The National Institute of Transport (NIT)
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian recently, NIT’s School
of Aviation Principal, DrBarthlomewRufujo said that the course is meant
to pump more engineers into the sector, noting that the high demand of
aviation engineers in the country was not commensurate with the
available personnel.
“The training will be of international standards, said DrRufujo”,
revealing that its curriculum will involve the latest training manuals
from USA and other countries.
“We believe by introducing this important course, we will be
contributing immensely towards alleviating the shortage of qualified
aviation engineers in the country”, he explained.
He said that in order to ensure that the training has a local touch
with international standards; they had signed an MOU with Air Tanzania
Limited (ATCL) so as the two public institutions can collaborate in
technical and technological areas.
The main courses that will be offered by the program, he said, will
be, Bachelors Degree in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Diploma in
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering with a total of 38 students being
admitted to the Bachelors Degree program.
On his part, the School of Aviation Technology Head of Flying and
Operations Department,JumaFimbo said that his department also plans to
start cabin crew training program and pilot training courses in the
2016/17 academic year.
Currently, most of the aircraft that operates in the country and
the East African region are serviced in Nairobi, Kenya. This is due to
the scarcity of adequate aviation engineers in the country.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary for Works, Transport and
Communications, Prof. FaustineKamuzola, has decried the low number of
qualified technical staff in the aviation industry.
Speaking recently after launching an aircraft hangar at NIT, Prof
Kamuzola lauded NIT’s plan to train aviation engineers locally, citing
high costs of training them abroad. He said that the government will
provide all the support to NIT to ensure that the program is a success
and called on qualified students to enroll for the courses.
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