| | CAMC's Graphic-Design Services CAMC offers graphic-design services to its members at a very reasonable rate. Our design and production staff can produce eye-catching print or web-ready artwork for you. For more information, or to discuss design and layout, please contact: Phil Desmarais, Graphic Designer
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| | | AviNation welcomes article submissions. You are the subject-matter expert; AviNation is an attractive venue. Check out the themes listed below for 2010, and consider submitting a related technical article, a corporate, education or individual profile, or an industry news item. Call Editor Kate Missen to discuss your ideas. She will be glad to help you shape and polish your writing for publication. Pdf samples of recently published articles are available by request. kmissen@camc.ca 1-800-448-9715, ext. 264 | | |
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| | Don’t miss the 19th CAMC Forum & AGM in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia from September 29 to October 1, 2010. CAMC’s annual Forum is one of the foremost events in the Canadian aviation and aerospace industry. Delegates hear first-hand about industry trends and best practices, expand their contact networks, and recognize the exceptional contributions of their peers. CAMC is pleased to announce that this year’s Forum will have a partner in the Western Aerospace Alliance (WAA). In addition to its participation in Forum events, the WAA will be holding its sessions Friday, October 1. Full program details will be posted on CAMC’s events page at www.camc.ca/en/126. | | |
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| | CAMC is pleased to offer to all CAMC members the Harvard Business School’s ManageMentor® 10 suite of training tools.
Harvard ManageMentor® 10 is a most practical and engaging resource for fostering management skills and applying them on the job immediately.
CAMC members now have access to 42 modules that address daily management responsibilities ranging from running a meeting to developing a strategy – and everything in between.
If you are a CAMC member, access Harvard ManageMentor® 10 by logging in to the Members Only section of the CAMC web site. If you do not have a user name and password, please send a request with your name and CAMC membership number to: memberinfo@camc.ca | | |
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| | CAMC’s Career Focus program provides wage-subsidy funding for employers in the aviation and aerospace industry to hire post-secondary graduates in any field.
Employers hiring post-secondary graduates who are accepted to the Career Focus program will receive funding of 1/3 of their new hire’s first year’s salary, up to $12,500! The process is easy! Contact Rae Pappas at rpappas@camc.ca or 1-800-448-9715, ext. 261 before hiring a new employee and CAMC will assess their eligibility for the program. Upon approval, simply send monthly proof of the wage paid and receive a cheque each month for 1/3 of the wage! | | |
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| | Is anyone speaking out on behalf of your business? Make our voice your voice. Join today! The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada
"The National Voice of Canada's Aerospace Industry"
For more information please visit www.aiac.ca | | |
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| | | Let IATSI take the worry and headache out of your SMS implementation. IATSI develops and delivers easy and inexpensive online regulatory training to the aviation community. Register Today! at info@iatsi.ca or call 604-249-2142. | | |
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| Fast Air’s first fifteen | | | Fast Air Ltd. is now celebrating 15 years of providing Executive Charter and Medevac Services to Manitoba and beyond. The company offers these services with a fleet of aircraft that includes Westwind Jets, King Air 200s, and Piper Cheyennes and Chieftains. The company’s 79 personnel consist of pilots, flight nurses, and customer-service and maintenance staff.
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| Edmonton Public Schools launches the Skill Centre: | | | helping youth make informed decisions about their futureIn collaboration with local college NAIT, Edmonton Public Schools (EPS) has launched The Skill Centre, at which students from the 13 district high schools may elect to participate in one of four hands-on teaching programs: Aviation Maintenance, Culinary Arts, Foundations of Health Sciences, or Manufacturing/Pre-Engineering. The aviation maintenance course uses CAMC’s Aviation Maintenance Orientation Program (AMOP) curriculum.
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| High school students taken under technicians’ wings at 15 Wing | | | by Rebecca Lawrence, Moose Jaw Times-HeraldA new program giving students an insight into aircraft mechanics has been hailed a success by both Bombardier and students alike. Students in grades 11 and 12 at Peacock Collegiate have been taking an aviation maintenance orientation program. Part of the course involves working with aircraft technicians for 75 hours at Bombardier Military Aviation Training at 15 Wing.
