REPORT #94 August 1999
BELIZE PROUDLY ANNOUNCES A NEW PUBLIC AVIATION SCHOOL!


Produced by the Belize Development Trust

Mission Statement of the new Public School:
To provide quality occupational training to persons interested in mechanics, electronics, electrical wiring, aviation and engines of all types. So that students may participate in the needed growth of engineering, entrepreneurship, export and sustitute imported mechanical devices and a wide range of subsidiary employment and self-employment opportunities within Belize.

Applications:
Applicants should have at least two years of High School.

Location:
The Federal District of Belmopan. The Public Aviation School has dormitories and cafeteria for students from all around the six districts of the nation of Belize. Foreign students are welcome, provided they can speak and write English as a second language and there are open spaces.

Graduation:
Graduates will be expected to pass the USA FAA exams for Powerplant and Airframe licensing. Graduates that do not pass the FAA exam should not worry, the school graduation certificate will qualify you for many jobs in Belize and more importantly qualify you to be self-employed with your own business, it just will not qualify you to work on aircraft. There is ample room to apply the lessons learned to many needy fields within Belize. >From bulldozer repairs, automobile mechanics, air conditioning, outboard mechanics, welding shops, manufacturing of specialized equipments, civil engineering equipment, labratory equipment testing and many, many other fields. Self employment and your own business is guaranteed with the skills learned here, if you want it.

Length of time of Course:
Two years!


WAIT A MINUTE! IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING IN BELIZE?

No! The answer is NO! It is not happening in Belize yet, though the need is great. Casual subjective estimates and studies show, that Belize Education needs ten students from the above engineering school for each equivalent graduate MBA or Accounting Degree currently being produced.

This school is the dream of Ray Auxillou, of Caye Caulker village on the Barrier Reef and he has been pushing, talking and writing about it since 1964. So far, with complete failure by those who get themselves elected to lead the government, or dictate the educational curriculums for education nationwide.


Let me flesh out the course subjects for the coming FALL SEMESTER for those of you interested in this public school idea. The following FALL SEMESTER curriculum is taken from the Public School in Miami, Florida, USA. The George T. Baker Aviation Public School, 3275 Northwest Forty-Second Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33141 Telephone: 1-305-871-3143

The Aircraft Technician Program:
This is a 2400 hour, three-part aviation mechanics program, which prepares students for employment as an aircraft mechanic. Enrollment can be for days, evenings, or on a part-time, or full time basis. The school complies with the requirements of Part 147 of the FAA regulations.

In Belize, an American country, and a wild pioneer rugged sparsly populated country, these USA style courses are deemed to be more applicable to the needs of the educational system, the countries needs, than those systems that are longer and more regimented in over-populated Europe. The U.K. in particular.


FALL SEMESTER CLASSES enrollment now!

GENERAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Basic electricity, Physics, fluid lines & fittings, corrosion control, mathematics, weight & blance, non-destructive testing, employability skills, materials and processes, drawing, ground handling.

AIRFRAME STRUCTURES
Composites, welding, flight theory, assembly & rigging, wood structures, aircraft finishes, fabric covering, aircraft inspection, sheetmetal.

AIRFRAME SYSTEMS
Cabin atmosphere, ice & rain removal, hydraluics & pneumatics, landing gear, communication and navigation, fire protection, fuel systems, instrument systems, airframe electricity.

POWERPLANT THEORY AND MAINTAINANCE
Engine removal & installation, troubleshooting, reciprocating engine theory, reciprocating engine overhaul, engine inspection, turbine engine theory.

POWERPLANT SYSTEMS
Fuel and metering systems, lubrication systems, ignition systems, engine electrical, engine instruments, fire protection, propellers, engine cooling systems, engine induction system.

ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
Soldering and basic laboratory practices, employability skills, entrepreneurial, dc circuits, ac circuits, analog circuits-Part B, technical recording, basis math skills, basic science skills, digital circuits, microprocessors, analog circuits-Part A, A.C. circuits-Part B, solid state devices, basic computer, digital circuits-Part A


WINTER SEMESTER - to be continued, or contact the Public School in Miami direct.

SPRING SEMESTER - to be continued, or contact the Public School in Miami direct.

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