Mr. Kwazaye Whamaker of the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Department, departed to Singapore from Roberts International Airport on the 4th of fJuly 2019 for training. He attended the Singapore Aviation Academy, an ICAO compliant academy which is widely renowned in the Aviation sector. The Air Navigation Services Course was attended by 39 inspectors and the course was facilitated by Dhiraj Ramdoyal. She played down the ground rules of the course: like keeping phones on silent, no smoking in class and few others. She then ran through the 20 goals of the course, which were broken down into 15 modules. some of the goals of the course were: To provide participants with an understanding of the various factors to consider by both the regulator and service providers in ensuring an effective oversight in the air navigation service field. Overview of the obligations of the State with respect to safety oversight, the regulatory framework of ANS and many others.
The four-day course covered so many topics like:
- The ATM Operation Concepts (Parts 1,2 and 3)
- Safety Oversight Audit Manual and Development of a Standard
- Powers of enforcement of the Inspector
- Audit Techniques and ANS Audit protocol questions and so many others.
After the course was over, the facilitators ran their evaluation which was done based on the following criteria:
- Overall course evaluation
- Evaluation of participants’ performance
- Final results from one hour test the pass mark of which was 70%
Mr. Whamaker scored an astounding 95% in his final exam. He wishes to thank the Director General and also the Sr. Management for affording him the opportunity.
Story by Philipbert Browne Jr. 0776998856