Events
2016 Symposium
Event Date: Mar 16, 2016
2016 Symposium Information
The 2016 WAMEA Airworthiness Symposium & Trade Show will be taking
place March 16-18, 2016 at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Calgary, Alberta.
The
Board of Directors and Planning Committee are looking forward to this
unique opportunity for aircraft maintenance professionals, organizations
and operators to assemble, network and learn. As a key participant in
keeping aircraft safe and protecting the flying public it is important
that we stand united and have our voices heard.
This
year's Symposium will be comprised of mini-courses, speaker sessions, a
trade show, a mini-skills competition and great networking
opportunities.
Symposium Schedule.pdf
Registration is now open! Registration can be completed online, or by submitting the below forms. Please note, your membership must be renewed to register at the member rates.
Delegate Registration 2016.pdf Trade Show Registration 2016.pdf
This event would not be possible without our excellent sponsors! If interested in sponsoring, please submit this form. Sponsorship Form 2016.pdf
Instructions for Renewing Your Membership & Registering for the Symposium Online!
- Click the "Apply for Membership" button, located in the top right hand corner of your screen.
- Fill in the required information and select membership type.
- Click "Submit Application and proceed to online payment."
- Fill in your billing information and click "Save Order." (Order will not be completed at this point).
- Now click "Symposium", located at the top of your screen.
- Click the “Register for this Event” button.
- Fill in the required information, and select your ticket preference. (Corporate membership is optional for exhibitor registration.) Note:
In order to register for the AME Member 2 Day Pass or Student/Apprentice
Member 2 Day Pass, you MUST complete the above steps pertaining to
membership first)
- Click "Proceed to Checkout."
- Fill in your billing information and click "Save Order."
- Verify your order is correct, then select "Confirm Order and go to Secure Payment Page.
- If your order is not correct, go to "View Account Pages" at the top of your screen. A drop down menu will appear, click "My Cart". Remove any unwanted items, then select "Proceed to checkout".
- Fill in your payment details, then select "Process Transaction."
- A receipt will automatically be sent to your email.
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2015 Symposium Mini Course - CARS Maintenance Release
Event Date: Mar 18, 2015
Dueck Aviation, CARs Maintenance Release Course. (2 Day Course) Max 30 Participants.
Wednesday March 18 8:30 - 16:00 &
Thursday March 19
8:30 - 16:00
Cost $445.00+GST.
Mini-Course Registration 2015.pdf
This course is designed to apply to any person who signs, or will be signing, a maintenance release, whether for “on-aircraft” work (as an AME with or without ACA) or for “off-aircraft” (“shop”) work (with SCA).
Introduction:
The participant will be able to identify the components of the
maintenance release statement as stipulated by the CARs.
The participant will be able to distinguish between a maintenance release and certification of a product.
The participant will be able to identify maintenance as distinct from maintenance control, and to identify the relevant assigned persons responsible for each and the CARs subparts upon which each is based.
The participant will be able to identify a maintenance release as the quality control function in aircraft maintenance.
The participant will be able to differentiate between adherence and compliance.
The participant will be able to correctly relate a maintenance release to a Certificate of Airworthiness.
The participant will be able to identify the correct perspective of the term airworthiness in the context of maintenance.
a) The participant will be able to identify the airworthiness requirements as to the applicable
maintenance standards, including the requirements pertaining to installation of parts.
b) The participant will be able to identify the airworthiness requirements with respect to
authorization to perform maintenance
work.
c) The participant will be able to identify the airworthiness requirements with respect to
records of maintenance
work performed.
d) The participant will be able to identify the airworthiness requirement for a maintenance release as
distinct from technical dispatch of an aircraft.
e) The participant will be able to identify the airworthiness requirements with respect to
certification authority.
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2015 Symposium Mini Course - Human Factors Workshop
Event Date: Mar 18, 2015
System Safety Services, Human Performance in Maintenance (2 Day Course) Max 30 Participants.
Wednesday March 18 8:30 - 16:00
Thursday March 19
8:30 - 16:00
Cost $500.00+GST.
Mini-Course Registration 2015.pdf
Human Performance in Maintenance Part 1
This two day workshop, designed by maintenance personnel for maintenance personnel, is highly interactive and helps answer why a conscientious person can end up causing an accident due to a maintenance error.
Participants will learn what they can do to avoid the maintenance error that no one ever intends to cause. It is a highly interactive workshop that covers:
1)
The objective and outline
2)
What Interferes With Our Performance/Judgment?
3)
Behavioral Analysis - Assertiveness
4)
Human Factor Errors (The Dirty Dozen)
5)
The Big Four Dirty Dozen - Stress, Fatigue, Communication and Teamwork (Note: Teamwork is covered with a survival exercise)
6)
Case Studies. There are three case studies mixed throughout the workshop. In these case studies they learn how to identify the chain of events and develop “Safety Nets” to avoid making the errors.
Some comments from past courses.
