The specialists' school has obtained initial certification AER(EP).147 as a Maintenance Training Organisation according to the standards defined by European regulations.
Friday 1st December 2023, the Commander of the Air Force Specialist School, Colonel Francesco Sassara, accompanied by the key figures of Maintenance Training Organisation (Training Manager, Examination Manager and Quality Manager) was received by Director of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness, Inspector General Giuseppe Antonio Lupoli, for the delivery of “Certificate No. 14/2023” approving the School of Specialists as an MTO (Maintenance Training Organisation in accordance with the procedures and technical requirements defined by norma AER(EP).P-147The AM Specialist School of Caserta is the First Training Institute of the Air Force to complete the complex and articulated Iteration provided for by the aforementioned European legislation the supply of Basic training aircraft maintenance training.
It Certificate of Approval is the final act of a a long and complex process of standardising work and organisational processes, of retraining the instructor staff, of redeveloping the training offer (Syllabusand reconfiguration of infrastructure, involving the SSAM in all its branches. Thanks to the support provided by Command Schools/3rd Air Region and from the other High Commands of the Armed Forces, the Setting up “realistic maintenance environments” (engine sales, mechanical workshops, electrical/avionics labs) and even One hangar with aircraft of various types (fixed wing/rotating wing) for the carrying out of practical training of attendees of the Military Aircraft Maintenance Technicians courses, in complete compliance with the aforementioned European regulation.
Going into more detail, the Training of Military Aircraft Maintenance Specialists twist at the newly approved MTO of the Caserta Specialist School, it is delivered in compliance with the curricula regulated by the Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness in accordance with AER(EP).P-66 regulations.
In particular, the training path is characterised by a theoretical study component relating to technical/aeronautical subjects and an intense practical maintenance training programme, carried out using teaching aids and support equipment that are highly representative of the real working Aircraft Maintenance Course they will compete in the operational departments of the Air Force to which they will be assigned.
Following certification, the School of Specialists is now authorised to issue, upon completion of the training course lasting approximately 2 years, the “Certificate of Recognition”which constitutes the first and fundamental step towards achieving the Military Aircraft Maintainer Licence.
The School of Air Force Specialists. It is a military educational institution for initial basic training, specialist technical training, instruction, development, specialisation, qualification, and retraining of personnel of the Aeronautical Military, other Armed Forces, Armed and non-Armed State Corps, as well as personnel from foreign Armed Forces. It is hierarchically dependent on the Command of the Aeronautical Military Schools/3rd Aeronautical Region based in Bari.
