Air Transport Association of Canada

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• Air Transport Association of Canada
• Technical Operations Committee
• November 2008
• Calgary
• Robert Donald
• Executive Director
• Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council

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What is CAMC?

• Not-for-profit Sector Council
• Represents assists aviation aerospace with
  its human resource strategy, issues solutions
• Corporate Over 200 members representing 70 of
  the industrys technician workforce
• Individual (Associate and Certified) Registered
  and Certified over 6,000 Technicians

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CAMC

• Two over-arching objectives
• Assist the industry with strategies to address
  the critical labour shortage
• Develop strategies to ensure that people have the
  skills required by industry.

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Stakeholders working in partnership
Employees Labour Groups, Workers,
Students Fund, Support, Promote, Certify
Sector Council Standards Curricula
Development, Registration, Certification, Accredit
ation, Training, HR Strategy
Education Public and Private Develop, Deliver,
Test
Employers (e.g., Innotech Aviation) Fund,
Support, Promote, Utilize
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Board of Directors
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Current Projects

• Labour Market Information System (LMIS2)
• Update of 15 Occupational Standards
• Creation of 2 new Occupational Standards (Quality
  Assurance
• Manager, Quality System Auditor)
• Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
• Enhanced Logbook Signing Authority (ELSA)
• Skilled Workforce for the Future (WFTF)
• SMS-Skills Development Project
• Career Focus

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Project Update

• CAMC Career Focus III
• Completion Date March 31, 2009
• Objective Create career oriented employment
  opportunities for
• recently graduated youth.
• Status 15 organizations with 47 active
  participants.

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Project Updatecontd

• Prior Learning/Credential Assessment and
  Recognition
• Completion Date March 31, 2009
• Objective Simplify the critical assessment of
  essential and
• technical skills of existing and potential
  domestic and foreign trained workers.
• Status As at September 30, 2008 the project is
  93 complete.

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Project Updatecontd

• National Aviation and Aerospace Occupational
  Standards Update
• Completion Date July 2009
• Objective With the participation of our industry
  National Standing
• Trade Advisory Committees (NSTAC) we will
  update 15 National Occupational Standards and
  Logbooks to reflect
• current skills and competencies.
• Status As at September 30, 2008 the project was
  43 completed.
• Skilled Workforce for the Future
• Completion Date- March 2010
• Objective This is the latest of CAMCs very
  successful youth internship
• programs. Its objective is to develop interest
  in careers within
• aviation and aerospace, provide industry
  information, and
• training options, leading to a more skilled
  workforce for the future.
• Status As at September 30, 2008 the project was
  26 completed.

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Project Updatecontd

• National Aviation and Aerospace Occupational
  Standards Development
• Completion Date July 2009
• Objective With the participation of our industry
  National Standing Trade Advisory Committees
  (NSTAC) we will develop two new national
  occupational standards for Quality Assurance
  Manager and the Quality Auditor.
• Status As at September 30, 2008 the project was
  68 completed.

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Project Updatecontd

• Safety Management System
• Completion Date August 31, 2010
• Objective Facilitate the implementation of SMS
  practices
• across aerospace and aviation workplace by
  raising awareness
• of the requirement for SMS in workplace.
• Status As at September 30, 2008 the project was
  48 completed.

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Other Projects

• AME logbooks have been reformatted by ATA
  chapters
• AME Canada
• Human Factors - 322 people trained.
• Recurrent Training (HPIAM) - 1230 people trained.
• AMOP / YIP.
• 6 Curricula Sold to Training Organizations
• ACCC/CAMC MOU
• Skills Canada/CAMC MOU

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Corporate Members
Membership
As at September 30, 2008
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CAMCs Training Programs

• Human Factors
• Training on the most common causes of human error
  (the Dirty Dozen)
• Human Performance In Aviation Maintenance (HPIAM)
• Self-paced, on-line course, recurrent HF
  training.
• Safety Management Systems
• Course includes process for planning,
  implementing, managing, measuring and reviewing a
  successful in-house safety management system

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CAMCs HF Course

• Developed in 2000, updated in 2003
• Delivered to thousands of people by
  CAMC-certified trainers across Canada and
  internationally.
• More than 2,000 people have been trained at
  Standard Aero Ltd. alone.

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Boards Committees Representation
as of Jun 30, 2008
Board of Directors
National Standing Trade Advisory Committee Members
Accreditation Board Members
Certification Board Members
Industry Representation
Evaluators
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Standards Development Accreditation
as of Jun 30, 2008

• Additions
• Fanshawe
• Fleming
• SIIT

Reduction Stevenson AMT
. Centennial . CFSATE (3) . Confederation .
EMAM . Fanshawe . Fleming . NAIT . NSCC (2) .
SIIT
. Gander . Kelowna . Stevenson (3)
Training Organizations
Accredited Programs
Pending Accreditation
Suspended Programs
New Programs Accredited
NOTE Suspended programs are due to lack of
demand.
At Algonquin
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CAMC/TCCA Training Organizations
Apr to Jun, 2008
New Training Organizations
27 Training Organizations Delivering Aviation
Programs
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Projects and Priorities for 2009

• We need your help to ensure we target industry
  priorities

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Thank you.