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Everyone in the industry should have an opportunity to attend.
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It was easy to understand and the most interesting I have ever done.
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Great course. You sure can deliver the message.
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It will be a valuable tool for work and my personal life. Thanks..
This course was a Transport Canada/Industry developed workshop and completion of it qualifies as initial or recurrent training in
Canada and the
USA
.
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2016 Symposium Mini Course - Human Factors Workshop
Event Date: Mar 16, 2017
System Safety Services, Human Performance in Maintenance (1 Day Course) Max 30 Participants.
Wednesday March 16 8:30 - 16:00
Cost $250.00+GST.
Mini-Course Registration 2016.pdf
Human Performance in Maintenance
This one day workshop, designed by maintenance personnel for maintenance personnel, is highly interactive and helps answer why a conscientious person can end up causing an accident due to a maintenance error.
Participants will learn what they can do to avoid the maintenance error that no one ever intends to cause. This workshop covers:
Introduction, Course Objective and Review of Part 1 - Part 2 begins with the objective and motivator. (Why should I be here?) Following this is a review of the Part 1 “Dirty Dozen” in the form of a video case study that challenges them to spot the “Dirty Dozen” and “Early Life Decisions” in a mock accident interview. The new material covered is:
Attitudes - A quiz gives them an idea of their attitude and then goes on to develop how attitudes are formed and what they can do to improve their attitude.
Communication - the written word focuses on how to ensure the writer and reader's "mental pictures" match. An actual case study where an incorrect logbook entry results in 24 deaths gives them a chance to rewrite the entry.
Company Culture - is looked at in order to provide an understanding of its influence of the work safety environment.
Norms - the way we do it here, is studied for its positive and negative influence and participants are trained on how to recognize the difference.
Case Study - A comprehensive case study is used that illustrates the influence of company culture as well of the role of maintenance in the accident.
This course was a Transport Canada/Industry developed workshop and completion of it qualifies as initial or recurrent training in
Canada and the
USA
.
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2017 Symposium
Event Date: Mar 15, 2017
The 2017 WAMEA Airworthiness Symposium & Trade Show will be taking place March 15-17, 2017 at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Calgary, Alberta.
The Board of Directors and Planning Committee are looking forward to this unique opportunity for aircraft maintenance professionals, organizations and operators to assemble, network and learn. As a key participant in keeping aircraft safe and protecting the flying public, it is important that we stand united and have our voices heard.
Conference room rate available! Call the hotel directory at 403-248-888 or toll-free at 1-888-661-1464. Please reference the group name of 'Western AME'.
Instructions for Renewing Your Membership & Registering for the Symposium Online!
- Click the "Apply for Membership" button, located in the top right-hand corner of your screen.
- Fill in the required information and select membership type.
- Click "Submit Application and proceed to online payment."
- Fill in your billing information and click "Save Order." (Order will not be completed at this point).
- Now click "Symposium", located at the top of your screen.
- Click the “Register for this Event” button.
- Fill in the required information, and select your ticket preference. (Corporate membership is optional for exhibitor registration.) Note: In order to register for the AME Member 2 Day Pass or Student/Apprentice Member 2 Day Pass, you MUST complete the above steps pertaining to membership first)
- Click "Proceed to Checkout."
- Fill in your billing information and click "Save Order."
- Verify your order is correct, then select "Confirm Order and go to Secure Payment Page.
- If your order is not correct, go to "View Account Pages" at the top of your screen. A drop down menu will appear, click "My Cart". Remove any unwanted items, then select "Proceed to checkout".
- Fill in your payment details, then select "Process Transaction."
- A receipt will automatically be sent to your email.
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2017 Symposium Mini Course - The Why and How of You Managing Risk
Event Date: Mar 15, 2017
The Why and How of You Managing Risk
This excellent training course will cover the following topics. Each participant will receive a human factors recurrent training certificate.
Just what is risk and why should we worry
about (managing) it?
What needs to be analyzed and how do we
find it? What are the two types of risk?
Risk analysis (RA), the risk matrix tool
and risk tolerance (RT)
Risk analysis
practice
The role of Company
culture in RA
Case Study – “The Story of Someone Else"
Wrap up and certificate award
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2018 Symposium
Event Date: Mar 21, 2019
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2018 Symposium Mini Course - Effective Auditing
Event Date: Mar 21, 2018
This course was designed to improve your auditing skills. It includes audit fundamentals, audit preparation, audit planning, audit execution interviewing techniques, developing sample plans, writing findings and developing audit reports. Additional time is provided for in-class participation exercises. This course prepares the auditor for performing effective internal and external audits.
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2018 Symposium Mini Course - Rockwell Collins Equipment Maintenance - Helpful Tips & Resources
Event Date: Mar 21, 2018
In this one-day course, Wade Ouellet, of Rockwell Collins will be discussing avionics troubleshooting, tips and tricks, and resources for PL21, Fusion, Autopilot/FCS, CES/Venue, CASP, new ADS-B, and FANS systems.
