The safety and rescue certificate certifies a set of basic theoretical and practical skills required to carry out the safety and rescue function.
The safety and rescue certificate is definitively acquired by its holder.
The safety and rescue certificate entitles its holder to be entered in the civil aviation cabin crew register, section D, subject to meeting the other conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations in force.
Delivery Conditions
to obtain the safety and security certificate, the applicant has to fulfil the following conditions;
- Be 18 years of age and above.
- Provide proof of sixty hours’ flying time as a crew member on board an aircraft engaged in commercial passenger air transport, as a flight attendant or cabin crew trainee, thereby attesting to the acquisition of the necessary practical knowledge etc.
Knowledge Required
Theoretical test
- Safety and Rescue
(Aeronautical knowledge element, Aeronautical popularization)
A. The aircraft: structure and system
1. The airframe and flight
2. Circuits
3. Means of access and evacuation
B. A brief introduction to applied meteorology
1. Composition of the atmosphere
2. Clouds, thunderstorms, turbulence
3. Regional and seasonal climatic conditions
C. Measurement units used in aeronautics
1. Length
2. Speed
3. Pressure
D. Instructions to be observed and obeyed during the various phases of flight
1. Passenger boarding
2. Taxing
3. Take-off
4. Climb
5. Cruise
6. Turbulence
7. Descent
8. Landing
9. Transit with passenger on board without refuelling
10. Transit with passenger on board with refuelling
E. Landings and forced landings
F. Emergency evacuation etc
II. Aeronautical first aid
candidates must have a clear idea of the role of the crew in first aid, in particular the limits of their action and the necessary collaboration with the emergency medical services, and must have acquired the basic terminology.
A. Basic notions of anatomy and physiology
1. The nervous system, the brain
2. The skeleton
3. The cardiorespiratory system
4. Digestive system
B. The aeronautical environment and the body’s reactions
1. Physiological reactions to flying at altitude
2. Psychological reactions to air travel
3. Incidents and medical accidents observed on board: frequency, consequences, practices.
III. First aid on board
Available material and modalities of use
A. Composition and use of medical kits
B. Composition and use of the emergency kit
C. Improvised equipment on board
D. Writing a report
E. Principle of liaison with emergency medical services
– Treatment of certain special cases
F. giving birth on board
G. abdominal pain, diagnosis and treatment
H. Skeletal disorders and their treatment
I. contagious and tropical diseases
J. Death on board
k. first aid in the event of an air accident etc.
Practical Test
I. Safety and Security
Practical use of emergency material and equipment and exercises on safety and rescue procedures and instructions in simulated emergency conditions. The materials and equipment concerned are those required by the regulations in force, such as:
– Safety belts and harnesses;
– Doors and exits;
– Means of abandonment, etc.
Actual or simulated practical use of the signaling materials and equipment required by current regulations, such as:
– Radioelectric means
– Optical means
– Pyrotechnic means
II. Aeronautical first aid
Practical demonstrations of the ability to apply certain first aid methods or techniques in simulated aircraft cabin conditions:
– Transport and positioning of a sick or injured person and lateral safety position;
– Artificial respiration and external cardiac massage;
– Mouth-to-mouth and external cardiac massage on a dummy, coordination of maneuvers;
– Nielsen method;
– Sylvester’s method etc.
Practical use of on-board medical kits and improvised first-aid equipment such as..:
– Bandages
– Wound treatment
– Treatment of minor burns and frostbite
– Bandaging: ankle, knee, foot, head, etc.
III. Swimming event
Jump into the water from the edge of the pool, swim 50m without stopping in no more than two minutes wearing a swimming costume.
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