Eastwing Aviation Concludes One-month Aircraft Engineering Training At ESUT
By Amaechi Agbo
As part of efforts to enhance its manpower development and promote quality assurance in aircraft servicing, Maintenance and repair, the Eastwing Aviation Institute Enugu has concluded a 30-day training programme at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT).
The training programme which held at the Faculty of Engineering Laboratory, ESUT commenced on July 8 and ended on Friday, August 1 with 12 staff of the being put through the practical aspect of aircraft maintenance, servicing and repair under the guidance of ESUT Lecturer, Engr Obeta Christian Nwachukwu.
Speaking in an interview, the Secretary of Eastwing Aviation Enugu, Michael Onuminya who led the team to the university, told ESUT Monitor that the training was to enhance the output of the trainees with a view to make them professionals and world engineers in aircraft maintenance and repair.
“Our objective is to give the staff the needed and required training in aircraft repair and maintenance. As aircraft engineers, we embark on routine training to equip them better. We have been at ESUT since July and we are concluding today being Friday.
“We have understanding with the management of the university to use their facilities or laboratories in scaling up our staff training and that is why we are here. At Eastwing Aviation, professionalism and quality assurance are our key principles and that is why we are embarking on regular training to equip our engineers with the prerequisites they need to be better,” she said.
On his part, the Chief Technologist, Engr Obeta Nwachukwu of the Department of Electrical/Electronics, ESUT, said that the training which started on 8th of July was part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed previously by the ESUT Management and the Eastwing Aviation.
“The essence of the training is that they need our knowledge and facilities to facilitate their training of engineers. There is a collaborative understanding between Eastwing and ESUT on knowledge sharing and use of facilities. When we start running our Aeronautical Engineering, we will also send our students to them for training. They have been here, twelve of them, for intense training and we rounded off on Friday,” Engr Obeta said.
It could be recalled that the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) in November 2023 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Eastwing Aviation Institute, Enugu to offer National Diploma and Higher National Diploma certificates in Aircraft Engineering Technology. This collaboration aims to empower youths in the South East by providing opportunities in the aviation sector.
Eastwing Aviation is a Nigerian indigenous registered aviation training centre that specialises in training and retraining of aviation personnel to both national and international standards. The centre was founded and registered with the Nigerian corporate affairs commission in 2012.
