NCAA, ICAO train 20 safety inspectors on AOC certification

Twenty Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have successfully completed the NCAA/ICAO – Endorsed Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) Airworthiness Course.

The Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) Airworthiness course is to ensure airworthiness Inspectors develop additional proficiency in the processes and procedures of certificating an applicant for Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) and Air Operators Certificate (AOC).

An official statement issued yesterday and signed by the General Manager of the aviation agency, Sam Adurugboye stated that the course which covered the five phases of the certification process and the airworthiness Inspector’s role in each phase was held at the NCAA Training Centre, (HQ Annex) from the 15th May – 2nd June 2017.

Being a signatory to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, NCAA emphasized that it is expedient for the agency to implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Eight Critical Elements on safety.

“Therefore, this course is part of the cardinal efforts of the Regulatory Authority to establish, implement and sustain an effective safety oversight system in the aviation industry in Nigeria.

This 14 – day, one hundred and twenty (120) academic hours course was delivered in modules. Part One of the course covered the AMO’s Certification and it consist of eight (8) modules”, the statement pointed out.

“Part Two covered AOC’s certification and contains eleven (11) modules. Each part covered the five phases of certification which are as follows- Pre-Application, Formal Application, Document Evaluation, Demonstration / Inspection and Certification phases. Each module commences with a traditional lecture, covering the concepts and procedures for each Inspectors’ task within each certification phase”, NCAA further stated.

According to NCAA, the training concluded with a mastery test which provided the trainees with an opportunity to apply what they learnt under simulated conditions.

“The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will continuously embark on human capacity building through effective professional development and relevant training. These NCAA/ICAO Endorsed Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) will enhance safety and security of air transport in Nigeria.

In addition, the process of obtaining certification from NCAA is now robust, seamless and in real time”, the agency informed.