Overview
Provide technical assistance to enhance the aviation safety oversight system in Angola, ensuring safe aircraft operations by improving the implementation of ICAO SARPS through USOAP CMA corrective action plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a focal point of the ICAO team.
- Coordinate, consolidate, and provide project reports.
- Provide status reporting of team activities against work plans.
- Escalate issues to the Director CDI through the ICAO Project manager.
- Ensure compliance with national and international aviation legislation, particularly related to ATS/SAR and PANS-OPS.
- Verify/assist adherence to ICAO standards and recommended practices (SARPs) in ATS /SAR operations and PANS-OPS.
- Assess/revise operational procedures for compliance with applicable regulations.
- Conduct inspections of ATS and SAR units.
- Coordinate with other authorities to enhance SAR operational effectiveness and safety.
- Review and validate equipment and tools used in ATS and SAR operations.
- Provide guidance on the use of technology and procedures in air traffic control and SAR operations.
- Oversee personnel certification and validate licensing of air traffic controllers and SAR operators.
- Review and approve operational procedures and documentation for ATS, SAR and PANS-OPS units.
- Conduct regular inspections and safety oversight activities of ATS/SAR facilities.
- Investigate incidents and non-compliance issues, recommending corrective actions.
- Recommend and implement corrective actions based on safety audits, incident investigations, and inspections.
- Follow up on corrective actions to ensure continuous compliance and resolution of safety deficiencies.
- Prepare and submit a work plan to ANAC within 3 weeks from deployment.
- Maintain and update the work plan on a monthly basis.
- Prepare and submit an End of assignment report at the completion of the assignment.
- Prepare and submit the project terminal report.
- Submit all reports to ANAC and ICAO.
- Perform other related duties, as assigned.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years' experience as ANS ATM/SAR and PANS-OPS safety oversight inspector.
- Minimum 8 years ATS license holder with at least 2 ratings.
- Minimum 2 years at ATS Supervisory Position is desirable.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience at a supervisory position in an ANS unit (preferably Cartography or FPD).
- Good knowledge of Civil Aviation Rules, Regulations and relating to AIS and FPD.
- Good knowledge of Aeronautical Information Publications, airspace layout, national geography, maps and charts, and instrument flight procedures.
- Good knowledge/Familiarity with the Chicago convention, ICAO ANS and Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS) and related procedures and guidance material (Annex 2, 3,4,10,11,12,15, Doc 4444 and Doc 8168).
- Good knowledge of ICAO CMA USOAP activities and its online framework.
Qualifications
- University degree in Air Navigation field, preferably in air traffic management, or equivalent qualifications and experience.
- Basic ATC Course
- Tower Control Course
- Approach Procedural Course
- Area Procedural Course
- ICAO ANS CBT (Desirable)
- ANS Inspectors course (Desirable)
- ATM Inspectors course (Desirable)
- Audit techniques course (Desirable)
- Basic AIS course (Desirable)
- Basic and Advanced PANS-OPS procedures design course (Desirable)
- RNAV/PBN Procedure Design course (Desirable)
- SAR Mission Coordinator course (Desirable)
- Regulatory Audit Procedures course (Desirable)
