| |19 December 2019HIGHERReviewAAC prepares students to work on the airport site, airport ground operations, passenger service, in air customer service and then also as ramp staffSOUTHEAST ASIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES-2019HIGHER EDUCATIONReviewTOP10stage of their career. "We recommend them to go through the diploma for three years to develop quality, matu-rity and also knowledge before going into a professional program, making them workable professionals. Longer duration of training makes them qual-ified, more mature and ready for the industry. You know they need a lot of practical exposure, basically to gain experience," states Adam Syahmi Abd Malek.AAC trainers have comprehensive skills and knowledge. They comply with the approved training organi-zation. Number one always is all the trainers and instructors here must have a training license. Most of the trainers are aircraft engineers; they have experience of about 10+ years who have worked in radio navigation, powerplant, airforce. Proper facul-ties take the meticulous task to pre-pare the students for complex indus-try works. A number of workshops ­ avionic workshop (which is more at electrical and electronic sites), engine workshop (which skills stu-dents on how to use aircraft parts) are some of the programs that en-hance the skill base of the students. Each workshop gives aircraft students first-hand access to achieve skills us-ing actual aircraft parts. The lectur-ers stay in contact with the industry. For instance, they stay updated with upcoming procedures at Boeing, keep track of whatever software or whatev-er technology is currently being used in aviation. In aviation, it is needed to have a strong basic knowledge, good basic fundamentals. For this purpose, students are actually trained at AAC with each of the programs having on the job training at college and indus-try. With this program, students get hands-on experience of a minimum of 6 months. They need not go to find any training center. Whatever they study here, placement is provided in accordance with that. Air Asia, Air Asia X, Malindo Air, Asia Aero Tech-nic, Sepang Aircraft Engineering, and Malaysia Airlines Berhad are some of the companies that assess the stu-dents based on their skills and recruit them. "In operations where profes-sionals work on airlines, flight plan-ner, flight schedule, traffic controller in airports, professional licensing in aircraft, maintenance, the profes-sionals get options to go to the pri-vate sector, meaning the non-airlines and do aircraft maintenance," speaks Adam Syahmi Abd Malek. As a pri-vate Malaysian institution dedicated to educating and training the students in aviation maintenance engineering, Adam Syahmi Abd Malek informs that the biggest demand for manpower re-quirement is in the fields of operation ­ business management site and next to it is aircraft maintenance. AAC is a big part of the Admal group that start-ed in 2002. It was a sales and leasing company where professionals still sell and lease fiber to flying schools and others. Now, it is one of Malaysia's maintenance repair centers for gen-eral aviation. At the college, students experience an education that prepares them for success and exposes them to new ideas, equips them with skills and knowledge to excel in selected ca-reers. "The main motto is to support students at career journey and beyond. There are a variety of support services available for students including learn-ing support, career advice, financial assistance and disability support," con-cludes Adam Syahmi Abd Malek.
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