QualaTech Aero Consulting Ltd.
QualaTech Aero Consulting Ltd.
AVIATIONSAFETY AND QUALITY
QualaTech-Aero Consulting Ltd. (QACL) - a Canadian international consultancy group, providing management, safety, quality aircraft maintenance and human factors expertise and solutions to the aviation industry, with the experience and ability to surmount the most difficult challenges.
Challenge is the keynote of 21st Century aviation and, as our name implies, Quality, Safety and Consultancy is our primary service. What sets us apart is that we are 'hands-on' and highly involved with our clients. Not only do we provide the advice and service - we support our clients during implementation. Small enough to maintain quality of service but with global experience and connections in unique and diversified fields, we are able to provide a range of specialized consulting services as a complete package
QualaTech-Aero Consulting has the experience and expertise to help your organisation achieve its goals in an increasingly demanding regulatory environment, where the ability to implement required standards cost-effectively, can make the difference between business success and failure. Our management board brings to any task the combination of more than 80 years of experience in flight operations, maintenance engineering, airport operations and air traffic management in every corner of the world.
SAFETY MANAGEMENT solutions by QUALATECH AERO-CONSULTING Ltd.
QualaTech provides focused capability in:
Safety Management System (SMS) development
Safety and quality audits
Operations, quality and safety management
Training in safety, quality and human factors
Human Factors Awareness Training (HFAT)
QualaTech consultants have extensive Canadian and international aviation experience and have held senior posts with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), International Air Transport Association (IATA), leading aviation operations, systems and service companies; and international airport and civil aviation authorities.
It has been shown that as many as 70% of all accidents are attributable to human causes. Indeed the true accident, namely, something that cannot be foreseen, is relatively rare. A rigorous approach to safety management combined with adequate and appropriate training will contribute to a significant reduction in the possibility for errors and accidents.
QualaTech Aero-Consulting has strong experience and credentials in human factors and training. Our consultants have undertaken Transport Canada and other training courses in human factors and training techniques and carried out many consultancy assignments with significant human factors content. In addition the development and delivery of training courses forms an important part of our past, current and planned business.
Safety Management
The QualaTech Aero-Consulting expertise in safety management reflects the importance attached to this discipline by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and regulatory authorities worldwide. During recent years, requirements for a proactive and rigorous approach to safety management have been extended to cover not only aircraft operations and airworthiness but also airports and air traffic services. Concurrently, the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight and Audit Program (USOAP) was strengthened and extended 2003 to cover all the aforementioned aspects of civil aviation.
The safety management requirements are of special importance to airport authorities, given the recent changes to the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) of ICAO Annexes 11 and 14 and the consequent requirements to certify airports and introduce formal Safety Management Systems. These changes to ICAO SARPs and the Universal Safety Oversight and Audit Program (USOAP) have led to the requirement for airports to implement safety management systems. By November 2005, airports will be required to have in place such a system, which means that preparations must start immediately and mandatory audits will commence prior to that date.
The need for the development and successful implementation of safety management systems will undoubtedly place great strain on many airport operators who may be used to an ad hoc approach to safety management. Many airports, operating on restricted budgets and without large reserves of available expertise, will particularly feel this strain.
With these issues in mind, QualaTech Aero-Consulting has developed an Aerodrome Safety Management System for airports that:
Is practical, pragmatic and workable
Will fit into the framework of the management and operational procedures of a small airport
Is sufficiently robust to satisfy ICAO criteria
Will provide in depth training to airport personnel
Takes full account of limited operational budgets
The rigorous application of a Safety Management System can dramatically reduce the risk of accidents. A further benefit is the potential for lower costs arising from:
A reduction in the claims and litigation
Lower insurance premiums
Reduced, repair and replacement of equipment due to damages on the ramp and other airport areas.
Ramp accidents cost airports and the aviation industry several billion dollars per year world wide, due to damage to aircraft, property and equipment. Systematic safety management can bring about significant improvements in this area.
Capabilities and Consulting Experience
Our services focus on employee involvement because safety, like quality, is a goal more easily met if it is integrated into daily operations as a shared responsibility. Experience of or consultants includes:
Safety Management System for the Victoria International Airport.
Safety Management System for the Kelowna International Airport.
Development and implementation of a safety management system for Victoria International Airport (The first in North America)
Team leader of the European Commission audit team to audit and monitor the implementation of a new air traffic management system for the six Central American Republics and provision of management and organisational advice to COCESNA (Central American Air Navigation Services Corporation). This included major human factors and safety issues.
