Developing Effective Competence Management within an Aviation Environment

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Rising to the challenge of mentoring a growing workforce, becomes a more difficult challenge if the management lacks the specific skill set to deliver the Competency Management processes?

What do we mean by Competence?

Essentially we are talking about the ability of the individual to perform a task or series of task with the correct attitude awareness knowledge and understanding.

All EASA approved organisations are required to demonstrate the management of competence. 
Sometimes in sufficient attention is given by the organisation to the role of managing competence within the organisation employees who lack knowledge and experience may in fact increase the likelihood of an error or mistake (the worst outcome).

Many organisations particularly the ones which have been around for some time can have multiple management layers which can even sometimes impede the effectiveness of the organization. This can also have a direct bearing on the management of the competence of the workforce.
It is also evident in some organisations where Staff initiatives are stifled and a lack of team work and encouragement is usually evident. Often there is a lack of interdepartmental or organisation procedures and Service Level Agreements.

Issues which may have a negative impact include weakness in respect of the management of Competency together with insufficient provision of training needed.
Our front line staff who should be highly trained and competent sometimes demonstrate on a regular basis a lower level of competence which is impacted by a training weakness caused by insufficient attention when implementing real Aircraft Maintenance Competence Assessment & Training programs.

The Role of Training
When we talk about delivering training as part of the competence management program we should ensure that we provide sufficient consideration to accommodate the organization culture, Means that the training should fit into the existing environment.

We should ensure the correct relationship between the “Teacher” and the “Student”. The delegates need to feel that they are part of the solution and not simply being lectured to or even worse lectured at!

The importance of leadership needs to be highlighted and the opportunity to use this leadership for motivation of the workshop. Often the organisation does not place enough focus on the development of business simply dealing with today and not paying too much attention to tomorrow. Gap Analysis can identify key improvement areas as part The Need for Aircraft Maintenance Competence Assessment & Training.

SofemaOnline offers EASA Part 145 Competence & Quality Package for 160 USD per delegate.

Package consists of: 
Root Cause Analysis for Quality Assurance Practitioners
Aviation Compliance Auditing In an EASA Environment
Managing Organisational Competence in a 145 Environment
Price: 160.00 USD

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