Training revamped

Volume 48, No. 10, June 15, 2006

GETTING TECHNICAL: STM air training has been revamped, with the two-week promotion pre-requisite course receiving an overhaul. Norminations can be made via PMKeys. Photo by SGT Mark Eaton.

SENIOR Non Commissioned Officer Technical Manager (STM) training has had a revamp with the successful completion of a trial course.

The STM Air Course finished in May, with second and third trials to include different Force Element Group mixes.

The STM Ground Course is still in the development phase but will provide training for the ground-based technical trades such as Communications Electronics Technicians and Ground Support Engineering and Ground Mechanical Engineering.

The STM Air Course is a pre-requisite for attaining substantive rank to SGT for Air Force Aviation Technical personnel identified for promotion with a seniority date of January 2007 onwards.

The course is also open to any prospective and current SNCOs, WOFFs, and equivalent Defence contracted civilian maintenance managers working in an ADF Aviation technical environment.

The course will also provide valuable refresher training for those employed away from the operational maintenance environment for a significant period, before returning to squadron maintenance management duties on posting.

The revamped STM Air Course, a result of recommendations of further technical traning from the then Aviation Maintenance Capability Review Team, is two weeks’ duration.

It has been designed to provide the knowledge and skills required to manage technical personnel and maintenance activities safely, effectively, and with optimum economy of effort.

The course covers maintenance administration, task management, aviation regulatory requirements, human factors in maintenance, aviation risk management, maintenance organisation audit awareness, ADF aviation maintenance quality assurance system and maintenance management as a whole.

Of note, the competency log book presented for completion to students of the 2005 STM Air courses is no longer a requirement, and students with the books are not required to complete them.

Nominations for the revamped STM Air course can be made directly via PMKeys, STM Air Course Code 202359. The yearly course schedule can be viewed via PMKeys.

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