electronic communications air surveillance systems, including: basic radar principles encompassing: requirement of surveillance to support efficient, safe and effective air traffic control (ATC) operations aircraft aspects basic radar history electromagnetic waves radiation hazards and work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) considerations radar principles of operation types of radar and radar block diagram main inputs and outputs for designated blocks of a given diagram requirement for redundancy go/no-go concept radar performance limitations different types of radar self- testing surveillance- original environment and developing environment surveillance users radar locations and radar coverage map principles of operation of a primary surveillance radar (PSR) encompassing: purpose of a PSR principles of radar blind speed and measures to overcome this why radars use pulse compression and the types of modulation used diversity operation is used in Primary radars radiation pattern for a ‘cosec2’ and slotted waveguide antenna radars use high / low coverage features of primary radars currently in service principles of operation of a classical secondary surveillance radar (SSR) encompassing: similarities and differences between PSR and SSR requirement to use wobbulation relevant International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (Annex 10) specifications modes of operation transponder special replies and their functions SSR radiation patterns reasons for "No Reply" from an aircraft definition of garbling definition of false replies unsynchronised in time (FRUIT) function of a site monitor advantages and disadvantages of SSR over primary radar features of classical SSRs principles of operation of a mode S SSR encompassing: improvements mode S has over classical SSR ICAO requirements relating to the use of aircraft addresses and interrogator codes purposes of all-call and roll-call interrogations principles of acquiring aircraft users of mode S transponders quitter protocols used to reduce FRUIT principles of all-call lockouts and lockout overrides requirement for classical SSR and mode S SSR compatibility benefits to a controller of using elementary and enhanced surveillance features of mode S SSRs principles of operation of radar track processors encompassing: function of radar track processor currently in service principles of operation of radar remote control monitoring system (RCMS): requirement for RCMS RCMS network layouts principles of operation of air defence system (ADS) encompassing: principles of operation of ADS-B aircraft data transmitted by ADS-B aircraft ADS-B transmission rates principles of operation of ADS-C principles of operation of multilateration (MLAT) encompassing: introduction, definition and history of MLAT TDOA concepts airport/local area concept airborne/wide area concept data and identification surveillance strategies MLAT coverage principles of operation of MLAT message formats used by MLAT systems similarities and differences between MLAT and ADS-B systems principles of surveillance track messages encompassing: requirement for duplicated data paths ATS centre processing and displaying of surveillance tracks contents of data messages sent from radar sites contents of data messages sent from ADS-B radar sites principles of airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)/traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) encompassing: purpose and types of ACAS/TCAS function of ACAS/TCAS how ACAS/TCAS acquires and tracks aircraft ICAO requirements with respect to complying with RAs performance characteristics and checks encompassing: measurement of radar performance measurement of radar pulse shape/timing check measurement of radar transmitter frequency performing radar spectrum check identification of radar performance with or outside documented performance limits relevant apparatus manufacturer specifications relevant Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) national operating standards, and workplace policies and procedures relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes relevant WHS/OHS requirements relevant workplace documentation. |