The airport terminal attendant is a professional figure who performs various activities related to air transport in the passenger area:
- issuing and reissuing tickets;
- acceptance of passengers with hand luggage;
- regularise excess baggage;
- check flight availability;
- check travel documents;
- assigning seats to passengers without reservations
- managing the lost and found area
- take care of customer care.
Specifically, as far as check-in is concerned, the airport check-in officer is responsible for checking travel documents, assigning seats to passengers without reservations, checking for irregularities in operations, such as delays and cancelled flights, and managing boarding operations.
It also assists arriving passengers and provides them with all the necessary information, including information on any delays in the delivery of luggage or its loss or damage, and provides assistance to passengers with reduced mobility and children.

The course on Ground Operations - Airport Ground Handler is certified by IATA under permit number IT-EVO-010126
At the end of the entire training course, Accademia del Lavoro will deal with job brokerage by constantly collecting job offers in the sector, which will be communicated to the students.
Aviation legislation
Introduction to aviation
Travel documentation
The electronic ticket
Baggage
Special passengers
Job security
Airport emergency management
Dangerous goods
Aviation Security
Human factor
Customer care
Lost & found
False Documentary Recognition
In particular, the IATA “Passenger Ground Services” certification covers the following topics:
1. Introduction to airport and airline operations
2. Computer Reservations (CRS) and Departure Control Systems (DCS) functions
3. Passenger and Baggage check-in procedures (airport and off-site)
4. Conditions of passenger and baggage carriage, boarding procedures and flight close-out messaging
5. Dangerous Goods regulations awareness for passenger service agents
6. Managing passenger interactions
7. Aviation security procedures for passenger and baggage transport
8. Enhanced passenger facilitation, latest innovations and career opportunities
The airport operator works within the companies that manage the airports and for companies that provide air transport services, both domestic and international. It can also aspire to take on the highest qualification of Euro passenger handling agent.
- Upper secondary school diploma
- Intermediate level written and spoken English