Dec 26, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog

AVM 202 - Aviation Safety

2 Credits, 4 Contact Hours
1 lecture period 3 lab periods
Introduction to aviation safety procedures. Includes personal safety issues, human factors, accident avoidance, facility fire protection, hazardous materials safety and handling procedures,hand tool use, ramp procedures for movement, and securing and servicing of aircraft and ramp support equipment.

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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Recall proficient knowledge of potential work hazards and hand tools
  2. Recall proficient knowledge of human factors
  3. Demonstrate common processes/procedures associated with personal, shop, ramp safety, and hand tool use

Outline:
  1. Shop Safety
    1. Electrical Safety
    2. Safety Around Compressed Gasses
    3. Safety Around Hazardous Materials
    4. Safety Around Machine Tools
  2. Flight Line Safety
    1. Hearing Protection
    2. Foreign Object Damage (FOD)
    3. Parts Protections
    4. Safety Around Airplanes
    5. Safety Around Helicopters
    6. Fire Safety
  3. Fire Protection
    1. Requirements for Fire to Occur
    2. Classification of Fires  
    3. Types and Operation of Shop and Flight Line Fire Extinguishers
    4. Inspection of Fire Extinguishers
    5. Identifying Fire Extinguishers
    6. Using Fire Extinguishers
  4. Tie-Down Procedures
    1. Preparation of Aircraft
    2. Tie-Down Procedures for Land Planes
    3. Tie-Down Procedures for Seaplanes
    4. Tie-Down Procedures for Ski Planes
    5. Tie-Down Procedures for Helicopters 
    6. Procedures for Securing Weight-Shift-Control
    7. Procedures for Securing Powered Parachutes
  5. Ground Movement of Aircraft
    1. Engine Starting and Operation
    2. Reciprocation Engines
    3. Hand Cranking Engines
    4. Extinguishing Engine Fires
    5. Turboprop Engines
    6. Turboprop Starting Procedures 
    7. Turbofan Engines
    8. Starting Turbofan Engines
    9. Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)
    10. Unsatisfactory Turbine Engine Starts
    11. Towing of Aircraft
    12. Taxiing Aircraft
  6. Servicing Aircraft
    1. Servicing Aircraft Air/Nitrogen Oil and Fluids
    2. Ground Support Equipment
    3. Oxygen Servicing Equipment
    4. Oxygen Hazards
  7. Fuel Servicing of Aircraft
    1. Types of fuels and Identifications
    2. Contamination Control
    3. Fueling Hazards
    4. Fueling Procedures
    5. Defueling
  8. General Purpose Tools
    1. Hammers and Mallets
    2. Screwdrivers
    3. Pliers and Plier-Type Cutting Tools
    4. Punches
    5. Wrenches
    6. Special Wrenches
    7. Torque Wrench
    8. Strap Wrenches
    9. Impact Drivers
  9. Metal Cutting Tools
    1. Hand Snips
    2. Hacksaws
    3. Chisels
    4. Files
    5. Drills
    6. Reamers
    7. Countersinks
  10. Taps and Dies
  11. Human Factors
    1. Importance of Human Factors
    2. Definitions of Human Factors 
  12. What are Human Factors
    1. Elements of Human Factors
  13. History of Human Factors
    1. Evolution of Maintenance Human Factors
  14. The Pear Model
    1. People
    2. Environment
    3. Actions
    4. Resources
  15. Human Error
    1. Types of Errors
  16. The “Dirty Dozen”
    1. Lack of Communication
    2. Complacency
    3. Lack of Knowledge
    4. Distraction
    5. Lack of Teamwork
    6. Fatigue
    7. Lack of Resources
    8. Pressure
    9. Lack of Assertiveness
    10. Stress
    11. Lack of Awareness
    12. Norms
    13. Example of Common Maintenance Errors
  17. Where to Get Information
    1. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
    2. Other Resources


Effective Term:
Fall 2024