The Synergies Between Schools and Airline/MRO Training Centers
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.
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
WHO WE ARE TODAY 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 4 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
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 5 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Recent International Students from: China China Columbia Ecuador Ethiopia Kenya Jamaica Mauritania Mexico New Zealand Niger Nigeria Puerto Rico 6 South Korea Sri Lanka Sweden United Kingdom Uganda Yemen Example We trained the current Eva Air (Taiwan, China) CEO and COO originally as maintenance technicians. Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
FAA CERTIFICATIONS-PILOT & AMT 7 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
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 8 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
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). 13-16 months to complete
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.
SO WHAT IS GOING ON IN AEROSPACE?
GROWTH!!!
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TODAY: SPARTAN COLLEGE - TUL
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 do?
COULD A COLLEGE RUN A MRO TRAINING PROGRAM Setting the Standard in Education and Industry Partnerships Established: February 2014
ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUILDING COMMUNICATIONS Management AAR Management Spartan MRO Group External Customers Community Collaboration Training OKC Internal Customers and Support FAA EASA Trade Groups (ARSA) Spartan Flex Team Industry Trends EHS Human Resources Information Technology X 2 19
ACCOMPLISHMENTS - LMS (PROS/CONS OPPORTUNITIES) OKC 20
TRAINING MANUAL 21 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
AN EDUCATIONAL SHIFT 22 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
COST SHIFT AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALITY New Bridge Program o 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. 23 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
NARROWING THE GAP 15 24 Months? 3 5 Years Knowledge Transfer to obtain A&P Certification Skills Gap Industry Needs Productive Technician 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 24 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive
THANK YOU President Ryan Goertzen ryan.goertzen@spartan.edu 918.831.5227 www.spartan.edu 25 Proprietary Confidential Competitive Sensitive