Launching in 2025:
AVSEC Instructor Certification
Digitalise and streamline your instructor certification and re-certification process
As technology advances, many countries face a significant challenge: modernising systems and processes, optimising resource efficiency and ensuring continued compliance with ICAO standards. Our digital, outcome-focused instructor certification tool, based on the UK CAA’s own platform will offer a modern, easy-to-adopt solution, helping States upgrade their systems and ensure that instructors meet international standards. This streamlined approach enhances security, maximises resources, and strengthens global compliance while being adaptable to current and future needs.
Our platform will ensure instructors stay compliant with evolving ICAO and national regulations.
Say goodbye to cumbersome paperwork and manual tracking.
Standardise training quality by providing instructors with a consistent certification.
Gain full control over monitoring progress and identifying gaps.
The Importance of Instructor Certification in Aviation Security
Certified instructors have a key role in ensuring that all personnel involved in security meet national guidelines. Each State needs to ensure its systems and approaches meet international requirements. We understand how crucial it is to improve the certification process and to strengthen standards globally. Our online instructor certification system will ensure compliance and prepare states for evolving security threats, aligning national training with global standards.
Empowering aviation security professionals through cutting-edge certification technology
Without appropriately certified instructors, training quality may be reduced, putting aviation security at risk. We understand these challenges and offer solutions tailored to each State’s needs.
Closing Compliance Gaps
Achieving an appropriate standard for instructor certification can be difficult, leading to gaps in compliance that may leave nations vulnerable to security risks.
Inconsistent Training Quality Across Locations
Standardise training quality by providing instructors with a consistent certification framework. Our platform will allow for scalable and uniform e-Exams across multiple locations, ensuring that all instructors meet the same high standards.
Lack of Visibility into Instructor Performance and Certification Progress
Our robust analytics and reporting tools will provide real-time insights into certification status and instructor performance, giving organisations full control over monitoring progress and identifying gaps.
Complex and Ever-Changing Compliance Requirements
Our platform will ensure certified instructors are compliant with evolving ICAO and national regulations. Unlike other systems that require manual updates, our assessment solution includes top quality question bank management, guaranteeing robust, fair, and reliable examinations. Our solution can be refreshed with the latest security regulations and industry standards, ensuring instructors remain compliant effortlessly.
Inefficient, Manual Assessment Processes
Say goodbye to cumbersome paperwork and manual tracking. Our system digitises and streamlines certification processes, allowing instructors to complete and renew certifications with ease. The platform can integrate with existing systems and offers automated reminders for certification renewal, minimising administrative overhead.
Your Complete Solution for Instructor Certification
Our online system certification assessment is being designed to ensure aviation security instructors meet the requirements of ICAO and beyond. This assures instructors have the necessary skills and knowledge and are certified to deliver high-quality, standardised aviation security training. By incorporating modern digital assessments, we empower States to enhance their aviation security systems and reduce risks.
Our digital, outcome-based instructor certification will tool include:
Certification assessment
Instructors are tested through flexible, secure e-examinations, available via our digital platform, developed in collaboration with Aspeq.
Question banks
We are developing a robust question bank based on ICAO Annex 17, Doc 8973. Questions can be tailored to specific state requirements, and the bank can be regularly updated to reflect changes in international and national regulations.
Step 1
Apply with Ease
Potential candidates submit their application online, starting their journey toward becoming certified aviation security instructors.
Step 2
Flexible Assessment Options
Candidates take an online exam via the secure Aspeq platform.
Step 3
Certification and Ongoing Support
Upon passing, instructors receive a certificate that demonstrates their aviation security knowledge. Ongoing guidance is provided to help instructors stay current as standards evolve.
Ensuring Long-Term Compliance and Future-Readiness
Our online system forms part of national training and certification policy and is designed for long-term success. It enables access to the UK CAA’s wealth of experience and expertise including advice on the implementation and maintenance of the assessment solution. We also offer re-certification processes, ensuring instructors stay up to date with the latest aviation security standards. As global security challenges evolve, our approach can continuously incorporate regulatory updates and best practices, keeping security measures aligned with international requirements. This adaptive approach ensures that instructors remain certified and prepared for future threats and safeguarding aviation security.
Powering Regulatory Excellence
Trusted by the UK CAA, our platform delivers operational efficiency, adaptability to national requirements, and a pathway to stronger global aviation security.
Continuous Compliance
Comprehensive question banks, in line with the latest ICAO and national regulations, will ensure high assessment quality for continuous compliance.
Digital Certification
The fully digital platform will simplify the certification and re-certification process, eliminating paperwork and reducing administrative overhead with automated reminders.
Consistent High-Quality Training
The standardised certification framework will ensure uniform training quality across regions, maintaining high standards in aviation security globally.
Flexible Assessment Options
The system will offer various exam options, providing flexibility in exam delivery, tailored to meet the specific needs of various authorities.
Real-Time Insights
The analytics and reporting tools provide real-time visibility into instructor performance and
certification progress, allowing organisations to monitor compliance.
Our Partnership with Aspeq
CAAi’s partnership with Aspeq plays a crucial role in the success of our Instructor Certification online system. Aspeq will provide the secure, flexible platform used to deliver and manage the instructor certification assessments. This ensures that aviation security instructors are assessed accurately, securely, and in a way that meets international standards.
Since 2012, CAAi and Aspeq have worked together to modernise aviation assessments, moving from outdated paper-based exams to easy-to-use digital platforms. For the instructor certification online system, Aspeq’s platform offers various exam delivery options, tailored to meet the needs of National Aviation Authorities worldwide.
Read the story”The digital outcome-based assessment marked a key milestone in the UK CAA's aviation security modernisation, updating and professionalising Instructor Certification. This strengthened the UK's oversight of instructors, aligned with ICAO’s Aspirational Goal under the Global Aviation Security Plan, and contributed to Global Priority Areas
Sophie HibbinSenior Technical Advisor - Aviation Security at CAA International, Leader of the Instructor Recertification Project in the UK
Making Your Transition Seamless with Expert Support
We understand the complexities of adopting a new system and are here to make the process as seamless as possible. Our experts provide comprehensive support, including:
Assessment of the current State’s certification system.
Guidance on the most appropriate instructor certification approaches, tailored to the correct security setup and demand.
Provision of AvSec instructor certification components, including e-exams.
Advice on integrating e-exams into existing certification systems.
Support for re-certification processes, ensuring systems remain up to date with the latest international requirements.
White Paper
Read our report to uncover the key challenges faced by States, Appropriate Authorities, regulators, and other entities in implementing aviation security certification systems for instructors. Gain insights into the UK's evolved approach to instructor certification.
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