Evaluation of the Safety Case of the long term operating plan for Sydney International Airport, Australia
Regulatory requirements and safety management guidelines for air traffic management for the Civil Aviation Administrations of Latvia and Poland
Implementation of a commercialised ATC organisation for the Czech Republic and re-organisation and automation of the aeronautical information services (AIS). Provision of management, quality, safety, financial, institutional, and commercial workshops to the staff of Czech Air Navigation Services. This involved significant human factors issues
Assessment of collision risk and associated tack structure development for North Atlantic aircraft operations
ATM and airport safety, re-organisation and commercialisation in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Korea and other States
Safety Validation study for EUROCONTROL for change to 8.33khz channel spacing
Advice to Vancouver Airport Services on airport projects, training and safety.
EXPERIENCE
QualaTech Aero-Consulting draws from a deep reservoir of experience from a range of consultants with international experience in safety matters. These include:
Keith Green
Keith Green began his aviation career in the late 1970's as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME), initially, working with several Canadian companies on various aircraft types. He subsequently worked overseas for several of the world's leading international airlines, both as an employee and independent contractor, gaining valuable experience in Maintenance Engineering, Quality, Production and Management. On his return to Canada he was appointed quality manager for an aerospace manufacturing organisation. In the mid -90s Mr. Green joined the British Columbia Government Air Services (BCGAS) Quality/Production department and was seconded as a Policy Technical Analyst to the Provincial Government. In this position, Mr. Green was directly involved in several major Private and joint Government initiatives including the Ballard Power Cell (Hydrogen fuel) and the Alternate Fuels and Emission program.
In 1997 Mr. Green founded a consulting agency for airlines and maintenance organisations. The initial contract was to help establish a cargo airline, where he was the principal consultant and interim Director of Maintenance. QualaTech-Aero Consulting Ltd. has since become one of the leading aviation consultancies in Western Canada. Mr. Green is an active Member of the Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council (CARAC) and in 1998 he was appointed to the Canadian Civil Aviation Tribunal (CAT) where as a presiding Member, he renders determinations in the course of Appeals or Hearings.
David Olsen (Manager - Consultant.)
David Olsen is an international aviation, airports and air traffic management consultant with a particular emphasis on safety. During a 42-year career in aviation, starting as an aircrew officer in the RAF, he has worked in airline, airport and ATC operations throughout the world. He has been a major contributor to ICAO publications, is a trained and competent instructor and he has also undertaken safety work for the UK CAA and with the Eurocontrol Performance Review Commission.
As a member of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators he has served on the Technical and Air Safety Committee of that organisation.
Company Details
Company Information
Keith Green
Title:
President
Telephone:
(250) 655-0987
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David Olsen
Title:
Consultant
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(250) 655-0987
Email:
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Services
Consulting
Air Passenger Service
QualaTech-Aero Consulting Ltd. (QAC) - an international
consultancy group based in Canada, providing management, safety,
safety management systems training & implementation, quality and
human performance and human Factors training/expertise and
solutions to the aviation industry, with the experience and
ability to surmount the most difficult challenges.
Human Factors Training
In human and/or financial terms, the cost of preventable
failures, resulting from lack of human factors awareness is
almost incalculable. The aerospace industry used to average
almost US$3 billion in material damage annually, but since the
introduction of mandatory HF awareness training throughout the
world, in conjunction with Safety Management Systems, this
astounding figure has been decreasing steadily. Safety related
incidents can be reduced and research shows that a small
investment in human factors awareness/training can generate
enormous rewards, in the form of: saved lives, reduced injuries
and operating/damage costs, motivated and conscientious
employees, improved product and service reliability and lower
risks. The success documented by mandatory HF training in the
aviation industry is QualaTechs verification and guarantee.
Our Human Factor Awareness Training Program consists of, but is
not limited to, the following:
1.Introduction to Human Factors and Human Performance
(what it is)
2.Human Error
3.Introduction to the key human factors issues (Dirty
Dozen)
4.Teamwork
5.Communication
6.Assertiveness
7.Fatigue
8.Stress
9.Distraction
10.Awareness and lack of it
11.Knowledge and lack of it
12.Resources - and shortage or lack of
13.Pressures
14.Norms accepted practices (good and bad)
15.Complacency
16.Health and Safety at work
17.The synergy of Human Factors and Safety
Desure to inquire about QualaTech's 'Reward For Safety Program'
and learn how Safety can save you money.