The Synergies Between Schools and Airline/MRO Training Centers

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The Synergies Between Schools and

Airline/MRO Training Centers

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HISTORY: TRAINING IN 1928

W.G. Skelly, an oil magnate,

founded Spartan as an aircraft

manufacturing

company

in

1926 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The

school started 2 years later.

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HISTORY: EARLY GROWTH

• Spartan expanded dramatically to serve U.S. and British

military in WWII

• Spartan produced 14,000 aviation cadets for Great Britain.

Some say the Battle of Britain in 1940 would not have

been won – and history would have been changed –

without Spartan training

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Private, degree-granting education and training institution

3 campuses on 3 airports

• Tulsa International Airport (Spartan Technical Campus) • Tulsa Jones - Riverside Airport (Spartan Flight Campus)

• Los Angeles International Airport (Spartan Technical Campus)

85+ Years of training…our sole focus

Over 130,000 alumni

• Over 600 Chinese pilot graduates

• Over 3,000 Arab graduates…about half pilots, half technicians

~1200 students currently in training

250 employees (85+ Instructors)

375,000 square feet of training facilities

WHO WE ARE TODAY

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AIR ADVISOR TRAINING

Secured three important United States Air Force contracts to train

maintainers and pilots for Air Advisor Program (2007 – present,

second contract July 2013)

• CAFTT (Iraq), Air Advisor Program (Iraq), BT/LL (Afghan) • Now training four Middle East and African Air Forces

• Four years straight of unmatched “Exceptional Performance”

ratings, rare for U.S. contractors

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Recent International Students from:

• China • China • Columbia • Ecuador • Ethiopia • Kenya • Jamaica • Mauritania • Mexico • New Zealand • Niger • Nigeria • Puerto Rico • South Korea • Sri Lanka • Sweden • United Kingdom • Uganda • Yemen 6 Example

We trained the current Eva Air (Taiwan, China) CEO and COO originally as maintenance technicians.

Proprietary – Confidential Competitive Sensitive

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FAA CERTIFICATIONS-PILOT & AMT

7 Proprietary – Confidential Competitive Sensitive

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A&P TRAINING OVERVIEW

• U.S. FAA-certified A&P program

• 15-18 months

• 40/60 balance of academics & hands-on

o U.S. highest hands-on focus of any aviation

technician colleges

• On-site FAA testing

• Library, tutoring, instructor mentoring

• Supplemental Degree Programs available (AAS, BS)

• Custom Learning Management System

• Complete Boeing 727 used in training • Curriculum delivered on Surface tablets

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AVIATION ELECTRONICS

• Increased demand for aviation electronic technicians

• Emerging technology related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

• FAA has approved many commercial applications for UAVs

• More complex avionics systems in aircraft

• First program to take an electronics focus on Unmanned Aerial Systems

• Students will build, program and fly a UAV in autonomous flight during the program.

• Program is 50% hands-on

• Students build their own electronic trainer and FM receiver

• Graduates of the AET program are qualified to work in a variety of positions and industries ranging from Aerospace, Communications, Simulator Development, UAV and beyond.

• Program is certified by the National Center of Aerospace and Transportation Technologies (NCATT).

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NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING / QC

• Largest and Most Comprehensive NDT program

in US

• Train on 5 Main Methods of Testing • Ultrasound

• X-Ray

• Eddy Currant

• Liquid Dye Penetrant

• Magnetic Particle

• Diploma in 11 months and Associate in Quality

Control in 16 months

• Graduates are qualified to work in a variety of

industries such as oil and gas, aerospace, manufacturing, extreme construction, racing, power generation, railroad and shipping and more.

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SO WHAT IS GOING ON IN

AEROSPACE?

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PARTNERSHIP AND

COLLABORATION

• What does this really mean

to Colleges and Industry?

• Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC)

• Spartan Developed Bridge

Program with AAR in 2009.

• AAR would hire 10% of

AMT Graduates

• Enter at “C” level and

grow through OJT Program

• Pay $10,500 towards

tuition over 3 years

• Change projects to

meet AAR needs

• Is this all that we can

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COULD A COLLEGE RUN A MRO

TRAINING PROGRAM

Setting the Standard in Education and Industry Partnerships

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS– BUILDING COMMUNICATIONS

Training

OKC

External Customers Internal Customers and Support

FAA

EASA

Information Technology

X 2

Human

Resources

Industry Trends Spartan Flex Team Trade Groups (ARSA) Management

AAR Management Spartan _GroupMRO

EHS

Community

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS - LMS (PROS/CONS…OPPORTUNITIES)

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TRAINING MANUAL

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AN EDUCATIONAL SHIFT

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COST SHIFT AND HIGHER

EDUCATIONAL QUALITY

• New Bridge Program

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2 terms from Graduation future employee is selected by AAR

o

Indoctrination Training

• AAR Paperwork, Safety, Human Factors, etc

• Customer Required Training

o

General Familiarization Training (40 hours)

• All training is accomplished before the employee sets

foot at AAR.

• Zero cost to the employer and the student is excited

about getting to work.

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NARROWING THE GAP

Competitive Sensitive

Knowledge Transfer to

obtain A&P Certification SkillsGap Industry NeedsProductive Technician

15 – 24 Months

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_{3 – 5 Years}

Access to AMM

Access to Airline GMM and GPM RII

EWIS RVSM

Human Factors

Transport category systems

Higher cognitive thinking skills A focus on troubleshooting

Advanced technology IFE

Composite Structures Data Bus Logic

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THANK YOU

President

Ryan Goertzen

ryan.goertzen@spartan.edu

918.831.5227

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The Synergies Between Schools and Airline/MRO Training Centers

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