SriLankan Aviation College the only EASA 147 certified training academy in the region plans to open branches in Jaffna and Batticaloa within the year and spread wings to Pakistan and Seychelles in the future.
Most Sri Lankans working in major airlines overseas be a technician, engineer, ground handler, cargo agent or cabin crew has had some affiliation with the SriLankan Aviation College (SLAC) asserted, Primal De Silva, General Manager, SriLankan Aviation College addressing the media in Katunayake on Wednesday.
“Most of our students of a very high number ends up once they are qualified working for the national carrier. We want to bring in more quality to our aircraft maintenance course and not many people know about our aircraft maintenance training course which is a two year course in which we also specialize and is the only one in the region accredited by EASA,” he said. De Silva said they have come to an agreement with the national carrier to provide two years on the job training which was never heard in any part of the world where a student who does an aircraft maintenance basic course is given the opportunity to get a two year on the job training which leads to the student’s automatic license.
After obtaining that experience the world opens up to them, De Silva said. There is also a great demand from students in Sri Lanka and the region to acquire degrees in aviation and from 2018 the academy plans to offer an aviation degree, BSC in Aircraft Maintenance and Aviation Management with Kinston University UK and Swinburne University Australia, he said. “We also have great plans to move into Mattala as an aviation campus and to be a regionally recognized hub in providing aviation specialized training programmes,” he said.
With all those plans they were waiting till Mattala turns into a hub as the government has explained, the General Manager said.
“What we want is by generating foreign income from our foreign students to source Sri Lankan students and give them better opportunities in aviation education in Sri Lanka,” said Buddhika Hewawasam Deputy General Manager SriLankan Aviation College. See also page xi
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