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MEMBERS of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Oversight System (CASSOS) have identified the local Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AWHWAES) as the primary institution for aircraft maintenance training in the region. The disclosure was made by Vice-Chairman of CASSOS and Director of the Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Lt. Col. Oscar Derby during the recent annual graduation exercises of the school based at Ogle Regional Municipal Airport East Coast Demerara. He was the guest speaker on the occasion.
He said that the engineering activity which supports the Air Transport Industry is not only important to Guyana and the students in Guyana but to CARICOM and the rest of the world.
He stressed: “This Aeronautical Engineering school is so important that CASSOS has taken a decision to integrate and network the training system within the Region here so that the Caribbean can satisfy the global demand for aviation specialists to the extent that it can.”
“If we are able to satisfy only 1% of that demand for aviation specialists, it is significant business for the Caribbean and a significant advantage to the school and I want you to take careful note of this.”
Lt. Col. Derby noted that the AWHWAES is approved by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and its Airworthiness Inspectors as well as the Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA).
It is currently undergoing certification by the Trinidad &Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (T&T CAA) and the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (EC CAA).
He said that CASSOS is assured that the AWHWAES has the capacity to become the primary institution for aircraft maintenance training in the region and he stressed that this fact should be aggressively marketed outside of Guyana and outside of the Caribbean to the global aviation community.
He said that in identifying this school as the primary one for aeronautical engineering training CASSOS was trying to avoid duplicating efforts across the region because a facility like the AWHWAES s takes a lot of money.
“It is best,” he said,” to pool our resources to use all the spare capacity of this School before we roll out or expand.”
He said that this means that there will be an increase not only in Caribbean nationals training at the School but also foreign nationals in order to allow it to reach its maximum capacity.
He added that it would be only after the school cannot expand further that steps will be taken to open up another such Institution in another CARICOM member territory.
CASSOS is a CARICOM institution which succeeds the Regional Aviation Safety Oversight System (RASOS) and has expanded functions.
The System formalises arrangements for coordinating the sharing of the limited technical aviation expertise of the region, the harmonisation of training, licensing, certification and inspection procedures; and providing technical support to the participating States.
This is to enable them to achieve and maintain full compliance with international safety and security standards in keeping with their obligations as contracting States to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention, 1944
He said that the engineering activity which supports the Air Transport Industry is not only important to Guyana and the students in Guyana but to CARICOM and the rest of the world.
He stressed: “This Aeronautical Engineering school is so important that CASSOS has taken a decision to integrate and network the training system within the Region here so that the Caribbean can satisfy the global demand for aviation specialists to the extent that it can.”
“If we are able to satisfy only 1% of that demand for aviation specialists, it is significant business for the Caribbean and a significant advantage to the school and I want you to take careful note of this.”
Lt. Col. Derby noted that the AWHWAES is approved by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and its Airworthiness Inspectors as well as the Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA).
It is currently undergoing certification by the Trinidad &Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (T&T CAA) and the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (EC CAA).
He said that CASSOS is assured that the AWHWAES has the capacity to become the primary institution for aircraft maintenance training in the region and he stressed that this fact should be aggressively marketed outside of Guyana and outside of the Caribbean to the global aviation community.
He said that in identifying this school as the primary one for aeronautical engineering training CASSOS was trying to avoid duplicating efforts across the region because a facility like the AWHWAES s takes a lot of money.
“It is best,” he said,” to pool our resources to use all the spare capacity of this School before we roll out or expand.”
He said that this means that there will be an increase not only in Caribbean nationals training at the School but also foreign nationals in order to allow it to reach its maximum capacity.
He added that it would be only after the school cannot expand further that steps will be taken to open up another such Institution in another CARICOM member territory.
CASSOS is a CARICOM institution which succeeds the Regional Aviation Safety Oversight System (RASOS) and has expanded functions.
The System formalises arrangements for coordinating the sharing of the limited technical aviation expertise of the region, the harmonisation of training, licensing, certification and inspection procedures; and providing technical support to the participating States.
This is to enable them to achieve and maintain full compliance with international safety and security standards in keeping with their obligations as contracting States to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention, 1944
