Faculty of air transport engineering the department of «air navigation systems»

CHAPTER 1. MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE CAPACITY OF THE TASHKENT YUZHNY AERODROME

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   Evidence based training (EBT)
   

Description

Evidence based training (EBT) is a training and assessment method based on operational data that is characterised by developing and assessing the overall capability of a trainee across a range of core competencies rather than by measuring the performance in individual events or manoeuvres. Evidence-based Training, of the Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Training (Doc 9868) contains high-level provisions for the implementation of EBT1 . This manual expands on those provisions and provides to civil aviation authorities the detailed guidance necessary for the effective oversight of the development and implementation of an EBT recurrent assessment and training programme for air traffic controllers in FSTDs.
The aim of an EBT programme is to identify, develop and assess the competencies required by ATC in order to operate safely, effectively and efficiently in a commercial air transport environment by managing the most relevant threats and errors based on evidence collected in operations and training.

The need for EBT

The evidence-based training project is a global safety improvement initiative in the training environment supported by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The origin of EBT arose from an industry-wide consensus that, in order to reduce the airline accident rate, a strategic review of recurrent and type-rating training for airline pilots was necessary.
The international standards and national regulations for airline pilot training are largely based on the evidence of accidents involving jet aircraft of the early generations, in the apparent belief that simply repeating pilot exposure to ‘worst case’ events in training is enough. Over time, new types of events occurred that were simply added to the requirements resulting into progressively crowded training programmes. This led to a ‘tick box’ approach to training.