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| Update to CAMC’s Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) Curriculum | | | | CAMC is launching a project to update the Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) Curriculum so that it accurately defines the knowledge, skills and competencies required in today’s aviation maintenance industry. This project addresses a skills issue and will serve to ensure that students graduating from CAMC-accredited AMT programs are well prepared to enter today’s workforce. Updating this curriculum now will keep the material relevant and will incorporate the new technologies that are now missing. Currently there are 12 colleges and training organizations across Canada offering CAMC’s AMT program.Technological advances to be addressedSince CAMC’s AMT Curriculum was originally developed, there have been major leaps in technology and processes that have changed the skill requirements of AMT graduates entering the industry. Curriculum changes will include the addition of sections on glass cockpit technology; fly by wire (FBW) technology; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology; fully electronic power control systems; head-up displays (HUDs); double-deck cabin design; low-emission and low-noise nacelles; improved jet architecture to permit onboard electric power with a reduced-bleed air system; and advanced Full Authority Digital Electronics Control (FADEC) to name a few. Some of these systems were identified only as future trends when the AMT Occupational Standard, Logbook, and Curriculum were first written, but today they have been completely integrated into modern processes. Request for ProposalA Request for Proposal (RFP) to hire a consulting group to assist CAMC with this update will be released shortly. Interested parties should check the CAMC web site News and Events page at www.camc.ca for more details. Inquiries may be addressed to CAMC Project Manager Theresa Davis-Woodhouse at 1-800-448-9715, ext. 247, or at Theresa Davis-Woodhouse. | | |
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