Aviation Safety Investigation - By Cranfield University

The five-day Aviation Safety Investigation course has been created to provide an introduction to the key skills required to undertake investigations within the aviation sector. This Cranfield University course is delivered in Australia in partnership with NTRO.

Calling on Cranfield’s almost 50 years of experience in training safety investigators around the world, you will be taught the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required in conducting safety investigations, before you put them into practice when you undertake the key stages in a simulated serious incident investigation.

In teams you will request appropriate evidence, conduct interviews, analyse evidence using a formal model and make safety-based recommendations.  The course is designed for those working within the safety function of airlines, airports, ground handling providers, manufacturers, regulators, air navigation service providers or professional associations/unions.  

While for professional investigators we recommend Cranfield’s three-week Fundamentals of Accident Investigation course or the six-week Aircraft Accident Investigation course (both offered through the UK campus), this course will also be suitable for support staff of professional investigators.

This five-day classroom-based course will be delivered by industry experienced Cranfield lecturers.  The course will consist of lectures, workshops and practical exercises, including realistic role play interviews.

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About Cranfield University

Cranfield is a world-leading specialist postgraduate university with expertise in science, technology, engineering and management. Working with business, academia, governments and other organisations we deliver applied research that has a real-world impact. In the Research Excellence Framework 2021, 88% of our research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.  

Cranfield has large-scale facilities and global industry partnerships and is one of the few universities in the world to have its own airport – creating a unique environment for research and teaching.  

Cranfield’s Safety and Accident Investigation Centre delivers world leading teaching, research and consultancy in safety and accident investigation, safety management and human factors. It has set the standard for aircraft accident investigation training since 1977 and in 2004, added training for rail and marine accident investigators and launched the world’s first MSc for professional transport accident investigators.  

Cranfield is a six-time winner of the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize, the highest national honour for educational institutions, with one of these awards given in recognition of the work of the Safety and Accident Investigation Centre.