Academics

Course Layout

Courses are broken down into 3 parts

Part 1

Theoretical Training – Modules are taught in the classrooms and a Certificate of Achievement will be issued upon successful completion of each Module

Part 2

Skills Training – This involves 2000 hours of practical training at the Workshop Facility

Part 3

Practical Training on aircraft – consist of base maintenance, line maintenance and administrative procedures as regards aircraft maintenance. Students are exposed to maintenance at various attachment agencies

Ab-Initio Training

Objectives of the Ab-Initio Programme:

1. Develop skills in the workshops in the servicing, maintenance and repair of airframe structures and powerplants, including accessory and system components.

2. Gain practical on-the-job experience on aircraft, hangar practices and general aircraft maintenance engineering practices in order to meet requirements of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Licence.

3. Pass all the knowledge training (curriculum requirements) of the School and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority in order to meet criteria of the various Licence Categories of the GCAA.

This is a FULL TIME, four and a quarter year Programme which enables Trainees to be prepared for their Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s License Without Type Rating – LWTR. The License Without Type Rating (LWTR) is a qualification issued by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) – conversion to another country’s qualification may require further examination, especially on the Regulations subject. The term “Without Type” means that the qualification is not specific to any particular make or design of aircraft, but it covers all types of aircraft, its systems and components, large or small.

It is chiefly recognition by the Authority of the trainee’s level of experience, manual competence and academic achievement. The grueling written and oral assessments of all these are necessary for the GCAA to ensure that the candidate has attained a level of attitude and responsibility to be in charge of the airworthiness standards of passenger-carrying aircraft. The examination is set and marked by the GCAA’s office in Guyana, and the “License” is then issued.

After gaining the LWTR, the trainee then needs to study further to accumulate “Type Ratings” that is, they become specialists in types of aircraft – once you choose aircraft maintenance as your career, the sky’s the limit; there is always more to learn. The trainee is exposed to theoretical and practical training over the four and a quarter year period in order to ensure his/her readiness for the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s License examinations.

Trainees are trained in Basic Workshop Skills. Students gain practical experience by exposure to Aircraft Maintenance at various hangar facilities. Practical Attachment is monitored by Maintenance Supervisors. Work carried out is recorded in a logbook.

Programme

There are two aspects to this training

Academic
Practical

Over the four years, the trainee receives classroom training, covering every aspect within their chosen specialty – mechanical or avionics. Examinations after each unit ensure that they have achieved a level of academic excellence equivalent to that of a Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer.

Additionally, the trainee will be placed on a 48 months On-the Job-Training placement, usually rotated throughout Guyana’s aviation maintenance organizations. This ensures that the trainee gets the fullest possible exposure to the widest range of aircraft, with the highest available quality of professional supervision Guyana can offer. Their progress through this manual competence aspect of their training is monitored closely by the School.

In addition, the trainee is required to complete assignments, in their own time, set by the School, which link their classroom studies to the experience they gain in the hangar environment.

Graduation at the end of the Programme is dependent upon success at every stage, in both the academic and practical aspects. The School exercises a high level of quality control over this, and any student unable to achieve our very exacting and high standards of competence and knowledge are referred and recommended to repeat the year.

The Subjects… All the subjects are studied in accordance with the Guyana Aviation Requirements (GARs) and the ICAO Doc. 7192, AN/857 Part D-1, Second Edition – 2003, whichever is the most in-depth.

The school offers a variety of external and modular training programs:

External Training

1. Airside Training
2. AVOC Training
3. Dangerous Goods Training
4. First Responder Training

Modular Training

1. Aeroplanes II
2. Beechcraft 1900D
3. Instructional  Techniques
4. Technical Records
5. Flight Operations Officer Training