants have:

Course overview

The duration of the course is nine days. The competency-based training consists of theoretical lessons and is delivered by professional international instructors. The theory comprises individual topics covering various aspects of operating and maintaining SUR equipment.

Entry Point North offers the ATSEP qualification SUR Combined course, i.e. a course covering all ATSEP qualification SUR streams, as well as courses comprising the individual streams (SUR-PSR, SUR-SSR, SUR-ADS).

Prerequisites

To become a qualified ATSEP, you need to complete the ATSEP Basic course, the ATSEP Shared course, and at least one ATSEP Qualification course. This Initial Training can be completed in two different orders:
ATSEP Basic > ATSEP Shared > ATSEP Qualification, or
ATSEP Basic > ATSEP Qualification > ATSEP Shared

This means that the only prerequisite for starting this Qualification course is to have completed the ATSEP Basic course. However, to become a qualified ATSEP you will need to either complete an ATSEP Shared course before taking the Qualification course, or complete an ATSEP Shared course after you completed the Qualification course.

Compliance with regulations

The course is compliant with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 Annex XIII, subpart A.

Content in brief

Pimary (SUR-PSR)

ATC SURVEILLANCE
Explain, describe, define and analyse use of PSR for air traffic services, antenna (PSR), transmitters, characteristics of primary targets, receivers, signal processing and plot extraction, plot combining and characteristics of primary radar.

SMR
Explain, describe, define and analyse ese of SMR for air traffic services and radar sensor.

TEST AND MEASUREMENTS
Appreciate how measurements can be made on PSR and SMR.

Secondary (SUR-SSR)

SSR AND MSSR
Explain, describe, define and analyse use of SSR for air traffic services, antenna (SSR), interrogator, transponder, receiver, signal processing and plot extraction, plot combining, test and measurement.

MODE S
Explain, describe, define and analyse Introduction to Mode S, Mode S system.

MULTILATERATION
Explain, describe, define and analyse MLAT in use, MLAT principles.

SSR ENVIRONMENT
Explain, describe, define and analyse SSR environment.

ADS (SUR-ADS)

GENERAL VIEW ON ADS
Describe the basic characteristics of ADS.

ADS-B
Explain, describe, define and analyse Introduction to ADS-B, technique of ADS-B, VDL Mode4 (STDMA), Mode S Extended Squitter, UAT, ASTERIX.

ADS-C
Explain, describe, define and analyse introduction to ADS-C, technique of ADS-C.

HMI (SUR-HMI)

HMI
Explain, describe, define and analyse ATCO HMI, ATSEP HMI, pilot HMI, displays.

Surveillance Data Transmission (SUR-SDT)

SURVEILLANCE DATA TRANSMISSION
Explain, describe, define and analyse technology and protocols, verification methods.

Functional Safety (SUR-FST)

SAFETY ATTITUDE
State the ATSEP role in safety management routines.

FUNCTIONAL SAFETY
Describe the impact of functional failures in SUR systems.

From qualification Data Processing: Data Processing Systems

SURVEILLANCE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Explain, describe, define and analyse surveillance data processing systems.