Maamoune Chakira

Training strategies for aviation safety in
Africa: the imperative for harmonization
Maamoune.chakira@icao.unon.org
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Status of aviation training in Africa
The Training Experts Working Group
The survey on training needs and capacity
The 2nd Pan-African Aviation Coordination
Conference
Role of African Airports Operators and ACI Africa
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The ability of the aviation industry in
Africa to attract and retain a sufficient
number of qualified personnel is
challenged
by
today’s
context
characterized by :
qageing personnel ;
qcomplex operational requirements;
qHigh competition;
qglobalization;
qlack of planning of aviation human
resources requirements at the
national & regional .
Training Needs
Consequences
üNew personnel required to replace
those who are due to retire in the
coming years;
ücombination of adoption of modern
equipment and solutions along with
highly skilled personnel ;
ü limited resources for training ;
ümigration of personnel to other regions
of the world.
Training Resources
Training capacity within Africa is limited
Available training institutes have not kept pace with the
advancements in training techniques and technologies
Limited number of
permanent and specialized
instructors
Limited number of modern
training facilities,
laboratories and workshops
Few simulators, aircraft, and
aircraft/engines shops
Training Resources
Special AFI-RAN
meeting (Durban,
Nov 2008)
Recommendation
5/8– Training
Strategies :Define
a master plan for
harmonization of
training in the AFI
Region
Meeting of the
African Aviation
Training Centers,
scheduled 04-05
May 2009,
Johannesburg,
South Africa
(hosted by
Airports Company
South Africa)
Establishment of a
Training Experts
Working Group
Assess training needs and resources
Using the services of a technical partner contracted by
ACIP, develop questionnaires, collect data on training
needs and resources and analyze the gaps
Actions for States and Training
Institutions
for the purpose of harmonizing
training in Africa
Integration
Identify
Existing
commonalities
and
differences in
terns of
competencies
requirements
and Standards
applicable to
training
organizations
and courses
Integrate measures to close the gaps
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◦ For
key
specialists
skills/jobs/functions, assess
– levels of staffing
– current and forecasted demand of
training
◦ Identify Sources of Training
– internal
– external
◦ Organization information related
to human resources
– human resources and training plan
– language(s) used for training
– recruitment and sources of training
personnel
Training Needs
◦ For key specialized courses, assess
– capacity (courses offered and number of seats
per annum)
– requirements and qualifications standards
– Identify capabilities of the Training
Organization
– Instructors
– Accreditations and Quality Management
◦ Identify existing structures for
managing training
– Development of courses syllabi
– Examinations Management
◦ Gather information on
– training facilities / aids
– students logistics
Training Resources
Airport Operations
Overview of African Training
Supply and Demand
1600
1400
4000
Demand
students)
1200
Demand
3500
1000
students)
3000
(number of
2500
800
2000
600
1500
400
1000
200
500
UEMOA & Mauritania
SADC
Other
North Africa
EAC
Central Africa
Banjul Accord Group
0
0
(number of
Capacity
(number of
students)
Demand for aviation training in
Africa, including for airport
operations and management is more
than the available supply
Existing
administrative
and logistics
barriers
From the survey
we learned
Absence of
information on
existing resources
Training
Organizations
provided training
services mostly
within their
national borders
Lack of
harmonization of
requirements
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Rationalization of
Training Capacities
Cooperation between
States on training
Cooperation
between aviation
training
organizations
Improved availability of
affordable and quality
training
programmes, harmonized
and standardized, and a
common African aviation
training accreditation
system
Harmonization
and
standardization
of training
Improved availability of affordable and quality airport operations
training programmes, harmonized and standardized.
Airports Operators to join the TEWG as full members along with ACI Africa
ACI Africa and Airports Operated Training organizations to be among
the founding members of the Association of Training Organizations to
be created
ACI Africa and Airports Operated
Training organizations to
participate in the activities of
rationalization of training resources
as Centers of Excellences
Airports Operators in
Africa to make use of
existing training
facilities in Africa
AFI Comprehensive
Implementation Programme
(ACIP)