MRO – AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TRAINING MANAGEMENT

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CHALLENGES FOR TRAINING MAINTENANCE ENTITIES

To comply with training quality standards and to obtain a PART-147 certificate, organizations must follow all standards and procedures required by national and international authorities regarding their training area.
In most cases, training programs involve a large amount of information on program content, trainees, courses, and activity plans that are often difficult to control.
If training audit processes are not correctly followed and controlled by respective auditors, the risk nonconformities occur increases.

THE SOLUTION THAT MONITORS AND CONTROLS ALL STAGES OF TRAINING

The MRO – Aircraft Maintenance Training Management solution from Quidgest allows managing trainees and trainers’ data (biographical and professional information, certification, etc.) and training activities (registration, attendance lists, assessment, documentation, etc.), facilitating the management of the demanding audit process.

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MAJOR ADVANTAGES

  • Improved quality of training programs: better identification of training needs.

  • Internal communication improvement: to centralize processes, all departments will work with the same system ensuring consistent and constantly updated data.
    Furthermore, it is possible to access information via the Web portal.

  • Budget Management: monitor and control (annual) budgets.

  • More efficient data management: due to a single database containing an integrated collection of administrative data records. These records can be shared between the departments, preventing duplication of data entries

  • Manage and control registrations and waiting lists more efficiently: automatic document generation, including trainee´s preferences, creation of waiting lists.

  • External communication improvement: confirmation, rescheduling or cancellation notices are sent to attendees by e-mail along with course material and any other relevant detail.

  • Cost reduction: due to more efficient administrative processes and paperwork elimination, which are time savings for the organization as well as for employees.

  • Stimulates continuous improvement: training evaluation
    will help your organization improve training delivery.

  • Clear overview of the allocated human resources: consult complete profiles of the trainers and trainees, including planned activities.

  • High-capacity of integration and information sharing: due to its flexibility, systems related to Training Management can be integrated with other solutions developed by Quidgest or other software development companies.

  • Access levels: To safeguard the security and privacy of data, the amount of information you will have access to is determined by the administrator;

  • User-friendly interfaces: Ease of use and learnability of the
    system.

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POWERFUL RESOURCES AND TOOLS

TRAINING MANAGEMENT

  • Training needs assessment.
  • Definition of training programs and contents.
  • Internal and external communication about scheduled courses.
  • Monitoring and control during the execution of the training program.
  • Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of the training on the short- and long-term, by training area, courses, and actions.

TRAINEE MANAGEMENT

  • Management of trainee profiles: including training history, certifications, registrations, and tests.
  • Training evaluation by trainees: identification of weaknesses in training delivery or individuals, improving training programs, and individual performance.
  • Efficient and flexible training registration and progress information by trainees.

TRAINER MANAGEMENT

  • Management of trainer profiles: professional information, training entity, certifications and qualifications, costs associated, and availability.
  • Trainer evaluation by trainees.

TRAINING ACTIVITIES

  • Management of training activities: including registrations, sessions, absences, list of attendees, evaluations, and documentation.
  • Logistics management: location and resource planning.

CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EXAMS

  • Management and automatic generation of exams (theory and practical), done by technicians.
  • Automatic generation of exams.
  • Add questions manually.
  • Organize questions by application category, by question type, and type of training.

TRAINING EVALUATION

  • Automatic generation of training evaluation questionnaires.
  • Automated activation of questionnaires.
  • Respond online to training evaluation questionnaires.
  • Statistical analyses based on training evaluations.

SUPPORT MATERIAL

  • Attachment of support material: training programs, certifications, exams, etc.;
  • Issuance of certificates and elaboration of reports including information on the number of training hours, responsible trainers, number of attendees, etc..
  • Management of the training procedures manual.

TRAINING MANAGEMENT STATISTICS

  • Elaborate reports and graphics describing training needs by trainer and department;
  • Create graphical scorecards and reports that facilitate process monitoring, including staff/trainee attendance, evaluations, satisfaction level, etc..
  • Reporting of training programs including expenses summary.

AUDITS MANAGEMENT

  • Information management related to the complete audit lifecycle.
  • Management of data received by auditors.
  • Development of audit plans and checklists.
  • File attachment related to processes.
  • Definition of audit requirements and development forms, reports, and recommendations.
  • Record and management of nonconformities.
  • Alerts and predefined notifications.

OTHER FEATURES

  • Report on training costs, by session, and by course.
  • Integrates seamlessly with the Competence Management and Performance Management modules (at an organizational level).
    Define user access levels.
  • Import and export data: integrated with Office and other applications.
  • Integration with Web platforms.
  • Create alerts and notifications.

SUCCESS STORIES

The solution developed by Quidgest included a support tool for training management, in accordance with Annex IV of the European Regulation 2042/2003 (part 147).
This application supports PGA-MTO to manage all training, examination, and audit processes more efficiently. The new features control all running educational processes, allowing integrated and systematic management of all requirements, records, and documents.
The exam generation processes are in compliance with the European Regulation 1149/2011 and include generation of basic and type exams (theory and practical).

Daniel Coimbra, MTO Quality Manager at Portugália Airlines

The MRO Training Software solution Quidgest has implemented at LAS-MTO is crucial for the organization. It is a unique and innovative solution that gives us competitive advantages in today´s marketplace.

Catarina Dias, CTO at LAS-MTO

Aircraft maintenance training entities need systems that meet the high levels of demand required.
Discover the most competitive and functional solution on the market, with no user limit and no annual renewals.