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| National Aviation Day: 23 February 2010 | | | Dateline: Ottawa, the Canada Aviation Museum — On the 101st anniversary of the first powered flight in Canada, this nation celebrated its second annual National Aviation Day. According to the Transport Canada press release, “This occasion highlights the federal government’s role in the safety and security of all Canadians, and celebrates the successes of the aviation industry in Canada.”
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| Just starting: nine young workers tell their stories | | | In spite of a predicted skilled-worker shortage in the aviation and aerospace industry, many young, just-graduated, would-be workers will tell you that it is hard to find that first job. From what I can see, some of the difficulty is related to requirements for experience and apprenticeship. In this industry, even if someone takes a college diploma course and graduates with good marks and some practical experience, he or she is only part of the way along the qualification trail.
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| Reaching for the Sky: Youth and Aviation Education in Manitoba | | | by Bill ZukAdam McGrath stared out over the cockpit, trying to make out the Brandon airport somewhere below. He looked left and right, straining to make out some familiar marker before he realized he had set up perfectly for a straight-in approach and Brandon was dead ahead. His instructor chuckled, “Adam, power flight is not like those gliders you flew last summer, everything comes a lot faster.” “Mr. Vodopivec is right,” Adam thought, “you plan ahead as usual but you have to make critical decisions a great deal quicker.” Without too much fanfare, Adam put the Cessna 172 into a final approach and “greased” in a landing. “Now don’t get cocky, Adam,” Mr. Vodopiviec quipped, quoting his favourite line from Star Wars. His student gave him a bemused stare and reached down to shut off the computer.
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| Bringing Youth to Aviation Trades | | | by Roger BeebeHow can the aviation industry attract young workers? Specifically, how can we attract youth to aviation technical trades? Pondering this dilemma, I also began to wonder just what constitutes youth: is it age or is it attitude?
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| Faces of the Future DVD release | | | CAMC is pleased to announce the release of its dynamic Faces of the Future sector-information video. Aimed at a young audience, it showcases exciting careers in aviation and aerospace and allows viewers to see technicians at work in their different occupations.
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| CAMC’s updated Career Guide | | | This spring, as part of its Skilled Workforce for the Future project, CAMC will be releasing an updated version of its guide, Careers in Aviation and Aerospace. The new version will be published in full colour, with separate books in English and French.
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| New Project: 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 the workforce.
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| Project to Develop an Occupational Standard for Professional Pilots | | | CAMC has begun this project in response to the aviation industry’s expressed interest in developing an occupational standard (OS) for professional pilots. The new OS will fit well with the implementation of Safety Management Systems.
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| Update: CAMC’s Safety Management Systems Project | | | CAMC was awarded a contract in 2007 to develop a suite of SMS learning and facilitation tools to be completed in three phases over a period of approximately 36 months. The project objective is to aid in the establishment of an enhanced safety culture across the industry by introducing new knowledge, skills and attitudes for both current and future employees.
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| Harvard ManageMentor® renewed for 2010 | | | | CAMC Members once again have the opportunity to complete on-line training at no cost, to complement business, technical and operational skills. Download the entire article PDF | | |
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| Career Focus up and running in 2010 | | | If you are planning to hire a new employee(s) this year, call CAMC first to see if CAMC can help by paying a third of the new hire’s salary for up to 12 months, to a maximum of $12,500!
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| From the Executive Director (Robert Donald) | | | The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for Civil Aviation. Canada, is one of the 190 Contracting States that are members of ICAO. In March, ICAO sponsored a symposium at its headquarters in Montreal, the topic of which was “Next Generation of Aviation Professionals” (NGAP). Its focus was on the significant projected shortages of aviation professionals worldwide and how the industry should address this critical issue.
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| Youth: Faces of the Future
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| | | AviNation welcomes article submissions. You are the subject-matter expert; AviNation is an attractive venue. Check out the themes listed below for 2010, and consider submitting a related technical article, a corporate, education or individual profile, or an industry news item.Call Editor Kate Missen to discuss your ideas. She will be glad to help you shape and polish your writing for publication. Pdf samples of recently published articles are available by request.kmissen@camc.ca1-800-448-9715, ext. 264 | | |
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| | Take your Career to new heightsSAIT Polytechnic provides you with the knowledge and skills required to enter into a career within Aviation. Full-time programs offered in:Aircraft Structures TechnicianAircraft Maintenance Engineers TechnologyAvionics TechnologyREGISTER TODAY
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| | | Let IATSI take the worry and headache out of your SMS implementation.IATSI develops and delivers easy and inexpensive online regulatory training to the aviation community.Register Today! at www.iatsi.ca or call 604-249-2142. | | |
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| | CAMC’s Career Focus program provides wage-subsidy funding for employers in the aviation and aerospace industry to hire post-secondary graduates in any field.
