Today’s online solutions not only provide training on demand, in many cases they also deliver information in ways that is more beneficial to the technician in the field.
or all of its obvious faults, the
worldwide Interweb is proving to be a pretty useful tool, especially if you are involved with the operation and maintenance of aircraft and helicopters. Instead of waiting weeks to get the latest inspection and maintenance updates from the factory, that critical information is literally available to you at the touch of a key. And while having access to all this virtual information is a wonderful tool in itself, the real value is that it enables a technician to find the precise information they need when they need it. Say, for example, you wanted to give your technicians a refresher on the importance of proper tire inspection and maintenance to aircraft safety. You could just have them reread the information available in a technical manual (yawn!), or you could go to:
http://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/CourseLanding. aspx?cID=269 and have them take an online refresher training course. The key thing to remember, especially when dealing with younger technicians, is when it comes to information retention and value; successful online training is not so much based on what the information is, but rather how that information is delivered.
And the delivery vehicle of choice today, and in the future, is online and on-demand. “What we have seen is that the new- generation of aviation maintenance technicians we are training today have grown up differently than the technicians that were trained 10- or 20-years ago,” explained Josie Sutcliff, V.P. Marketing for (3D solutions training provider), NGRAIN (
www.ngrain.com) “These new
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