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The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has flagged off a two-week on-the-job training (OJT) for Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEPS) of the Department of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Power Systems.
The training which is being held simultaneously in Lagos, Abuja and Kano stations of the agency cuts across all facilities managed by the department.
Trainees will be equipped with practical approaches in learning new procedures and techniques as well as maintenance and installation of facilities while working directly with tested and experienced supervisors.
Abdullahi Musa, director, public affairs and consumer, in a statement said the facilities being studied include automatic mains failure (AMF), automatic voltage regulator (AVR), uninterruptible power supply (UPS), solar power systems, electrical installations, cooling systems and generating sets.
As part of its objectives, the training is designed to expose participants to practical experiences in welding, installation of air-conditioning compressors, topping up refrigerants into air-conditioning and cooling systems as well as installation and maintenance of solar power systems.
It also involves carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance of UPS, AVRs, inverters and overhauling of generating sets.
Farouk Ahmed Umar, managing director, NAMA, speaking while declaring the training open, noted that the training was necessitated by management’s commitment towards increasing capacity of the agency’s technical and operational staff, noting that “this would ensure that our communication navigation and surveillance infrastructure across the country continue to perform seamlessly, efficiently and optimally in line with the International Civil Aviation Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO SARPs).”
Farouk also expressed optimism that the knowledge gained by participants would ensure that there is uninterrupted power supply to all the agency’s installations in Nigeria as a critical component of safety of air travel.