Employers hiring post-secondary graduates who are accepted to the Career Focus program will receive funding of 1/3 of their new hire’s first year’s salary, up to $12,500!The process is easy! Contact Rae Borris at rborris@camc.ca or 1-800-448-9715, ext. 261 before hiring a new employee and CAMC will assess their eligibility for the program. Upon approval, simply send monthly proof of the wage paid and receive a cheque each month for 1/3 of the wage! | | |
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| Summer School for Air Cadets at Canadore College | | | by Debbie Bridge, Project Leader, Learning Innovation and Development, Canadore College This past summer, 60 air cadets from across Canada were selected to participate in a course entitled Advanced Aviation Technology — Aircraft Maintenance. The course was delivered in July and August at Canadore College’s state-of-the-art Aviation Campus in North Bay, Ontario. The cadets had the opportunity to learn from the best as they attended classes taught by the highly experienced professors who usually teach post-secondary aviation programs at Canadore. A wide variety of practical projects also allowed them to experience first-hand the thrill of torquing a propeller or taxiing an aircraft.
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| Algonquin College partners with Centennial to deliver tech training | | | Citing a need for aviation maintenance training in the National Capital Region, Ottawa’s Algonquin College inked a memorandum of understanding with Centennial College’s Aerospace department in April 2008 to deliver the Toronto-based college’s first-year Aviation Technician curriculum at Algonquin’s Woodroffe Campus. The training began this fall with a class of 40 enthusiastic students.
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| High school links with Centennial College to provide smooth entry | | | Helping to ease entry into post-secondary education is the fundamental benefit of ‘articulation’ agreements between schools. That’s the appeal of Georges Vanier Secondary School in north Toronto linking with Centennial College, one of Canada’s most respected aviation technician training centres.
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| Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) | | | In Fiscal Year 2009/2010, the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering will graduate approximately 350 Aviation Systems Technicians, 150 Avionics Systems Technicians, 60 Aircraft Structures Technicians, 20 Imagery Technicians, 45 Aerospace Engineers and 700 additional students from a variety of specialty courses.
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| Human Resource Solutions: A Very Fine conference | | | CAMC held its 18th annual Forum & AGM in Halifax from October 21 to 23, 2009 at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax. This fine hotel, now completely renovated and expanded, was originally built by the Canadian National Railway and opened in June 1930 as the final part of the South End Terminal Project, which had seen the new Halifax Railway Station moved from the North End to the south end of Hollis Street1. Traces of its historic origins can still be seen in the generous proportions of the ballrooms, their elegant windows and ceilings, and in the ornamental details on the facade.
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| WorldSkills Calgary 2009: The Best Competition Ever | | | “WorldSkills International President Tjerk (Jack) Dusseldorp declared the Calgary Competition an overwhelming success. ‘I am very pleased to offer you my judgment that this has been the best Competition ever,’ he said. The week-long celebration and showcase of skill brought together the finest young professionals in trades and technologies from 51 member countries/regions. More than 900 Competitors in 45 skills, ranging from fashion technology to mobile robotics, vied for the gold medals and awards over four days of intense, often highly stressful competition. Total attendance for the event, including opening and closing ceremonies, was 151,589. … Team Canada Competitors took home eight medals, topping their previous record of six medals in 2007 in Shizuoka, Japan.”
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| The Education of Aircraft Maintenance Personnel | | | by Roger Beebe If you look at job-competition posters at private and public institutions these days, you will find an increase in the number of jobs that require a university degree. This is very noticeable at Transport Canada and other federal departments, and should send a strong signal to aviation personnel about the direction of Canadian cultural values. Many countries, including Canada, have now made higher education a requirement for government positions. A key question is how much more pervasive will this requirement become? It is very easy to see a split developing in society between those who have university education and those who do not. So how does this affect aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs) and engineers (AMEs)?
