Aircraft chocking and coning

Level

Initial training, Skills maintenance

Target audience / relevant staff

Ground staff in charge to place or remove wheel Chocks and safety Cones during aircraft arrival and departure operations.

Objectives

Acquire operational skills to ensure all the necessary actions to correctly place chocks and safety cones around aircraft, in compliance with safety rules and operator's procedures.

Contents

Theoretical

• Aircraft Safety Perimeters.
• Rules of approach and circulation around the aircraft.
• Use of Equipments.
• Chocks placement and removal procedures.
• Cones placement and removal procedures.
• Chocks and cones placement according to aircraft type.
• Procedures in case of special weather conditions.
• Consequences of non-compliance with established procedures.
• Incidents Reports.

Practice

Application of the rules and methodologies discussed during theoretical training.