Aviation Safety Officers: Skills and Knowledge for Effective Performance

Professional Education Course (PEC)
Instructor: Dudley Crosson

Price by Jan. 12: $650 Member | $825 Nonmember
Price after Jan. 12: $850 Member | $1,095 Nonmember

This course is designed for both newly assigned and experienced aviation safety officers (ASOs). Focused on the skills and knowledge ASOs require for effective performance, the course covers all aspects of successfully implementing a safety management system (SMS), including the duties and responsibilities of the ASO, regulatory matters, and preliminary accident investigations.

Learning Objectives: By the conclusion of the course, participants will have learned:

• How to implement an SMS
• Investigative and accident prevention skills
• Strategies for identifying and solving organizational safety issues
• Regulatory and legal requirements.

Instructor Bio

Dudley Crosson, president of Delta P Inc., is an aeromedical safety officer (an aerospace physiologist who is also a qualified aviation safety officer) and the aeromedical liaison for the Airborne Public Safety Association. With a strong focus on operations rather than research, Dudley provides aeromedical safety support in areas such as aviation life-support equipment and night-vision goggles and on physiological issues such as fatigue, spatial disorientation, and stress. He holds a doctorate in diving physiology and a master’s degree in exercise physiology.