GSAT General Security Awareness Training

Price: £45.00

Duration: 3 hours

All who require access to a (CP) Critical Part, that is those who require an airside staff pass.

• Heathrow

• AM Session: 09.30 – 12.30
• PM Session 13.30 – 16.30

What is GSAT training & what are the exemptions?

All staff who require access to a (CP) Critical Part, the new term for a Restricted Zone (that is those who require an airside staff pass) must first attend General Security Awareness Training (GSAT) run by a DfT approved training provider.

The DfT have specified the scope and content of the training and the qualifications and experience of the course designers and instructors.

Objective:

• To understand what the types of threat to aviation are
• What types of people pose a threat
• To recognise various types of prohibited articles, explosive and incendiary devices and their components, which have been/could be used in unlawful interference of civil aviation
• To understand the meanings of the different colour coded passes and what to do if presented with an invalid pass
• Understand the meaning of the security controls that endeavour to ensure no prohibited articles are introduced
• To recognise the importance of general awareness in recognising suspicious circumstances
• To understand the common motives for people making bomb threats and what to do if you receive a threat

Certain staff listed below, who have already attended a similar kind of training specific to their role, are exempt. All other staff are in scope and include, for example:

• Airside office workers
• Airline and other operational staff who go airside, including passenger staff
• Cargo staff that do not hold a L4/A certificate. Drivers that do not hold a L4/B
• Engineering and maintenance staff, Loaders, Aircraft refuellers, Shop, Catering
• Staff in departure/arrivals areas

To summarise, all staff other than those listed below who hold an airside pass.

Exemptions

The following personnel are exempt from General Security Awareness Training if they have already received equivalent Directed security training:-

• Ground Security Staff and Supervisors
• Aviation Security Managers and Instructors
• Aircrew and Aircrew Instructors
• In-Flight Caterers (who have attended catering security training)
• Cargo Operatives (who have received Cargo Security the new Levels A-G or the Level 4 training or higher if the Certificate is no more than 24 months old) these levels of training have a validity of 2 years.

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