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The first crop of Airservices air traffic control trainees has graduated from a training partnership with NZ-based Airways International.
The four trainees studied 10 weeks online and 20 weeks face-to-face, and will now return to Australia for additional instruction in Airservices’ Melbourne facility before being sent to control towers at regional airports for their final field training.
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Airservices announced the partnership with Airways International, the commercial arm of Airways New Zealand, last November. The first four graduates – Mackenzie and Emerson Denner, Abraham Stevens and Michael Willach – have attained a New Zealand diploma in air traffic services level 6.
“We congratulate this cohort of students for graduating from their ATC training with us,” said Sharon Cooke, Airways International CEO.
“We’re delighted to be collaborating with Airservices Australia to bring ATC students across to our facilities in New Zealand for training, and we look forward to welcoming further cohorts during what we hope will be an enduring partnership.”
According to Marcus Knauer, Airservices’ head of operational training and resourcing, the partnership is one component of the ATC body’s plan to increase staffing and bolster recruitment.
“This training collaboration utilising AIL’s world-class training services supplements our own training program and allows us to increase the throughput of new trainees,” Knauer said.
The remote learning portion covers ICAO 051 ATS Licensing Subjects, which students study in Australia, followed by in-person training covering ICAO 052 Aerodrome Control and ICAO 053 Approach Control Procedural in Christchurch’s real-world TotalControl simulator.
Airways says its ATC training programme is globally recognised with a competency-based framework. Michelle Bennetts, who was at the time chief service delivery officer at Airservices Australia, said last year that Airservices is proud to partner with Airways International.
“This is very exciting as we look at opportunities to evolve how we deliver our training to our people, and allows Airservices to bolster its safe and efficient management of 11 per cent of the world’s airspace,” she said.
Further cohorts are expected to be sent in future.
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