RISK, SECURITY AND QUALITY

Overview

This function is responsible for the holistic risk, security and quality management within ATNS.

Air Traffic Management (ATM) is defined as the dynamic, integrated management of air traffic and airspace, safely, economically, and efficiently through the provision of facilities and seamless services in collaboration with all partners. ATM includes those strategic and tactical elements which support the safe and efficient movement of air traffic, and incorporates facilities, resources (humans, technology, procedures, etc.) and information sub architectures.

ATM incorporates the resources to be managed that is:

      • Airspace Organisation and Management
      • Aerodrome Operations
      • Demand and Capacity Balancing
      • Traffic Synchronisation
      • Airspace User Operations
      • Management of Collision Risk
      • Information Management
      • ATM Service Delivery Management

The primary functions to be accomplished to enable flight from/to an aerodrome into airspace safely separated from other traffic, not beyond capacity limits, making optimum use of system resources.

The description of the above mentioned eight elements is based on realistic expectations of human capabilities and technology availability. Based on those considerations the elements are predicted on the under-mentioned common themes.

     • Safety
     • Human
     • Technology
     • Information
     • Continuity

Abilities

The purpose of the Risk, Security & Quality Department is to oversee the development, maintenance and implementation of documents, policies and procedures, which also includes the maintaining of ATNS’s ISO accreditation.

Our abilities include:

• Maintenance of the ISO 9001:2000 certification. 
• Risk management policy development, risk assessment and monitoring, mitigation and trend and data analysis. 
• Security management policy and plan development. 
• Quality management system implementation, improvement and maintenance. 
• Training on QMS countrywide. 
• Conducting QMS audits countrywide.

Achievements

Our international quality management and quality assurance standard - ISO9001: 2000 consists of five major clauses, which are further sub-divided into sub-clauses. ATNS also holds the SGS ISO 9001:2000 certificate. Implementation and maintenance of the ATNS quality management system in compliance with ISO9001: 2000. Implementation of the ATNS risk and developing security management programmes.