MRO in West Africa has received a significant boost following an agreement between Jordan's Joramco – the primary independent MRO provider across the Middle East and Africa region- and Ghana's Aerojet.
FREMONT, CA: Aerojet signed the agreement with the Joramco Academy, the aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul school to assist the establishment of Aerojet Aviation Training Academy - the first of its sort to offer advanced studies in aircraft upkeep in Ghana and the Subarea.
Joramco's Academy is years of age and has given comprehensive aircraft maintenance training courses. It offers internationally valid qualifications which fulfill the knowledge needs of IR Part 66 licensing in category B. The classes are accredited by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), as well as the JCARC(Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission) and the UK CAA(the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority).
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Aerojet Aviation was established in 2016 to handle the lack of MRO capabilities in Africa, which is hindering the growth of the air transport industry across the continent and where there is excellent growth potential. The Academy is part of a greater project emphasized by the Government of Ghana, establishing an entirely equipped and staffed MRO Centre in Ghana.
By this ambition, the company said that the Aerojet Training Academy would allow young Africans to pursue careers in aviation by offering excellent training facilities, resources and valuable work experience.
Joram Academy experienced certified instructors will train Aerojet's first batch of students and local instructors who will take over in the Academy under Aerojet's approvals when given. The Joramco team will also help Aerojet in its preparation and subsequent applications for the appropriate approvals from the Ghanaian authorities, EASA & FAA.
The four-yearly Aircraft Maintenance course is segregated into theoretical and practical training, aiming to graduate the first batch of coming aircraft maintenance engineers with the experience and confidence to instantly join the workforce at the Aerojet MRO Facility established in Ghana.
"Aviation skills & knowledge training are intact to the Accra MRO Project and the ultimate growth of the African aviation industry, and this is precisely what our training academy was instituted to deliver," Mazisi Parkes, Chief Executive Officer of Aerojet, stated.
"We are pleased to be working with Joramco on this. When you look at the development of Joramco in the last few years, it has been phenomenal, and we are eager to learn from their experience. But more importantly, there are potent synergies and alignment in goals between the two organizations, which lends itself to this partnership.
"Our target is clear; we work with partners that grasp our long-term strategy and have an interest in assisting us to develop the aviation sector in Africa. I'm convinced that Aerojet and Joramco will be better for it in the coming years".
Joram CEO Fraser Currie said, "We are honored to have been entrusted by Aerojet to establish an aviation engineering academy in the course of their plan to develop a new world-class MRO facility."
The new Academy will be established at Aerojet's home base, Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, which is strategically located with effortless access to over 21 African countries within the range of a two-hour flight. It is to serve as a center of excellence. Its activities will start in September 2022, with registrations already open for the first cohort of students, who are expected to begin their studies in January 2023.
