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Director of Aviation Safety, Pip Spence
Getting young people interested in aviation and developing the expertise of those already in the industry is crucial to the wellbeing of our sector.
Every incentive helps so I was pleased to be able to announce at the recent Safeskies conference in Canberra that we are offering a new scholarship program for safety managers.
These are people who play a crucial role in maintaining our safety record and we will be offering 3 scholarships worth up to $5000 each to help them increase their knowledge and skills through professional development.
We are encouraging safety managers who are committed to the development of a healthy aviation safety culture to apply.
More specifically, we are looking for people with a minimum of 2 years’ industry experience who use their initiative and display a high standard of aptitude and leadership.
They must also be working in a key aviation position, or have worked in one previously, and if you’re in this category I would encourage you to apply.
We believe this this a great opportunity to help successful individuals build their aviation expertise in the same way our engineering scholarships have benefitted promising Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs).
We announced 5 recipients of the engineering scholarship at the Rotortech Conference in May this year. We received more than 100 high-quality applications and the winners from Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia demonstrated a commitment to achieving the highest professional standards in their chosen fields.
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