The first batch of future AMEs graduating from this institute will have the experience and confidence to immediately join the workforce at the Aerojet MRO Facility.
Joramco Academy has come up with the first-of-its-kind institution to offer advanced studies in Aircraft Maintenance to the students of Aerojet Aviation Training Academy in Ghana and the Sub Region. The four-year Aircraft Maintenance course is divided into both theoretical and practical training, with the aim of graduating the first batch of future aircraft maintenance engineers with the experience and confidence to immediately join the workforce at the Aerojet MRO Facility being established in Ghana.
Mazisi Parkes, Chief Executive Officer of Aerojet, said, “Aviation skills and knowledge training are integral to the Accra MRO Project and the eventual growth of the African Aviation industry, and this is exactly what our Training Academy was set up to deliver. We are delighted to be working with Joramco on this. When you look at the growth of Joramco in the last few years it has been phenomenal, and we are keen to learn from their experience. But more importantly, there are very strong synergies and alignment in goals between the two organizations which lends itself to this partnership. Our objective is clear; we work with partners that understand our long-term strategy and have an interest in helping us develop the Aviation Sector in Africa. I am convinced that both Aerojet and Joramco will be better for it in the coming years”.
Joramco CEO Fraser Currie said, “We are honored to have been entrusted by Aerojet to establish an aviation engineering academy as part of their plan to develop a new world-class MRO facility. Drawing on Joramco’s world-leading capabilities, as well as the training expertise of Joramco Academy, we are able to provide Aerojet with the necessary skills, and guide them on constructing facilities and achieving regulatory approvals.”
The new academy will be based at Aerojet’s Homebase, Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana which is strategically located, with easy access to over 21 African countries within the range of a two-hour flight. It is to serve as a Centre of Excellence and its activities will begin in September 2022, with registrations already open for the first cohort of students, who are anticipated to begin their studies in January 2023.
To ensure world-class standards, the project is being implemented with support from Joramco Academy instructors who have vast experience on and off the field and have been graduating skilled aircraft maintenance engineers since the academy’s inception in 2007. The certified instructors will train Aerojet’s first batch of students, as well as local instructors who will be taking over in the academy under Aerojet’s own approvals when granted. The Joramco team will also support Aerojet in its preparation and subsequent applications for the relevant approvals from the Ghanaian authorities, EASA and FAA.
