COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROUND SERVICES AND RAMP

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SIV 2011 GROUND SERVICES AND RAMP COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Aviation Transportation Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MURAT EKICI

Offered to

Civil Aviation Transportation Management

Course Objective

Students learn about the rules and responsibilities, Civil Aviation Management concept, goals, recognizing the legal basis, the duties and responsibilities of the employees in the ramp, rules must be complied with on the apron, principles relating to the use of vehicles, installation of equipments, apron safety, hazardous materials and emergency situations that may arise.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to have knowledge about the standards and principles of ground operations
2   Students will be able to know the types and details of ground services
3   Students will be able to understand the functioning of the airport ramp operation
4   Students will be able to anticipate problems that can be experienced by passengers
5   Students will be able to know components related to the operation safety
6   Students will be able to know the key activities that will cause delays
7   Students will be able to identify learning needs
8   Students will be able to plan and manage activities for development in line with the goals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Purpose of ground services and scope; types of airport ground services
2 International and national regulations
3 Runways, taxiways, aprons, aircraft parking areas, baggage handling area
4 Apron tools, principles and procedures for the use of vehicles in the PAT field
5 Dangerous areas around the aircraft
6 Mandatory rules to be complied with on the apron
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Ramp Handling And Ramp Operations
9 Passengers, baggage, cargo operations at the airport
10 Loading plan on the plane, process of cargo service; installation equipment; control of unit load supplies; (cargo and mail-luggage) infiltration, leakage, spills in loadsapron safety
11 Safety on APRON and classification of dangerous substances
12 Emergency situations in RAMP area
13 Occupational health and safety on the APRON
14 Dangerous areas around aircraft; apron rules; checking of SAFA, SANA, SACA, aircraft welcome (marshalling); push back
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) ACRP Synthesis 29, Ramp Safety Practices, Airport Cooperative Research Program,
2) 2011 IATA Manuel dokümanları
3) ICAO Annex-9 ve Annex-18 dokümanları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.ekici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursdays from 13:00 to 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.24
LO.34
LO.45
LO.53
LO.63
LO.7
LO.8