Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is GSAT training and who requires it?

General Security Awareness Training is a mandatory requirement for anyone needing to be issued with a full pass permitting unescorted access to the Critical Part, excluding persons who are in receipt of directed training.

Course content includes:

• The threat to aviation
• Aims of the terrorist
• Why civil aviation?
• Objectives and organisations of aviation security
• Protection of the Critical Part and access control
• Prohibited articles
• The trainee’s role in aviation security
• Recognising suspicious items
• What makes you suspicious?
• Actions on discovering prohibited or suspicious articles