Overview

This course reviews the historical development of airport and aviation security, as well as threats and security issues raised by those threats. Course content examines current security regulations and laws, including a discussion of their implementation in the form of a security plan. Students study physical security, crime prevention, cyber security issues, the roles of security personnel, response to emergencies and departmental cooperation at airports.

 

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for those airport employees involved in any aspect of airport security, including:

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• Airport operations agents
• Airport security screeners
• Airport security specialists
• Transportation security officers
• Airport security agents
• Aviation security managers
• Airport operations specialists
• Airport private security officers
• Airport managers

 

Course Benefits

This course provides an overview to better understand the nature of airport components with respect to stakeholders and capacity. This course provides an effective grounding in managing aircraft movements, passengers and airport facilities through real cases of airport planning, design and operations.

 

Key Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, participants should be able to demonstrate a comprehensive and broad-based understanding of risk management and competency, including:

1. The historical development of airport and aviation security
2. Various threats such as terror incidents and cybersecurity attacks against airports and airlines, and the security issues raised by such attacks
3. Current aviation security regulations and laws
4. Airport security plan implementation, to include aviation security regulations and laws 
5. Various physical security measures that can be deployed in the protection of an airport
6. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
7. Implementation of CPTED into the total airport security plan
8. Requirements of airport law enforcement and their mission
9. Duties of the airport security coordinator
10. How security screeners support the airport and airline security program at commercial airports
11. Threats to general aviation airports and aircraft
12. Identify general aviation airports
13. Aspects of general aviation security programs
14. Flight school security
15. Emergency threat and the role of airport security in airport emergency response
16. Cooperation between all departments at the airport in time of emergency
    
    

 

Course Delivery

The course is delivered in a blended modality that uses EagleVision and Canvas to deliver the curriculum in a virtual classroom, providing a campus learning experience from anywhere.

• EagleVision: A technology that combines web video conferencing with a virtual learning environment to enhance real-time collaboration, allowing you to communicate directly and instantly with professors and classmates during scheduled meetings.
• Canvas: An educational platform designed with the online teaching and learning experience in mind, is a cloud-based system that is viewable on any web browser, computer, or mobile device and allows for engagement and collaboration through video, audio, integrated media recorder, text, and discussion boards at whatever time you chose.

This course is delivered over four weeks, with EagleVision sessions on Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm Singapore time (UTC +8) and online Canvas activities taking place throughout all four weeks.  The dates and times of the next session are shown below in the Session Information section.

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