This course provides Airport Wildlife Operators with an understanding of Wildlife Hazard Management Strategies and how effective tools and techniques can be practical and implementable. The course includes hands-on using currently deployed systems in airports. The latest technologies will be covered.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participants will:
- Understand the history of bird strikes and the associated wildlife hazard management at airports
- Understand the importance of wildlife hazard management at airports
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of an airport’s wildlife hazard management team
- Understand the overall framework for wildlife hazard management at airports
- Understand the basics to wildlife identification at airports, with a focus on birds
- Understand both the general and species-specific behavioral patterns which wildlife may have
- Be able to identify the varied attractants which can be found at an aerodrome
- Be able to act in accordance with general protocols used in bird strike reporting (ICAO standards & requirements)
- Be able to adopt data collection methods and protocols for wildlife within airports
- Be able to apply operational techniques for dealing with wildlife within airports
- Understand the potential systems which may be used in airport wildlife hazard management in the future
Course Contents
- History of bird strikes, airport wildlife hazard management, and related trends
- Role of each member of the airport wildlife team
- Overview of Mastermark’s wildlife framework (Aerodrome wildlife 360)
- Brief breakdown of the Wildlife Hazard Assessment (WHA) and Wildlife Hazard Management Program (WHMP)
- Basic wildlife identification techniques, with a focus on bird species found in South East Asia
- General motivations and behavior patterns of wildlife, with a focus on bird species and migratory patterns in South East Asia
- Type of habitats within aerodromes and their potential for attracting wildlife
- Standard wildlife strike reporting protocols according to ICAO standards
- Guidelines for how data should be collected under a Wildlife Hazard Assessment
- Introduction to BIRD Tab as an example of a wildlife hazard management data collection system
- In-depth look into the types of wildlife hazard management techniques used in airports
- Brief look into the potential systems which may be used in airport wildlife hazard management in the future