Save the date and register!
Registrations are now open for the Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group (AAWHG) workshop to be held in Sydney, 23-24 July 2019. The workshop venue, the Kingsford Smith Suite at Sydney International Airport,is kindly provided by Sydney Airport Corporation.
It’s very easy to register online for the workshop; simply go to the AAWHG website www.aawhg.org/ and follow the registration link on the homepage. You can also download the preliminary agenda on the website homepage.
Who should attend?
All industry stakeholders,including airlines, pilots, air traffic control, government agencies, airport operators, airside safety officers, or anyone else involved in management or policy issues related to the intersection of wildlife, aircraft, and airports—in fact,anyone with an interest in wildlife and the aviation industry.We hope to bring together both government and industry to support a national approach to this important aviation safety issue.
The interactive workshop will include sessions on:
• The National Airport Safeguarding Framework
• Passive management of wildlife hazards
• Wildlife strike investigation
• Training and competency of aerodrome safety personnel.
For some time now, the AAWHG has been developing a comprehensive and safety-focused set of wildlife hazard management recommended practices (RPs). These have been developed in consultation with industry to ensure they represent both best-practice and practical strategies for managing wildlife hazards.
The RPs so far include wildlife hazard management plan data collection and management; wildlife monitoring and risk assessment methods; and training and competency for flight crew, ATC and aerodromes, among others. New RPs covering off-airport monitoring, the role of drones, and significant strike investigation are proposed and will also be on the workshop agenda .
The workshop will focus on discussion of existing and proposed recommended practices in a series of facilitated workshops which will allow industry attendees to provide feedback on the draft RPs. To maximise the RPs’ effectiveness, the AAWHG would love to see a good representation across the aviation sector at the workshop, from large airports to smaller regional aerodromes, from smaller regional operators to RPT airlines, as well as Defence, air traffic control, wildlife experts and consultants.
The two days conclude with a visit to the Australian Museum(AM), where Dr Matthew Lott, AAWHG executive member and a post-doctoral fellow at the AM, will facilitate tours of the Museum’s DNA labs. Dr Lott specialises in genetics and molecular biology, and uses them to inform evidence-based management of Australian wildlife.
