An intensive course specially designed for professionals in the aviation fuel handling business to learn about the latest industry standards and recommended practices;

  • What the industry is doing to enhance quality and safety standards at airports worldwide?
  • Insights from incidents involving fuel contamination problems and impact on operations and safety

Day 1

Aviation Operations – Objectives

Fuel manufacturing, Specifications, Quality Assurance, Lab tests (EI/JIG 1530)

Fixed Equipment – Design and Operations (EI/JIG 1530, EI 1540 and EI 1560)

Filtration basics (EI 1550, EI 1581, EI 1583,EI 1590)

Visit Tank Farm Facilities: (JIG 2)

Filter Water Separator – Internal Inspection

Inlet and Outlet Filtration

Tank & Systems

Tank Farm Visit (Continued with tank’s equipment, pumps controls, etc)

Records (Theory)

Records – Audit (Tank Farm and Hydrant)

Day 2

Contamination Sources

Contamination Detection Methods

Product Receipt – Theory, Road Tank Trucks (JIG 2)

Product Receipt – Theory, Pipeline (JIG 2)

Tank Release – Theory (JIG 2)

Product Receipt – Practice, Truck and Pipeline

Static Electricity (including video)

Hoses theory and Inspections / Tests (JIG 1 & JIG 2)

Mobile Equipment Design (JIG 1)

Day 3

Refinery Visit (EI/JIG1530)

Manufacturing Process

Laboratory Visit, testing devices, ASTM Specifications, limits, traceability

Fuel Storage and transfer to other locations

Records

Day 4

Practical Apron Tests for Into-Plane Refueling (JIG 1)

Health, Safety and the Environment

Final Evaluation Test

Award of Certificates

Who Should Attend?

  • Aviation fuel Managers and Supervisors
  • Quality Control Managers
  • Tank farm fuelling operatives
  • Aviation fuel hydrant operatives
  • Into-plane Service Providers
  • Airline Fuel auditors
  • Military personnel involved in aviation fuel handling
  • Associations such as UN, ICAO , Civil Aviation Authorities, ACI
  • Refinery Managers and Operations Personnel involved in Aviation Fuel