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Nine NCAA instructors get ICAO certification
*FG to domesticate training course, cuts capital flight
Nine Inspectors of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have qualified and duly certified as International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Instructors.
A statement from NCAA, signed by its General Manager, Media, Sam Adurogboye said all the officers attained this qualification after the successful completion of the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Training Instructors Course (TIC).
He stated that with this development, the Federal Government has saved huge capital flight and conserved substantial foreign exchange from domesticating the training in Nigeria. These training, he noted were hitherto carried out in the diaspora.
The training took place at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT),Zaria, a certified TRAINAIR PLUS Centre from the 13th – 17th February,2017.
This certification programme, according to Adurogboye is in line with the NCAA’s Director General’s Four – Point Agenda to continuously develop its internal capacity, adding that this would accelerate the authority’s human capital development that will continue to strengthen the robust regulation of the Industry.
The ICAO certification confers on the instructors the competency to conduct training courses and develop training strategies for course delivery.
In addition, they are qualified to deliver Standardised Training Package (STPs) based on TRAINAIR methodology as well as conventional courses.
The Training Instructors Course (TIC) is an ICAO Standardised Training Package (STP) under the TRAINAIR PLUS Programme (TPP) of the ICAO Global Aviation Training (GAT) office in cooperation with the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO).
The spokesman explained that the TIC is segmented into two parts and is offered to aviation professionals at TRAINAIR PLUS Centres.
According to him, part one is an online course that lasts for about 30 hours while part two is a forty – hour face to face classroom delivery course.
However, the successful completion of the Part One is a prerequisite to participating in the Part Two face to face classroom training.
These certified instructors now join the four ICAO certified Aviation Security Auditors/Instructors on the staff list of the NCAA.
This feat by the regulatory authority, he noted has received commendation from the global aviation community including United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ICAO.
The Certified Instructors are Dr.W.T. Haggai (Head, Aeromedical Standards), Dr. I.C. Iteke (National Coordinator, State Safety Programme),Favour Benson – Thomas, Julie Obumselu, Maria Ordor, Ayodele Opeoluwa Obaruvbe, Sunday Ogette Ojoi, Victor Micah U. Okon-Akpan and Collette Nwadiuto Onyeulo-Nwulu.
Adurogboye added that the NCAA has training and retraining as its cardinal policy, stressing that these certifications would further enhance their resolve to provide efficient regulation of the industry.