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2019 Symposium
Event Date: Mar 21, 2019
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2019 Symposium Mini-Course - Aviation Quality Solutions - Effective Auditing
Event Date: Mar 21, 2019
This course was designed to improve your auditing skills. It includes audit fundamentals, audit preparation, audit planning, audit execution interviewing techniques, developing sample plans, writing findings and developing audit reports. Additional time is provided for in-class participation exercises. This course prepares the auditor for performing effective internal and external audits.
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2019 Symposium Mini-Course - System Safety Services - Human Factors
Event Date: Mar 22, 2019
No one intends to make an error. Not you
and certainly not me yet they occur on a daily basis. We are going to look at what can cause us to
make these errors (the Dirty Dozen and friends) and develop some Safety nets
that will help you avoid making that “stupid” mistake. A booklet will be provided so come prepared
to contribute to some of the error prevention strategies. The group will also be participating in a
“Team work” exercise.
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2020 Symposium
Event Date: Mar 19, 2020
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Full-Day Mini-Course
Event Date: Mar 19, 2020
Control of Aircraft Parts
Presented by Dave McIntosh, President, Aviation Quality Solutions Inc.
March 19, 2020
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Course Description
The Control of Parts course was designed to explore the expectations of the documentation required for the installation of parts on Canadian registered aircraft. We will discuss regulations, standards & practices relating to parts receiving inspection, minimum part certification requirements and Suspect Unapproved Parts.
Syllabus
Introduction
Aviation Terms & Definitions
- Basic aviation terms and definitions affecting the Stores Person
Regulations
- Review of the CARs that affect Stores Persons (CAR 571, 561 & 563)
- Bilateral agreements (FAA & EASA)
- Service Difficulty Reporting (SDR) for suspect unapproved Parts (SUP)
Stores Facility
- General Transport Canada, IATA & CASE facility requirements
- In-coming parts area, storage area, shipping area
Product Identification
- Tagging procedures
- Serviceable and unserviceable part segregation
Purchasing
- Purchase Order requirements
- Approved Vendor Lists
Suspected Unapproved Parts (SUP)
- Definition
- History of suspected unapproved parts
- Incidents and accidents resulting from SUPs
- TCCA Safety Alerts
- FAA Unapproved Parts Notification
- Identifying unapproved parts
Receiving Inspection Process
- Four basic steps to product receipt
- Minimum Part Certification requirements
- AC 571-024 interpretation
- TCCA Form One, EASA Form 1 and 8130-3 requirements
- ATA 106
- Manufacturer & Distributor C of C
Product Storage
- Sensitive parts such as light, high pressure vessel, oxygen, & gyros
- Flammable product
- Shelf Life & Life Limited product
- Electrostatic Discharge
Product Traceability
Control of Non-conforming Product
- Identifying non-conforming product
- Procedures for containing non-conforming product
Product Handling & Packaging
- General requirements and procedures
- ATA Specification 300
Tool Control
- Calibrated tool requirements
- Calibrated tool traceability requirements
- Calibrated tool certification requirements
Surviving a Stores Audit
- Top audit findings
- Preparing for an audit
Exam and Review
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Half-Day Mini-Course
Event Date: Mar 10, 2020
How to Avoid the Error You Never Intended to Make
Presented by Renée Dupont-Adams, CEO, System Safety Services
March 20, 2020
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Course Description
No one intends to make an error. Not you and certainly not me yet they occur on a daily basis. We are going to look at what can cause us to make these errors (the Dirty Dozen and friends) and develop some Safety nets that will help you avoid making that “stupid” mistake. A booklet will be provided so come prepared to contribute to some of the error prevention strategies. The group will also be participating in a “Teamwork” exercise.
Speaker Bio
Renée Dupont-Adam is the CEO and a Facilitator of “Human Factors/SMS Training" for System Safety Services in Richmond, BC, Canada.
Renée began her life in aviation when she took her first flight from Lae – Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea in her fathers’ Cessna 182 at the ripe old age of 3 weeks old. From that point forward, Renée has been involved in all aspects of aviation, including holding her private pilot's license, setting up the Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association (PAMEA), the Maintenance and Ramp Safety Society (MARSS) and helping present the 1st World Conference on Maintenance Errors and Their Prevention in 1995. Renée also held the position of Editor for “GroundEffects” from 1997 – 2002. In 1993 the “Dirty Dozen” posters were developed by her father, Gordon Dupont, who is known as the “Father of the Dirty Dozen” and thus she became the “Sister of the Dirty Dozen”. She has presented papers for the Flight Safety Foundation, WATS, CHC Safety Summit, BASS, Women in Aviation, Georgia Business Association, etc. Renée continues to facilitate workshops all over the world in the interest of furthering Safety awareness, by helping engineers, flight crew and companies develop “Safety Nets” to lessen the occurrence of making the mistakes they don’t intend to make.
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