1. ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs
ICAO – EUROCONTROL
EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
EUROCONTROL, BRUSSELS
27 – 28 October 2005
Bogdan Braguta
Safety Regulation Unit
EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

2. ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs
Content:
Why ESARR 5 ?
ESARR 5 – ATM Services Personnel
- link with language proficiency for ATCOs
Conclusions
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

3. ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs
Why ESARR 5 ?
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

4. Why ESARR 5? - Maintaining and improving safety
EUROCONTROL
Why ESARR 5?
- Maintaining and improving safety
"Numbers of ATM-related accidents and serious incidents shall not increase, and where possible decrease" - (MATSE 6, Jan 2000)
- Increases in traffic levels
- Evolving technology,
- Increase in automation,
- Development of new
skills, knowledge
2020
1997
7.0 million flights
Traffic doubles over 20 years
16.0 million flights
RVSM
ADS
LINK
2000
8,33
GNSS
RNAV
PRNAV
The greatest challenges of all at this time are, without doubt, to preserve tolerable safety levels and to safeguard the confidence of the general public. If we do succeed in this, all other plans we have for developing the ATM system will not be achievable. So exactly what is it we have to do to realise success?
ECAC Transport Ministers have set the goal – as a minimum,we need to match today's accident numbers – not rate – and wherever possible do much better than that – and this is in an environment of rising traffic levels over the longer term. So we need to become safer year-on-year and, if we relate this to traffic forecast, we need to double safety over 15years.
One thing is therefore certain, If we simply carry on doing things the way we do them today, we will fall behind this target, We need to do more – additional things – but which things? Which developments will reap the biggest dividends in terms of safety?And what is our baseline?

5. The Role of ESARRs/ ESARR 5
Harmonised Framework for ECAC
Uniform Minimum / Option to Excel
Addressing All Relevant Issues
Complement ICAO SARPs

6. ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs
ESARR 5 – ATM Services’ Personnel
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

7. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel
Sets harmonised safety regulatory requirements for ATM Personnel, specifically for
Air Traffic Controllers
Engineering and technical personnel
and
General requirements for ATM personnel having safety related tasks

8. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel
THE OBJECTIVES
The safety objectives pursued are:
to ensure the competence and
where applicable the satisfaction of medical reqs.
of ATM services’ personnel responsible for safety related
tasks within the provisions of ATM services

9. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel
COMPETENCE meaning / definition
What is COMPETENCE ?
Possession of required level of
knowledge
skills
experience and
proficiency in English (where required)
to permit the safe and efficient provision of ATM services

10. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel
ATM personnel having
safety related tasks
Air Traffic Controllers
Engineers and
Technical personnel
ESARR 5
ADDRESSES

11. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)
Requirements for
Designated Authority
Requirements for
Air Traffic Service Provider
Requirements for
Individual Personnel
Accountabilities
for ATCOs

12. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)
Requirements for licensed/certificated ATCO …
b)… is competent to provide ATC services
Requirements for a student ATCO ….
b)… is competent to undertake the OJT
Requirements for
Individual Personnel
Requirements
An ATCO … is competent to provide ATC services
( )
An OJT instructor … is competent to provide ATC
services ( )
etc.
Requirements for
Air Traffic Service
Provider

13. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)
Requirements
Before granting an ATC licence …. the applicant
has been assessed as competent ( )
Before granting a Student ATC licence… has
undertaken the appropriate initial training and
passed any associated examinations or
assessments… to undergo OJT … ( )
Implement procedures or require units to have
procedures for ongoing competence … to
maintain competence ( )
Procedures are subject to audit ( )
Requirements for
Designated Authority or
NSA in the SES

14. ESARR 5 - ATM Services‘ Personnel (ATCOs)
Requirements for
Designated Authority or
NSA in the SES
General Requirements
Ensure by appropriate regulation that ATM
Personnel is competent (5.1.1)
Requirements for
Air Traffic Service
Provider
General requirements
Ensure at ATS Units that ATM personnel is
competent (5.1.2)

15. Documentation available for ATCOs:
EAM 5 GUI 1 – Explanatory material for ATCOs
EAM 5 GUI 2 – Safety oversight issues for ATCOs
EAM 5 ICAO – ESARR 5 vs. ICAO Annex 1 (new version)
www. eurocontrol.int/src

16. CONCLUSIONS
ESARR 5 is related to English language proficiency through notion of competence
ESARR 5 is a high level regulatory requirements document, so it does not contain the means to achieve English language proficiency
ESARR 5 complement ICAO Annex 1 provisions and as such there is no need to establish new criteria/requirements for language proficiency
No means of compliance have yet been determined (related to ESARR 5)
Designated Authorities/NSA have their role to play within the implementation of ESARR 5 requirements (rulemaking and oversight functions)

17. CONCLUSIONS Tools to be developed
Ways to apply language proficiency requirements (guidance material)
Assessment of means to comply
Co-ordination with other bodies to ensure consistency and avoid duplication (EC, JAA/EASA, ICAO)

18. ESARR 5 and language proficiency for ATCOs
ICAO – EUROCONTROL
EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
EUROCONTROL, BRUSSELS
27 – 28 October 2005
Bogdan Braguta
Safety Regulation Unit
EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation