Malaysia needs more skilled workers in aviation industry

• The global Maintenance, repairing and Overhaul  (MRO) service industry is expected to be worth RM 195.3 billion by 2020.
• Government has identified the MRO industry as a profitable industry and expects to create 21,000 extra jobs and contribute RM 12.62 billion by 2020.
• Government believes the demand for MRO service will increase with the growth in regional economies like India and China and plans to make Malaysia as a Asia Pacific MRO hub
• MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE) the engineering and maintenance division of Malaysia Airlines is said to be well positioned to benefit from this opportunity
• Director general of Department of Civil Aviation recently said Malaysia needed more licensed aviation engineers and pointed out there was a lack of training centers in the country to train engineers with knowledge in general aviation
• Currently, there are 8 flight training schools in the country but only 5 aircraft engineering schools have been certified as Authorised Training Orgranisation to produce engineers
• The Schools are;

1. Malaysian Airline Engineering Training Center

2. DILOG Training and Services

3. Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology

4. Aeroprecesion Aviation Training Center

5. Malaysian Aviation Training Academy (MATA)

• According to Ministry of Human Resource survey - Malaysia needed 16,000 aircraft engineers a year, but in the last 15 years only 3,000 licensed engineers were produced.