In The News
ACT Training completes renovations on facility
May 18, 2011 – London, Ontario Canada
We are thrilled to announce that the renovations and upgrades to the ACT – Advanced Composites Training facilities have now been completed. Bright, spacious and well equipped classrooms, composites labs, new state-of-the art equipment, outstanding climate controlled work areas and the most comprehensive certified training courses in applied composites technologies, all make ACT your #1 choice for composites training.
From CAMC to CCAA — name change reflects the Council’s work for the entire aviation and aerospace sector
January 27, 2011 – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
— Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) has changed its name to Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace (CCAA). CCAA will continue to assist the industry with skills development and the demographic challenges it faces.
Describing the name change, CCAA Executive Director Robert Donald stated, “Although its origins are in the aviation maintenance segment of the industry, the work of the Council increasingly encompassed other areas. For example, in 2005, CAMC published four occupational standards for aerospace manufacturing, and in 2008 it completed a study of the aerospace industry. In 2010, it completed studies on commercial pilots (fixed wing and rotary) and Canadian airports. The CAMC name no longer reflected the true scope of the Council’s work and consequently the name has now been changed to Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace (CCAA).”
As a sector council, CCAA is a not-for-profit Canadian corporation that takes direction from its Board of Directors, its other boards and committees, as well as its members and partners. Sector councils work as a uniting element to engage employers, workers, educators, professional associations and government in a strategic alliance that is focused on implementing solutions to the specific skills and human resource needs that will enable the sector to thrive. There are currently 34 sector councils, each operating in a major sector of the Canadian economy (e.g., mining, forestry, fishing, petroleum, and trucking). CCAA is the council for the aviation and aerospace industry.
CCAA receives the majority of its funding from the Canadian government through its Sector Council Program administered by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). Funding is provided to conduct studies, and projects to develop specific tools to assist the aviation and aerospace industry.
In order to ensure that its studies and projects deliver tangible results to industry, CCAA solicits the advice of industry with respect to concept and direction for these projects. CCAA also works closely with national and regional industry associations, many of whom are represented on CCAA’s board of directors.
The Canadian aviation and aerospace sector employs over 200,000 workers with sales of more than 24 billion dollars annually. Canadian firms are global market leaders in regional aircraft, business jets, commercial helicopters, small gas turbine engines, flight simulation, landing gear, space applications and many other areas. They are also globally competitive sources of supply for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.
Information about CCAA’s current projects, services, and personnel may be found on its website at www.avaerocouncil.ca
Funded by the Government of Canada’s Sector Council Program
ACT Training and Dassault FalconJet partner to deliver a unique course at FAA Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center
May 7, 2010 – London, Ontario Canada
ACT – Advanced Composites Training a division of Renaissance Aeronautics Associates Inc. of London, Ontario Canada and DFJ – Dassault FalconJet of Hackensack, NJ USA are pleased to announce the success of their cooperative efforts in delivering a unique NDI Methods for Composites and Bonded Structures course.
In 2009 Advanced Composites Training and Dassault FalconJet partnered to deliver a Composite Airframe NDI Refresher course unlike any other available to industry. This new NDI Methods for Composites and Bonded Structures course was instructed at the facilities of the Sandia Labs and the Federal Aviation Administration NDI Validation Center (AANC) in Albuquerque New Mexico USA several times. This new course was well attended and very well received, in other words very successful.
Moving forward in 2010 in our efforts to foster technician proficiency, this course now includes current technologies covering various NDI methods as applied to composites specific structures. Familiarization with new composite materials technologies and NDI applications such as UT, Thermography and Shearography are demonstrated.
Proficiency of NDI personnel is critical and every effort must be made toward continuous improvement in the understanding of aircraft composite structures. The ACT and DFJ NDI Methods for Composites and Bonded Structures course is a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises utilizing real aircraft as test subjects. The opportunity to practice on actual aircraft and full scale aircraft parts is extremely rare. Hands-on training instructed at a general aviation facility is typically limited to desk top and classroom instruction. This is not reality and far less effective than working with actual aircraft in a real world environment.
The AANC operated by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. for the FAA, was specifically designed for this type of collaborative project and is therefore quite unique. The ACT and DFJ experience at the FAA Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center with its incredible mix of aircraft and laboratory assets and the response from attendees, has convinced us that this is the best course and location available.
