The goal is to carry out a teaching collaboration to promote the integration of skills and the sharing of training programs within the aircraft maintenance course offered by the Scuola Specialisti A.M.
The 14 July 2022 The agreement for a path of integrated training Between the Vanvitelli University and the School of Specialists of the Air Force (SSAM) of Caserta. The agreement comes after two years from the signing of the first broader memorandum of understanding (Framework Agreement for collaboration) between the Air Force and the Vanvitelli University, the aim being to integrate the strong technical and scientific expertise possessed by the teachers of the Department of Engineering, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” – matured in years of research and teaching in the field of aeronautical topics – with strong expertise in aircraft maintenance, possessed by School of Specialists of the Italian Air Force of Caserta.
This is a teaching collaboration that will be implemented through the sharing of the training programs provided within the specialty course “Aircraft Maintenance”, offered by SSAM to its military participants, which are considered consistent with the training objectives and the expected learning outcomes of the degree program in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics, and Energy, will be integrated into the curriculum “Aerospace” of the same.
The agreement will allow the future specialists of this historic military institution to obtain the educational credits recognized by the University, which will therefore correspond to approximately two years of study. CBachelor's degree in Aerospace-Mechanical-Energy Engineering, Offered by the Department of Engineering of the Vanvitelli University. Upon completion of the two-year course at the School of Specialists of the Italian Air Force in Caserta, students will be able to continue their studies at Vanvitelli to obtain a three-year degree in Engineering with an additional one-year extension.
Specifically, the three-year Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Energy) will add two more orientations to the traditional historical (general) orientation (mechanical maintenance worker e avionics maintainer), starting as early as the next academic year 2022/2023.
The agreement is the result of the synergy and collaboration between the Vanvitelli University and the Caserta Specialist School, as well as a constant coordination effort that involved the involvement of the Commander of the Specialist School, Colonel Roberto Impegno that on July 15 he handed over the command of the military institution to Colonel Francesco Sassara and the Prof. Furio Cascetta, Vice Rector for Sustainability at the University.
The agreement was signed by Rector, Gianfranco Nicoletti and from Commander of the Schools of the A.M./3rd Air Region, Air Squadron General Silvano Frigerio In his speech, he wanted to emphasize that this agreement is an opportunity to enrich the already vast and up-to-date technical and professional knowledge provided to the military attendees of the Specialist School.“The goal – declared the General Frigerio – It is intended to promote the integration of the respective training paths in order to enhance the technical skills of our students through the direct collaboration between the A.M. Specialist School and the Department of Engineering at the University. In this context, it will also be possible to entrust specific teaching tasks to the teaching and research staff of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” in addition to offering additional curricular opportunities to our students, future specialists of the Air Force. The signing of today’s agreement is the result of the convergence of the will of the University and the Air Force Schools Command to work in a collaborative spirit and in the direction of common growth, in a perspective of a system for the whole country.”.
“This agreement – he said the Rector Nicoletti – It strengthens the synergy and integration between two institutions in the same territory, both of which are engaged in training, and represents a concrete opportunity to enhance and expand the knowledge of the Air Force military personnel. contributing also to increasing the total number of graduates at the European level. The agreement signed today is another step forward towards the implementation of a fruitful collaboration relationship with the Scuola Specialisti, which has always supported the University in numerous activities”.
The signed agreement Thursday, July 14, 2022, at the Auditorium of the School of Specialists of the Air Force, in the presence of numerous university students and military personnel attending the Speciality Courses in the field of “Aircraft Maintenance” (which are conducted in accordance with regulations), AER(EP) P-147), it falls within the framework of the 2020 Framework Agreement that formally launched the collaboration between the Air Force and the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” for the conduct of training, research and experimentation activities in sectors of common interest such as, among others, the aerospace and technical and engineering training for aeronautical maintenance.
The School of Specialists It is a military educational institute for the initial basic training, specialized technical training, instruction, refresher training, specialization, qualification and retraining of personnel of the Air Force, the Other Armed Forces, Armed Corps and non-State forces, as well as personnel of foreign Armed Forces. It is hierarchically subordinate to the Command of the A.M. Schools/3rd Air Region of Bari.
