Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Georgia Facility Honored For 100 Percent Participation In
Maintenance Training Program
The Gulfstream Aerospace service center in Brunswick, GA
recently received the FAA 2008 Aviation Maintenance Technician
(AMT) Diamond Certificate of Excellence Award. It is the eighth
consecutive year the facility has been honored with the
distinction.
In addition, Gulfstream Brunswick employees earned 21 Ruby, 14
Gold, 62 Silver and eight bronze awards for individuals.
“It is a testament to the leadership at Gulfstream
Aerospace Brunswick and its technicians’ dedication that so
many were honored by the FAA,” said Mark Burns, president,
Gulfstream Product Support. “The FAA’s Diamond Award is
what each of our Gulfstream facilities strive to achieve. We are
very proud that Brunswick has earned this honor for the eighth
straight year.”
The AMT program was established in 1992 to recognize
FAA-certified aviation mechanics and their employers for
participating in supplemental aviation training and other
continuing-education courses.
The Diamond Certificate is the higher of the FAA’s two
award levels for employers. It is awarded to organizations with 100
percent participation in the FAA’s maintenance training
program. Examples of approved training include FAA and industry
training seminars and on-the-job technical training or
college-level courses in science, mathematics or management.
For aviation technicians, the Ruby Award is the second-highest
of the FAA’s five award levels. The Diamond Award is the
highest. Each level is based on the hours of qualifying aircraft
maintenance training each member of the aviation maintenance work
force receives during the year. Requirements for a Ruby Award are
completion of a 10-day aviation maintenance course, 58 hours of
maintenance training, or 15 hours of teaching maintenance training.
A Gold Award requires 34 hours of aviation maintenance training, a
Silver Award requires 14 hours, and a Bronze Award requires six
hours.
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