MCAST accredited to offer aviation maintenance courses

The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology has started offering courses in aviation maintenance after it was awarded an international training license.

Currently, the sector employs over 510 full timers and the numbers were expected to rise as the government planned to market Malta as a place where aircraft could be registered, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt said.

Speaking during the opening of Mcast’s Aviation Maintenance Training Centre, he explained that this would attract more investment and generate jobs in the sector.

Mcast CEO Maurice Grech explained that the college started working on opening up the centre three years ago when Lufthansa Technik announced its intention to invest in Malta in the aviation maintenance sector and said it would employ over 500 technicians.

Mcast started working with Lufthansa to offer training to students, using Lufthansa’s licence. Mcast also applied for EU funds to build its own workshop and start training its personnel to be able to offer such training. It now received the international accreditation and had already applied for further EU funds to improve the training through which students will be supplied with a small plane to train on.