Training Archives - Aviation metric

NAMA conducts on-job training for APSEP

Posted on May 16, 2025May 18, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has flagged off a two-week on-the-job training (OJT) for Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEPS) of the Department of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Power Systems. The training which is holding simultaneously in Lagos, Abuja and Kano stations of the agency cuts across all facilities managed by the department. Trainees will be equipped with practical approaches in learning new procedures and techniques as well as maintenance and installation of…

Why NCAT instructors, others are leaving for other training institutions-Reps

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The House of Representative Committee on Aviation has expressed deep concern about the precarious situation at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAA),it stressing that the appalling wages of the instructors and other workers have made it difficult to attract more instructors. Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Tajudeen Kareem Abisodun disclosed that the poaching of good hands by existing training institutions with higher salaries and good conditions of service has left the apex aviation training…

NANTA heads to The Gambia for training, refreshers courses

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) is billed to travel to Banjul, The Gambia for training on travel trade and refresher courses. President of NANTA, Mr. Yinka Folami who is leading the team, had stated during the just concluded Lagos confab that the members of the association must take advantage of training opportunities and exposure to help them navigate through the ever demanding and dynamic nature of travel trade business and related concerns…

United acquires $177M training facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Wole Shadare

United has announced another investment in its Houston hub by breaking ground on a new 140,000-square-foot Ground Service Equipment (GSE) Maintenance Facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The carrier equally opens a new, state-of-the-art Technical Operations Training Center at the airport that will give employees a cutting-edge training experience. United is the largest airline in Houston, with more than 14,000 employees and more than 500 daily departures. These planned infrastructure improvements underscore the airline’s…

AFRAA, EgyptAir Strengthen Collaboration On Training For Aviation Professionals Across Africa

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Wole Shadare

African Airline Association (AFRAA) and EgyptAir Training Academy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on training that will facilitate a framework of collaboration between AFRAA and EgyptAir Training Academy to achieve common objectives for the training of aviation professionals across the African continent. The pact was signed at the occasion of the Egypt International Air Show at El Alamein in Egypt. AFRAA’s Secretary-General, Mr. Abderahmane Berthé and President of EgyptAir Training Academy – Capt….

NAMA holds AIM training for management staff

Posted on July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has held a three-day training workshop on Aeronautical Information Management and collaboration of procedures for top-level management staff of the agency. With participants drawn from the Aero-Comms and Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) departments of the agency across the country, the workshop which was held in Lagos centred on the collaboration, harmonization and synergy among critical personnel of the agency, highlighting the importance of integrated procedures to enhance…