Aeronautical instructors benefit from TVET training
Instructors at the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School recently benefitted from a two-day refresher course on instructor training conducted by Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Officer, Krishn Sharma.
Accountable Manager and General Manager of the institution, Nalini Chanderban explained that the refresher training is a legal requirement while noting that the training was beneficial because it reacquainted the school’s instructors with the training methods they learnt before and also brought them up-to-date with new instruction techniques, particularly those developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(From L-R) Head of Training Rabindra Ramoutar; Nalini Chanderban; Krishn Sharma; Senior Instructor – Avionics, Richard Cumberbatch; Workshop Manager & Instructor, Kenesha Bacchus
“Other companies grab a lot of our students, so the demand is there. Training helps to ensure the quality of our instructors and graduates. It’s a way of building our brand,” Chanderban pointed out.
In acknowledging the Council for TVET’s role in the process, Chanderban related that, “we didn’t have to partner with the Council for TVET, but we saw the advantages in the process.”
Director of the Council for TVET, Floyd Scott indicated that this arrangement with the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School brings into focus the need to work with, as well as train TVET practitioners and specialised institutions, in the understanding of competency-based education which provides a holistic approach to developing and accessing skills, jobs and competencies as technical and vocational education is a tool to be used to bring about desirable change in one’s economic, sociological, and personal condition.
The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School is currently the only accredited training institution in Guyana. The school offers a Level 6 – Associate Degree in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and a Completion Certificate for Licence Application for aspiring aircraft maintenance engineers.
It is also one of the many private institutions in Guyana seeking accreditation as an approved TVET training organisation, through the CTVET, to have CVQ recognised and awarded programmes for Guyanese.
