Ground support equipment
Aviation Technology · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Name the equipment used to service aircraft on the ramp.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Ramp services: an introduction
- The ramp layout
- Parking stands and markings
- Marshalling and aircraft guidance
- Towing and pushback
- Chocking the wheels
- Refuelling procedures
- Aircraft cleaning
- Catering services
- Water servicing
- Waste (lavatory) servicing
- Loading and unloading
- Passenger boarding and disembarking
- Ground support equipment
- Ramp communication and coordination
- Ramp safety and hazards
- Ramp personnel and responsibilities
- The turnaround procedure
- Ramp documentation and records
- Emergency procedures on the ramp
- Simulating ramp services
- The importance of ramp services