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maintenance programs can take courses in business as well as aviation management and administration to develop their leadership skills and management knowledge. Te degree can be pursued as an extension of the AMT
AAS degree or by current AMTs with an associate degree. To better support working AMTs, the bachelor’s degree program is offered online.
Working with Strategic Partners Britt credits SUU’s success in developing and launching a unique AMT program—despite the additional complications of debuting an educational program just as COVID-19 was about to spread throughout the world—to the university’s multiple partnerships across industry and government. It worked closely with aircraft operators who sought bet- ter-trained AMTs, associations like ATEC and HAI, and government entities, including the FAA and the state of Utah. Staffing shortages at the local Salt Lake City Flight Standards
District Office (FSDO) led to oversight of the development of the new SUU program being transferred to the San Diego (California) FSDO. Tat FSDO had more recent experience supporting AMT program development and thus was open to working with SUU to make changes to AMT education
while also remaining compliant with 14 CFR Part 147. Britt also credits that FSDO with helping SUU pivot quickly to presenting some courses online during the pandemic. SUU also approached the state of Utah to obtain financial
support for its expansion of AMT education. To attract more technical industry and skilled jobs, the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity in 2014 launched Talent Ready Utah, a workforce development program that provides state residents with exposure to careers in aerospace and defense as well as other targeted industries. SUU was successful in securing a Learn & Work in Utah
grant that covered the first semester’s tuition for 14 students. It also won a Perkins grant, a federal program that supports career and technical education, to purchase equipment and supplies as well as to support a future avionics emphasis in the degree program. SUU also joined HAI in initiating the Utah Rotor Pathways
Program (URPP)—a multilevel effort by state government, industry, and educators to develop a skilled workforce for the rotorcraft industry in Utah. In 2021, the university received a perpetual Strategic Workforce Initiative grant from the state, worth $320,000 a year, to help run the AMT AAS degree program, add a professor, and develop additional
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The new AMT school complements and closely works in conjunction with SUU’s successful flight training department.
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