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CAP 772 Birdstrike Risk Management for Aerodromes
Chapter 2 Roles and Responsibilities
1 Introduction
1.1 The roles and responsibilities of all personnel, including those applicable to bird
control, are important elements of the aerodrome operator's safety management
system and a contribution to the effectiveness of the BCMP. All personnel should
have a thorough understanding of their roles within the plan and be able to collaborate
actively with other organisations on and off the aerodrome, such as air traffic control
and local landowners. The roles and responsibilities of personnel associated with bird
control duties undertaken on a typical aerodrome are described in this chapter. The
roles and responsibilities may be adjusted to suit an aerodrome's specific bird control
circumstances.
2 Aerodrome Manager
2.1 Although the aerodrome licence holder has overall accountability for bird control,
responsibility for bird control and the implementation of the BCMP at the aerodrome
may be delegated, usually to the aerodrome manager or another senior person in the
airside operations function. The core responsibilities of such a person, with respect
to the BCMP, are to:
a) assess the birdstrike risk level;
b) determine policy and produce the BCMP;
c) provide resources for the implementation of BCMP;
d) implement the BCMP; and
e) ensure that the BCMP reference or inclusion in the Aerodrome Manual is correct.
2.2 The aerodrome manager's role should involve tasks that include the:
a) monitoring and acting on habitat changes on and in the vicinity of the aerodrome
and development of appropriate management and control activities;
b) implementation of habitat management/long grass policy maintenance
programmes in accordance with the BCMP, and to introduce modifications to the
maintenance programmes as necessary;
c) analysis and interpretation of log records of bird control activities, birdstrike reports
and bird count data;
d) regular survey of bird concentrations and movements in the local area and liaison
with local bird watchers for additional information;
e) liaison with local landowners on mitigation action;
f) liaison with local landowners, farmers and gamekeepers to obtain intelligence on
farming plans, game conservation, etc.;
g) monitoring of the effectiveness of any mitigation measures in place;
h) identification of potential birdstrike risks by collating local ornithological and other
data;
i) seeking of advice and assistance from outside specialists on matters requiring
expertise not available at the aerodrome; and
j) production and promulgation of reports on the development of BCMP and on
specific topics, safety briefs and birdstrike risk warnings as required.
March 2007
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