CBTA and EBT: The Future Training Methodologies of Aviation
Two training methodologies known as CBTA and EBT are increasingly dominating different areas of training. Do your training programmes reflect these approaches?
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Two training methodologies known as CBTA and EBT are increasingly dominating different areas of training. Do your training programmes reflect these approaches?
Ask yourself this: Are your pilots and flight attendants competent? What about your technicians in the maintenance workshop? And how do you really know that they are ‘competent’?
Training is a mandatory requirement in the aviation industry. But taking an interactive approach to aviation training leads to more engaged participants and a better learning outcome.
Human factors such as stress, complacency, and fatigue contribute to around 80 percent of accidents that occur in flight and in the maintenance workshop. That is why it is crucial to prioritise human factors training.
According to research, more than 80 percent of aviation-related accidents can be attributed to human error. The questions is what we can do about that as an industry?
Even though competencies and safety are on everyone’s agenda, many organisations opt for online training courses and quick tick marks to comply with their annual training requirements.
Aviation is a stressful industry. Pilots, cabin crew, and maintenance staff must deal with stress every day, but their reactions to stress may manifest in different ways.
Every day, aviation professionals must make informed, safe, and efficient decisions. Coupled with a high-stakes and high-stress operational environment, decision-making becomes a crucial skill to possess and execute. Can your decisions stand the pressure?
In a stressful profession like aviation, the ability to cope with stress, fatigue, and pressure is not just a ‘nice to have’. It is a ‘need to have’.
Have you heard of 12 factors which affect human performance and safety? If you are an aviation professional, odds are that you have. But do you know how to counter the effects and create a resistant and safe environment?
This could be the beginning of a mediocre joke. Instead, the headline uncovers a fundamental insight. In this article, we will dive into three seemingly different professions which share one key characteristic.
Making mistakes is a human condition. We cannot eliminate human errors, but we can take the time to learn why humans make mistakes – and bring down the risk. This article dives into one crucial aspect of aviation: Human Factors.
Auditors rely heavily on their knowledge, skills, and expertise when performing audits. A fact which makes auditor training an invaluable measure to continuously ensure a compliant, safe, and efficient operation.
The foremost task of an auditor is to ensure safety, compliance, and efficiency within the organisation. Still, many auditors encounter headshaking and unsettling discoveries when performing audits – internally and externally.
Does your organisation employ internal auditing? If so, is it to maintain your ISO certification? Or do you actually see the organisational value of internal audits as part of your quality management system?
A just safety culture is crucial to a functioning Safety Management System. But how can you ensure and promote a just culture throughout your organisation?
Safety Management Systems are here to stay. Essentially, SMS is crucial to our industry because it ensures the highest level of safety in a profession where failure can turn fatal. But why do we distinguish between three different approaches to SMS?
How does your organisation identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks? Our guess is that you encourage your employees to report any safety-related issues or hazards. If that is the case, you have grasped the concept of SMS.
No one becomes a master facilitator overnight. But like any other skill, facilitation can be trained, improved, and refined. Here are 8 steps to live by if you wish to advance from trainer to facilitator.
Every day, lives are at stake in our industry. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct training in a way which enhances competencies, knowledge, and skills. In this respect, Active Learning plays a crucial role.
Contrary to popular belief, facilitation is not a natural talent that some individuals are gifted with. Facilitation is a skill to be learned.
Learning from the safe distance of a chair has never generated lasting results. Still, this is the preferred training approach of many airlines and ATO’s. Active Learning enables people to actively think, discuss, and create.
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