The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AW&HWAES) last week held its 26th Annual General Meeting, at which a new Board of Directors was appointed.
The new Board members are Lt. Col. (Ret’d.) Anthony Mekdeci who was voted Chairman; Capt. Ronald Reece, Vice-Chairman; and Directors Michael O. Correia Jnr, Capt. Malcolm G. Chan-A-Sue, Jonathan Fitt, Nicole Correia and Oshana Rogers.
A release from the school also noted that Nalini Chanderban, MBA, is the School’s General Manager, while Rabindra Ramoutar is the School’s Head of Training, and Devekanand Ramnarine is the Company Secretary.
The engineering school was established in 1993 as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineering School and recognised by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) as an Aviation Training Organisation (ATO).
The School is also recognised by the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System of CARICOM (CASSOS), the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Suriname (CASAS). The school is a full member of the Flight Safety Foundation, USA, and the International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) in the United Kingdom, the release stated.
It added that AW&HWAES provides Aircraft Maintenance Engineers for the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the Guyana Defence Force Air Corps, and graduates of the school have found international employment with aviation organisations such as Delta, Bombardier, Abu Dhabi Aviation, Canadian Flyers, Bristow T&T and National Helicopters.
It said that twenty-three of the School’s graduates have been employed in the Oil & Gas Industry since last year by companies such as Exxon, TechnipFMC, Schlumberger Guyana Inc., Halliburton, TotalTec and SBM Offshore.
Further, Caribbean Airlines Ltd. has employed thirty graduates of the School under an Apprenticeship Programme and the School has trained students sponsored by LIAT Airlines from Barbados, St, Vincent and Antigua with the Antigua Board of Education having sponsored students for the past seven years.
