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Course: Weight & Balance Awareness
Weight & Balance Awareness
Aircraft handling & airside operations · Safety · Classroom · Certificate: Aviato Academy
Training information
- Length of training: 3 days
- Language: English
- Certificate: Aviato Academy Certificate, valid for 3 years
- Basic requirements and admission requirements: None
- Price: On demand
Target Audience
- Loadmasters
- Loading supervisors
- Ramp and turnaround coordinators
Objectives
This training course is designed to provide an awareness and appreciation of weight and balance, ideal for those responsible for aircraft loading or turnaround management.
Course content
Weight and Balance wide body basic and narrow body familiarisation including exercises
- Introduction
- The four forces
- Theory of flight
- Flight controls
- Consequences of overweight or out-of-balance aircraft
- Standard and actual weights
- Fuel
- Principles of balance
- Structural strength limits
- Aircraft type familiarization
- ULD types accepted
- Specific Loading/Offloading Procedures
- Loading restraint system
- Specific DGR / Special load Loading Restrictions
- Load Planning
- Fuel Planning
- Load and trim sheet
Details
- Load Control – Aircraft Weight and Balance principle (LOD 01) – CERTIFICATE can be provided
- Load Control – Load Planning and Loadsheet (LOD 02) – ONLY Familiarisation on Narrow Body (B737) and Wide Body (B747) (no certification)
- Load Control – Documentation and messaging (LOD 03) – ONLY Familiarisation (no certification)
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