Embry-Riddle to Create Saudi Arabia's First Aviation Technician Training Program
Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 28, 1999 -- The Boeing Co. has selected Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to develop and deliver a training program for aircraft technicians at Al Salam Aircraft Co., a Saudi Arabian aircraft maintenance company that is partly owned by Boeing.
The program will give 25 Saudi citizens most of the training required for the Federal Aviation Administration's airframe mechanic certificate. Long-term goals are to work toward a permanent Saudi-operated aviation technician instruction program in Saudi Arabia. Until now, Saudis have had to go outside their country to be trained.
"This is the first program of our strategic expansion into off-campus aviation technician training," said Dr. George H. Ebbs, president of Embry-Riddle. "We are proud to work with Al Salam Aircraft Co. and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to meet the industry's needs for highly trained technicians."
Instruction will take place at Al Salam's facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Embry-Riddle will provide one full-time instructor, course materials, 1,300 hours of aviation technician instruction, and any necessary computer-based training. The program will begin in March 2000 and will last 12 months.
Embry-Riddle and Boeing will work with the FAA to seek approval of the program under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 147, which certifies aviation technician training in the United States.
Embry-Riddle, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, meets the needs of students and industry through its educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Degree programs through the master's level are offered at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., at more than 100 teaching sites in the U.S. and Europe, and through independent study and distance education.
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