Planning for a National Center for Aircraft Technician Education

规划国家飞机技术员教育中心

• 批准号: 0404659
• 负责人: Floyd Curtis
• 金额: $ 7万
• 依托单位: Tarrant County College District
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-15 至 2005-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0404659&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; National; Center; Aircraft; Technician

Intellectual Merit This planning grant project for a National Center builds on a local project that-Developed competencies for aircraft electronics specialty fields with over 100 employers. -Developed curriculum for three of ten courses in the Avionics field. -Developed select simulations of aircraft electrical systems, offering low-cost access to instructional technology. -Field-tested curriculum and instructional materials with incumbent technicians and traditional students in Florida, Texas and Minnesota. -Hosted a National Conference involving 100 educators, employers and government to examine efforts to improve standards and curriculum and to build commitment to a national learning agenda to be carried out by a National Center of Excellence. -Established an online collegial network of technician educators nationwide. -Established contracts to place interns at numerous corporate flight departments. During the planning grant the consortium is: -Formalizing a partnership to leverage the expertise, experience and products of the Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC), a Center of Excellence in Canada. -Establishing procedures to refine CAMC's national standards, curriculum, certification and accreditation procedures for U.S. Avionics Technicians. -Designing a training program to elevate faculty members' skills to the national standard. -Securing donations of electronic simulations of instructional technologies to make delivery of the training program financially feasible. Developing a strategy to use and expand the Technician Educators' Collegial Network. Broader Impacts The Federal Aviation Administration has regulated the education and certification of U.S. Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Technicians for decades. However, as aircraft have become increasingly electronics driven, a career path has evolved for technicians specializing in troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of aircraft electrical and integrated flight systems. National standards, curricula and regulatory oversight presently do not exist for Avionics Technicians. While the FAA recognizes this gap, it has not filled it. Industry, labor and education have come together, with participation and support from the FAA, to fill this void in an effort to meet the workforce development needs of aircraft manufacturers, component manufacturers, airlines, and repair stations throughout the United States.

智力优势这个国家中心的规划资助项目建立在一个当地项目的基础上，该项目为100多名雇主开发了飞机电子专业领域的能力。- 为航空电子领域的十门课程中的三门编写课程。- 开发了飞机电气系统的选择模拟，提供低成本的教学技术。- 与佛罗里达、德克萨斯州和明尼苏达州的现任技术人员和传统学生一起进行实地测试的课程和教学材料。- 主办了一次有100名教育工作者、雇主和政府参加的全国会议，以审查为改进标准和课程所作的努力，并建立对将由一个国家英才中心执行的国家学习议程的承诺。 - 在全国范围内建立了一个技术教育工作者在线学院网络。- 签订合同，在许多公司飞行部门安排实习生。 在规划赠款期间，该财团将：-正式建立伙伴关系，以利用加拿大航空维修理事会（CAMC）的专业知识、经验和产品，CAMC是加拿大的一个卓越中心。- 制定程序，完善CAMC的国家标准、课程、美国航空电子技术人员的认证和认可程序。- 制定培训计划，以提高教师的技能，使其达到国家标准。- 确保捐赠教学技术的电子模拟，使培训方案的实施在财政上可行。制定一项战略，以使用和扩大技术教育工作者的学院网络。 联邦航空管理局几十年来一直在规范美国机身和动力装置（A P）技术人员的教育和认证。然而，随着飞机变得越来越电子驱动，专门从事飞机电气和综合飞行系统故障排除，维护和维修的技术人员的职业道路已经发展。目前还没有针对航空电子技术人员的国家标准、课程和监管监督。 虽然FAA认识到了这一差距，但它并没有填补这一空白。在FAA的参与和支持下，工业、劳工和教育部门已经走到了一起，以填补这一空白，努力满足美国各地飞机制造商、零部件制造商、航空公司和维修站的劳动力发展需求。