Protect ramp handling staff during the loading and unloading of the aircraft, which is usually performed by multiple crews of 3 to 4 persons depending on the operation.
Ensure enhanced public health safety when the number of close contact personnel rises during manual loading of the passenger cabin.
Considerations
- Onsite biosafety principles
- Physical distance should be kept at all times when operational safety is not compromised or appropriate PPE should be worn.
- Alcohol-based hand sanitizer should be placed on entry into common areas.
- Regular cleaning and disinfection of surfaces (e.g. handles, mobile devices, kiosks) should be established.
- Alcohol-based hand sanitizer should be made available for users of kiosks, shared mobile devices, etc.
- Close proximity of staff for loading should be minimized or appropriate PPE should be used particularly for passenger cabin loading.
- Ground personnel rotations should take into account the need to avoid cross team infection.
- Physical Loading of goods
- Physical distance should be kept when operational safety is not compromised (encourage single person operations).
- Close contact of personnel should be limited, and appropriate PPE should be worn where necessary.
- For "human chain" loading, appropriate PPE should be used (non-medical or medical masks and disposable gloves) and hygiene principles should be applied between operations.
- Material handling equipment (MHE) / ground support equipment (GSE) usage
- To avoid cross contamination, MHE/GSE should be cleaned and disinfected between users.
- All employees should be educated and should practice personal hygiene principles.
- Appropriate PPE should be worn where necessary.
Means for uniform implementation
- Posters in staff rest areas
- Use the Airport COVID-19 Cleaning / Disinfection Control Sheet (PHC Form 3) or a similar one where appropriate.
