Aviation Program

Target Group:

• Indigenous High School Age Students.
• Indigenous Youth disengaged from School
• Indigenous Adults who are unemployed.
• Disadvantaged non Indigenous youth and adults from properties and small communities in South West Queensland.

About Eagle Edge Solutions

• EES is driven by by the conviction that:

INCREASED SKILLS + POSITIVE WORK ATTITUDE

= STRONG PROBABILITY OF SECURING LONG TERM EMPLOYMENT.

• Eagle Edge Solutions exists to empower people for life.
• EES is a not for profit organisation and is DGR approved by Australian tax office.

What qualifies Eagle Edge Solutions to run this program?

Wayne Dillon

• Is a qualified commercial pilot with 30 years’ experience in PNG and Outback Australia
• Trade qualification in metal Fabrication.
• 10 years’ experience in fiberglass fabrication and repairs.
• Qualified flight instructor. RA-Aus Licence 030282
• Cert 4 in training and assessing.

Program

• The pilot training to commence in 2012 with qualified Instructors.
• Training towards RA- AUS L 2 Maintenance authorisation certificate
• Work experience opportunities and field trips to Aircraft Fabricators - Queensland/NSW.
• 2013/14 Students involved in the restoration of a two seater training aircraft.
• Those participating within the program will be given their first flights.
• The aircraft restoration will be supervised by qualified aircraft engineers.

The goals of the program.

• To get ten people qualified with pilot certificate in 2012 (trained to fly solo).
• To provide flight training to the wider community across South-West Queensland.
• To equip Indigenous and non- Indigenous Youth and Adults with skills that they could never hope for outside this program.
• To promote employment opportunities in aerial mustering
• To provide an alternative educational program for High School Students (in Manual Arts Studies)
• To allow for further educational opportunities in aircraft fabrication and maintenance
• To provide work experience in the Aviation/Engineering Industry.