Content
Course content
This course covers the following topics:
- The importance of apron lighting.
- Key elements of, and best practices for, a maintenance program for high mast lighting.
- Inspections and illumination measurements.
- The key components of an airfield ground lighting (AGL) system.
- The advantages and disadvantages of different AGL system designs.
- Key considerations when planning and executing AGL maintenance.
- Recent technological advancements in airfield ground lighting.
- Troubleshooting AGL faults.
- Typical frequencies for the maintenance of each element of the AGL system.
- The importance of resiliency / quality of power supply.
- Methods of airfield primary and secondary / emergency power supply.
- Key components of the airfield HV / LV electrical system.
- Example maintenance program for the airfield power supply system.
- Maintenance of Fixed Ground Power systems.
- What Aircraft Visual Docking Guidance Systems (VGDS) are.
- Critical VDGS maintenance tasks and the frequency with which they are typically completed.
- The importance of maintaining NAVAIDs in good working order.
- Typical NAVAIDs at airports.
- Coordinating NAVAIDs maintenance.
- Protecting NAVAIDs.
- Explore AGL maintenance practices at airports around the world.
