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    Ramp Safety Awareness: The Airport Environment

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    The document discusses airport layout and ground servicing equipment. It describes the airside and landside areas of an airport. The airside includes terminals, gates, cargo areas, and aircraft parking areas, while landside includes check-in, baggage, and parking. It then details various ground servicing equipment used to load and unload aircraft, such as belt loaders, hi-loaders, transporters, dolly trains, aircraft tugs, and ground power units. Proper training and authorization is required to operate this equipment.

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    The document discusses airport layout and ground servicing equipment. It describes the airside and landside areas of an airport. The airside includes terminals, gates, cargo areas, and aircraft parking areas, while landside includes check-in, baggage, and parking. It then details various ground servicing equipment used to load and unload aircraft, such as belt loaders, hi-loaders, transporters, dolly trains, aircraft tugs, and ground power units. Proper training and authorization is required to operate this equipment.

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    Ramp Safety Awareness: The Airport Environment

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    The document discusses airport layout and ground servicing equipment. It describes the airside and landside areas of an airport. The airside includes terminals, gates, cargo areas, and aircraft parking areas, while landside includes check-in, baggage, and parking. It then details various ground servicing equipment used to load and unload aircraft, such as belt loaders, hi-loaders, transporters, dolly trains, aircraft tugs, and ground power units. Proper training and authorization is required to operate this equipment.

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    AVFO 2010

    ALVIN AU - A00955621
    RAMP SAFETY AWARENESS
    The Airport Environment
    Airport Layout
    - Airside: controlled access security area
    o
    Includes: terminal building dept gates and arrival
    halls, freight sorting areas, loading sheds, aircraft
    parking and activity areas
    o
    It is a serious offence to remove without proper
    authorization any items from a customscontrolled area, even unused crew meals
    o
    Aircraft parking and activity areas

    Apron Area: A/c are loaded/unloaded and


    parked at stands

    Ramp: includes apron, service access roads


    and equip parking areas

    Manoeuvring Area: used by a/c to taxi to and


    from rwy. Boundary is equip with double white
    line. Restricted to vehicles with radios to
    contact ATC/ground control

    Movement: Includes apron and manoeuvring


    areas

    Service Roads and equipment parking areas:


    area used by vehicle and equipment to service
    aircraft
    - Landside: passenger/baggage check in areas, baggage
    retrieval areas, restaurants, shops, offices, parking
    areas, etc
    - Exterior aircraft terms:

    NOTES
    - Airport Ground Servicing Equipment (GSE)
    o
    Employees must be trained and certified to
    operate GSE
    o
    Unit Load Devices (USD)

    Containers aluminum or fibreglass box


    shaped to fit on upper and lower decks

    Pallet Strong metal tray on which various


    sized of boxed or unboxed cargo can be tied
    down

    Non-containerised cargo bulk or loose cargo

    ULDs MUST not be stacked together, even


    when not in use
    o
    Belt Loaders

    Self propelled vehicle with a continuous


    conveyor bely used for loading/ offloading
    narrow bodied a/c and bulk of the wide bodied
    a/c

    Can be raised at either end to the height of the


    cargo hold
    o
    Fork Lift Truck

    Highly manoeuvrable and used to move cargo


    inside freight sheds and warehouses

    Have rapid lift/lower speeds and can handle


    very heavy loads

    Never used for offloading/loading aircraft


    because of their potential damage
    o
    HI-Loader (Hi-Lo)

    Self propelled vehicle with two independent


    platforms

    Used to lift cargo containers and pallets to


    aircraft cargo docks
    Main Deck Loader (MDL) larger version of
    the Hi-Lo and reaches up to the main deck of
    the wide-bodied aircraft
    Some stations have local rules that do not let
    loaders and other staff to stand on a Hi-loader
    platform while lifting
    Transporter
    Flat back roller bedded truck with a side cab,
    specially built to carry containers
    Dolly Trains
    Carries containers and pallets on separate
    trolleys pulled by a small tractor
    Aircraft Tug
    Used for aircraft push back and towing.
    Vary in size, weight and power
    ONLY operated by highly trained specialists
    Ground Power Unit (GPU)
    Portable power unit used to deliver electricity
    to a/c during ground servicing
    Either trailer or truck mounted
    Ground Power Unit (GPU)
    Portable power unit used to deliver electricity
    to a/c during ground servicing

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