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| Aviation and Education in Canada: School Is In! | | | by Peter Pigott “Education in aviation is never ending,” says Bruce Dwyer, administrator of aviation program at Ottawa’s Algonquin College. “It’s a lifelong learning career because, whether you’re a pilot or a mechanic, you’ll never stop learning. Whether working on an airplane or flying one, you’ll always be learning a new type of aircraft or a new system, getting a new checkout, or doing a new installation on something that’s never been done before.” In 2000, the aviation industry in Canada began to realize that a significant percentage of its skilled maintenance work force was due to disappear when “baby-boomers” came of retirement age. That realization has spurred the Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to investigate the problem.
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| Aviation Training in Canada: A Century of Progress | | | by Bill Zuk ”You didn’t learn to fly in the usual way. They taught you to fly up the field, take off in the field — and land in the field again. The first trip I made, I was feeling pretty cocky. I was in the air at last! I took it into my head that I’d like to show them some fancy flying. I performed the figure eight in the ether, strictly contrary to the accepted letter of instructions, and succeeded in landing in an adjoining field right side up — much to the astonishment of my instructor, who figured we should have both been killed.” — Canadian bush pilot “Wop” May on his first training flight, c. 1916
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| CAMC Human Factors Training: Initial, Recurrent, and Train the Trainer | | | Transport Canada stipulates that “pursuant to subsection 573.06(1) of the CARs, an AMO certificate holder shall ensure that all staff with technical responsibilities are provided appropriate training in technical, regulatory and human factors issues related to the work for which they are responsible.” The training must include four components: Initial Training; Update Training; Additional Training; and Procedures to ensure staff awareness.
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| CAMC Accreditation: look for this mark of excellence | | | by Bernie Wurster
Accreditation is a quality assurance process that evaluates how well aviation and aerospace training organizations and the programs they deliver conform to the accreditation requirements established by industry and stated in the Requirements for Accreditation and the particular occupation’s National Training Standard (Instructor Guide/Curriculum).
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| CAMC’s Aviation Maintenance Orientation Program (AMOP): the high school curriculum | | | Since 1995, CAMC’s Aviation Maintenance Orientation Program (AMOP) has provided high-school students with academic grounding and work-based experience in aviation maintenance and technology. AMOP introduces students to the basics of aviation maintenance while demonstrating the use of applied math and science. The curriculum can be enhanced according to a teacher’s specialties and available facilities, and by partnerships with local industry.
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| | CAMC publishes a full-colour quarterly magazine called AviNation. It is published in both English and French, and has a private distribution to CAMC members and supporters. AviNation addresses current issues in aviation maintenance and aerospace manufacturing, and profiles corporate and individual members.
Click on a date listed above for a list of that year’s issues and articles.
If you are not a CAMC Member and would like to receive a complimentary hardcopy issue of AviNation please contact Raewen Pappas at rpappas@camc.ca or call 1-800-448-9715 ext. 261. AviNation Welcomes Article Submissions You are the subject-matter expert; AviNation is an attractive venue. Check out the themes listed below for 2010, and consider submitting a related technical article, a corporate, education or individual profile, or an industry news item. The article submission pdf file is available here. Themes and text deadlines for 2010 are as follows: - Spring 2010: Youth: Faces of the Future
(text deadline: February 12, 2010)
- Summer 2010: Airports in Canada
(text deadline: May 3, 2010)
- Fall 2010: Innovation
(text deadline: August 6, 2010)
- Winter 2011: Canadian Aircraft
(text deadline: November 12, 2010)
AviNation welcomes corporate display ads: publicize your company services with a full-colour ad in AviNation. Many sizes are available, from full page to an eighth of a page. The 2009 advertising rate-card pdf file is available here. | | |
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| SMS Update: New learning and evaluation tools | | | Recent focus groups for the Human Resource Study of the Commercial Pilot in Canada clearly identified that people in the aviation industry, especially the flight training and general air services operators, are worried about SMS implementation. Larger operators have requested assistance with Quality Assurance and Control.
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| From the Executive Director (Robert Donald) | | | In October, CAMC’s Board of Directors held its 86th meeting in Halifax, in con-junction with the annual Forum. Despite difficult economic times, the AGM/Forum was well attended. The panel and presentation topics were both timely and relevant. The speakers were excellent. Many delegates commented that it was possibly the best Forum to date. Presentations have been posted at www.camc.ca/en/116.html.
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| Winter 2010: Aviation and Education
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