Atlantic Aviation Group, specialists in aircraft upkeep, have unveiled plans to employ 30 trainee technicians amidst expanding operations. The organisation, based in Shannon, presently employs a workforce of 600 in Ireland and an additional 150 at Brize Norton in England. Its work, which includes aircraft maintenance, overhaul, and repair, services an increasing roster of clients from global airlines.
This year, the company intends to onboard 30 trainees aiding the growth of its client base. Atlantic Aviation is entering a collaboration with Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board for a two-year training scheme. Upon successful completion, the trainees will be awarded a category A aircraft maintenance license by the Irish Aviation Authority, the sector’s governing body. These globally acknowledged qualifications enable the newly minted technicians to seek employment anywhere in the world in an industry with a pronounced need for trained personnel.
Atlantic Aviation Group aims to address this skill shortage and meet the company’s requirements through its combined programme with the education board. Eva O’Keeffe, Chief Aviation Services Officer at Atlantic, expressed the company’s excitement to welcome two more training groups, having successfully populated three in the previous year.
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s James Power reiterated the organisation’s commitment to buttress the region’s aviation sector. Citing their support’s history since 1989, first with Shannon Aerospace and currently with Atlantic Aviation Group, he emphasised the global recognition of the qualifications obtained through their training – a passport for ambitious aspirants to secure jobs and opportunities in the aviation sector the world over.