The Aerodrome Bird Management – Essentials Overview for Airport Safety & Quality Staff training provides participants with the fundamental knowledge and practical strategies needed to effectively manage and mitigate bird strike risks at airports. It explores ICAO & EASA regulatory frameworks, roles and responsibilities in bird control, and best practices for developing and implementing SMS-based bird management policies. The course also covers habitat management, active and passive control measures, data collection, and reporting standards—equipping airport personnel with the tools to enhance safety, reduce strike incidents, and support compliance. Read more
Course type: Presentation without voice-over
Duration: equivalent to 2-day classroom training
Category: Airport & Aerodrome Operations
Price: 135.00 EUR
This course is part of the following programs:
EASA Part 145 Safety Management System Learning Path Diploma
Accident Investigation & Emergency Response Procedures Combined Training Program
Maintenance Control & Practical Crises Management Package
Which topics will be addressed?
1. Introduction
2. Abbreviations & Terms
3. Bird Management at the airport
3.1. Why Birds Like Airports
3.2. General
3.3. Birds and the law
4. Aerodrome Ecology
5. Bird dispersal
6. Passive Management
6.1. Defining Roles & Responsibilities
6.2. Involving Stakeholders
6.3. Communicating Risks
7. Active Management
7.1. Assess the Risk
7.2. Monitoring & Data Collection
7.3. Airport safeguarding
7.4. Off-airfield monitoring
8. The Bird Control Log
9. Bird strike Remains Identification
10. Equipment
11. Bird Behavior Modification
12. Habitat Management
13. Reporting of Bird Strikes
14. International minimum best practice standards
15. Training
16. Operations
What are the learning objectives of this course?
– Understand the integrated industry approach to Bird management at the Airport
– Learn about the legal framework – ICAO&EASA and internationally recognised best practices
– Define roles and responsibilities of persons involved in Bird control management, including operational Bird control staff
– Learn how to develop a Bird control management plan
– How to implement an effective SMS-based company Bird management policy
– How to improve data collection for the bird’s presence and bird strikes in the vicinity of the Airport
– Learn about habitat management
– How to define the bird strike risk management priorities by wildlife species, airports, and aircraft type
– Understand the most effective mitigation measures in reducing the Bird strike risk
How to register?
Visit the course’s page here and enrol directly on the website or email [email protected] for group enrolments.
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