Basic AVSEC study plan

Summarize the purpose and scope of the Chicago Convention and the role of ICAO Annex 17 in national security programmes

List the key legal instruments that address acts of unlawful interference and explain what each one obliges states to do

Distinguish the responsibilities of the state, the airport operator and the aircraft operator under a national civil aviation security programme

Define the terms 'screening', 'security control' and 'security restricted area' in your own words and check them against the source text

Explain how a national civil aviation security programme is implemented at airport level through a written airport security programme

Identify the roles of the airport security committee and the persons accountable for security planning and access control

Describe the layers of an airport security restricted area and the boundary controls that separate landside from airside

Outline the principles of an access control system, including identification, authorisation and escorting of visitors

Draft the main elements of an airport security plan: risk assessment, organisation, resources, procedures and review cycle

Compare the principal threat categories to civil aviation and match each to a plausible countermeasure

Apply a simple risk matrix to rank three threats by likelihood and impact

Explain how insider threat and human factors increase the residual risk of any access control system

Describe the purpose and limitations of passenger and cabin baggage screening and the concept of prohibited items

Sequence the steps of a passenger screening checkpoint from document check to reclaim of belongings

Explain how walk-through metal detectors, X-ray machines and hand searches complement each other

State the rules for handling, reporting and disposing of prohibited items found during screening

Outline the screening requirements for hold baggage and how it differs from cabin baggage screening

Explain how screening technology is selected and how operator performance is maintained through training and testing

Describe the security controls applied to cargo, mail, catering and stores before they enter a security restricted area

Distinguish known consignor, regulated agent and account consignor concepts and what each is responsible for

Identify the tamper-evident and chain-of-custody measures used for consignments and deliveries

Describe the aircraft search and security check procedures before and after flight and who is responsible for each

Explain cockpit door and flight deck security measures and the principle of keeping the flight deck secure in flight

Outline the in-flight security measures available to crew, including reporting and restraint of a disruptive passenger

List the immediate actions of airport staff on receiving a bomb threat or discovering a suspicious item

Describe the structure and purpose of an airport contingency or emergency response plan and how it links to the security plan

Define acts of unlawful interference and give examples of each type covered by the conventions

Explain the roles of the incident commander, the airport operator and the aircraft operator during a hijack or sabotage response

Describe how a security incident is reported, recorded and investigated after the event

Explain how lessons learned from an incident or exercise feed back into the risk assessment

Explain what security culture is and how leadership, reporting and just culture support it

Identify the human factors that most commonly degrade screening and access control performance

Describe how quality control, audits, inspections and covert testing are used to verify security performance

Review your weak areas from earlier weeks and confirm you can state the key legal obligations without notes