This is an advanced NDI technician program however registration is open to anyone. Mechanics, maintenance management, engineers, etc. that would benefit from the Composites Awareness portion of the course are welcome to attend. FAA – Federal Aviation Administration IA Renewal Credit will be available for first 2½ days of Composites Awareness or the full 5 day NDI course.
CESSNA Aircraft Company chooses ACT – Advanced Composites Training
May 27, 2009 – London, Ontario Canada
ACT – ADVANCED COMPOSITES TRAINING of London, Ontario Canada is pleased to announce that the CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY of Wichita, Kansas USA, has Certified ACT as an Approved Training Facility for structural repair technologies on the new CORVALIS 350/400TT all-composite aircraft.
Cessna approved ACT as a training provider based upon ACT’s international reputation for delivering the highest Certification standards available in composites training, ACT’s responsiveness to specific customer requirements and a commitment to excellence that is unsurpassed in the training industry.
Cessna was seeking to enhance the capabilities of technicians working in their world-wide network of Authorized Service Facilities, by providing aircraft Technicians with a broader knowledge of composite materials and repair technologies. The ACT customized “Corvalis 350/400TT Composite Repair”training course will enable Cessna Technicians to incorporate state-of-the-art techniques and procedures directly into their current operations.
ACT courses are internationally recognized as meeting and exceeding all standards for Advanced Composite Technician training. All of ACT’s composites courses are now approved by the American Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) for Inspector Authorization Renewal. This allows ACT to provide training services for the needs of all FAA regulated aircraft maintenance organizations, based upon industry created National Occupational Standards.
ACT – Advanced Composites Training chosen by Eurocopter Canada Ltd. to deliver custom OEM composite courses
March 5, 2009 – London, Ontario Canada
ACT – Advanced Composites Training of London, Ontario Canada is pleased to announce the completion of two customized composites manufacturing and repair courses for Eurocopter Canada Ltd. of Fort Erie, Ontario.
ACT created the Composites Fabricator and the Composite Repair Technician courses referencing Eurocopter’s unique requirements and specific manufacturing processes. Eurocopter was seeking to enhance shop productivity, component quality, improve in-process control and reduce production costs, by providing Eurocopter Composites Technicians with a broader knowledge of composite materials and manufacturing technologies. The ACT customized training courses enabled Eurocopter Technicians to incorporate these improvements directly into current production.
Advanced Composites Training receives FAA acceptance on 12 courses for IA Renewal
October 22, 2008 – London, Ontario Canada
ACT – Advanced Composites Training a division of Renaissance Aeronautics Associates Inc. of London, Ontario Canada is pleased to announce that FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) acceptance for Inspector Authorization (IA) Renewal has been awarded for 12 of ACT’s composites courses.
ACT currently provides 12 courses in the manufacture, maintenance, structural repair, non-destructive testing and repair design engineering of composite aircraft structures. These Inspection Authorization (IA) Refresher Training Courses are approved as meeting the requirements contained in FAR 65.93(A)(4) Inspection Authorization renewal and are acceptable towards IA Renewal.
http://www.raacomposites.com/certifications.htm
ACT courses continue to be internationally recognized as meeting and exceeding all standards for Advanced Composite Technician training. With the expanding of composite materials in aircraft structures, the demand for knowledgeable technicians is greater than ever. ACT has achieved great success in providing accredited, approved and custom tailored courses for on-site instruction world-wide, with a curriculum based on National Occupational Standards. The addition of FAA IA Renewal acceptance allows ACT to provide training services for the needs of US and FAA certified customers. ACT’s mandate is to provide technicians with the right mix of theory, “hands-on” instruction and enabling technologies.
ABOUT US
Renaissance Aeronautics Associates Inc. was founded in London in 1992 by Wilson J. Boynton, CET, CCT-I. RAA was the first privately-owned company in Canada to obtain both Transport Canada approval and Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) accreditation, to teach repair and manufacturing methods for advanced composite aircraft structures
Renaissance Aeronautics Associates Inc. and Advanced Composites Training (ACT Training) Divison may be found on-line at: www.raacomposites.com
