Elements and Performance Criteria
- Receive a request for pavement concession
- Request for a pavement concession for a specific airport is received from an aircraft operator and interpreted in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Airport pavement classification number for the airport concerned is established through reference to the En Route Supplement Australia (ERSA)
- Evaluate a request for pavement concession
- Specifications for the aircraft concerned are accessed and interpreted to establish the aircraft classification number
- A comparison is made between the airport pavement classification number and the aircraft classification number
- Where the aircraft classification number is less than or equal to airport pavement classification number, the pavement concession is issued
- Where the aircraft classification number is more than the airport pavement classification number a more detailed analysis of overload significance is carried out in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Conduct an analysis of overload significance
- Relevant information required for an assessment of overload significance of the pavement concession request is obtained from relevant sources
- Reference is made to the pavement concession manual to conduct an assessment of the overload significance
- The potential impact of the pavement overload is established and an appropriate decision is made to either issue a concession, decline a concession or issue a conditional concession in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Communicate outcomes of a pavement concession request
- The outcomes of the decision on a pavement concession request is communicated to the aircraft operator in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- In the case of a conditional concession being issued, details of the applicable conditions are communicated to the operator in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Document the outcomes of a pavement concession request