Vision
"To be a center of excellence in Maintenance Aviation Systems locally, regionally and globally in the field of technical training."
Mission
Provide excellent, high quality programs to meet the needs of employees of GACA, in accordance with international standards.
Goal
Meet the needs of the Civil Aviation industry and provide specialist technicians privileged to serve in Air Navigation Services (ANS).
Objectives
- Keep pace with the rapid development of navigational devices, and the design and development of courses to serve the aviation sector.
- Provision of technical courses to serve the employees of the General Authority of Civil Aviation.
MAS Diploma Program
Three Year Diploma Program
DIPLOMA NAME: Maintenance of Aviation Systems
DATE & DURATION: Three Years
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION
SHORT COURSES
COURSE NO.1
COURSE NAME: Basic Radar Systems
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this course, electronics and communication technicians will be able to describe the basic concepts and principles of operation of radar systems and be eligible to attend any radar equipment course.
COURSE NO.2
COURSE NAME: Radar Systems (PSR Raytheon)
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: The course has been designed to provide an Experienced Radar Engineer/Technician with:
- Clear understanding of the complete PSR system and its sub-systems.
- Knowledge of the functional operation of the PSR system and an understanding of board/LRU functions.
- Selection and use of maintenance aids such as fault finding procedures, manual and automatic fault isolation
- Restoration of PSR system operation after minor or serious fault conditions
COURSE NO.3
COURSE NAME: Radar Systems (MSSR Raytheon)
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: The course has been designed to provide an Experienced Radar Engineer/Technician with:
- Clear understanding of the complete MSSR system and its sub-systems.
- Knowledge of the functional operation of the PSR system and an understanding of board/LRU functions.
- Selection and use of maintenance aids such as fault finding procedures, manual and automatic fault isolation.
- Restoration of PSR system operation after minor or serious fault conditions.
COURSE NO.4COURSE NAME: Basic Air Navigation Communication
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this course trainees will be able to describe the basic concept and principle of operation of navigation radio communication to be eligible for attending any navigational aids equipment course.
- The basic functions of General Telecommunication Systems.
- The Basics of Analog and Digital signals.
- The Basics of Digital Signal Processing.
- Analog to digital signal conversion techniques.
- The advantage of Digital Systems.
- Different Modulation methods (AM, FM,QPSK,PAM, and PCM,)
- Multiple Access Methods ( FDMA, TDMA, CDMA)
- Signal Encoding Schemes.
- Bus Structures and Data transmission protocols. for IOM2 Bus, HDLC, and Serial Bus Systems.
- Common Physical Components of a Network.
- Physical Topology Categories.
COURSE NO.5
COURSE NAME: VCSS SCHMID MAINTENANCE
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To provide trainees with an extensive knowledge in ICS 200/60 that they will be able to:
- Operate and maintain ICS 200/60.
- Read out and modify data with PC.
- Operate the system with software.
- Carry out preventive maintenance.
- Perform maintenance tasks procedures.
COURSE NO.6
COURSE NAME Rhode and Shwars Radio Maintenance 4200
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this module, the trainees will have the skill and the knowledge of Operation and maintenance of:
- R and S Radio Equipment installed at the airports of the Kingdom.
- Become familiarized with different types of radio equipment used for different frequency bands.
- Understand Radio Communication introduction and identification.
COURSE NO.7
COURSE NAME: VCSS FREQUANTIS (3020)
DATE & DURATION: 25 Days/ (150 Hrs.) (150 H)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To provide trainees with an extensive knowledge in VCS frequentis so that they will be able to:
- Operate and maintain VCS frequents (3020)
- Read out and modify data with PC
- Operate the system with software
- Carry out the preventive maintenance,
- Perform the maintenance tasks procedures
COURSE NO.8
COURSE NAME: JOTRON RADIO MAINTENANCE
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this module,
trainees will have the skill and the knowledge of operation and maintenance of:
- JOTRON Radio Equipment installed at the airports of the Kingdom.
- Become familiarized with different types of radio equipment used for different frequency bands.
- Understand Radio Communication introduction and identification.
COURSE NO.9
COURSE NAME: Basic Navigational Aid Systems
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this course trainees will be able to: Understand the basic concepts and principles of operation of NAVAID (ILS system, VOR, TACAN and DME equipments).
COURSE NO.10
COURSE NAME: TACAN 453 AIRSYS MAINTENANCE
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this course trainees will be able to:
Understand the basic concepts and principles of operation of TACAN systems, perform PMI, perform F\C, fault-find and maintain the system.
COURSE NO.11
COURSE NAME: VOR431 / DME435 AIRSYS MAINTENANCE
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this courses trainees will be able to: Understand the basic concepts and principles of operation of the VOR431/DME435 system, perform PMI, Perform F\C, fault-find and maintain the system.
COURSE NO.12
COURSE NAME: ILS THALES MAINTENANACE 400
DATE & DURATION: 8 WEEKS (240 H)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To provide trainees with an extensive knowledge in ILS /DME 400 so that they will be able to:
- Operate and maintain ILS / DME 400.
- Read out and modify data with PC.
- Operate the system with software.
- Carry out preventive maintenance.
- Perform maintenance tasks procedures.
COURSE NO.13
COURSE NAME: ILS NORMAC /DME FERNAU MAINTENANCE
DATE & DURATION: 8 WEEKS (240 H)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of ILS NORMAC NM7000B / DME FERNAU 2020 equipment course, the trainees will be able to: Operate and maintain ILS-NORMAC 7000B/DME FERNAU 2020 equipment smoothly as per
ILS-NORMAC 7000B series and DME FERNAU 2020 training and instruction manual.
COURSE NO.14
COURSE NAME: PC Application
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this courses trainees will be able to:
- Identify basic hardware PC components and understand the procedure of assembling personnel computers.
- Understand the basic concepts of computer software and its operating systems.
COURSE NO.15
COURSE NAME: Advanced Navigational Networks
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: This course introduces the networking field is placed on network terminology and protocols, local area networks, wide-area networks, OSI model, cabling, router programming, Ethernet, IP addressing, and network standards. Upon completion, students should be able to:
- Perform tasks related to networking mathematics, terminology, models, media, Ethernet, sub-netting, and TCP/IP Protocols.
- Describe the protocols and services provided by the application layer in the OSI and TCP/IP models and describe how this layer operates in various networks
- Build a simple Ethernet network using routers and switches.
COURSE NO.16
COURSE NAME: NATIONAL ANS NETWORK (NAN)
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: At the end of this course, the trainee will have:
- Overview of NAN Network components.
- Describe networks function.
- Identify the major network components
- Understand the basics of the Tellabs 8100 system and its network elements.
- Use the Service Computer of Tellabs 8100 system.
- Modify the NODE Configuration.
- Be able to solve some troubleshooting of NAN networks.
COURSE NO.17
COURSE NAME: UNIX OPERATING AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEM
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To provide trainees with an extensive knowledge in UNIX commands so that they will be able to:
- Understanding the OS of UNIX and navigate through shells and execute shell commands.
- Manage the files and directories using the command line interface.
- Perform maintenance tasks such as adding users, backing up the system, shutting down and rebooting.
- Establish the relationship between Unix environment and Air Navigation System such as Radar and DATA
- Reduce fear, uncertainty and doubt in UNIX commands.
COURSE NO.18
COURSE NAME: Basic System Maintenance Engineers
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: This course is designed to give a basic idea of SME responsibilities and procedure and maintenance control responsibilities and procedures
COURSE NO.19
COURSE NAME: Advance System Maintenance
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: After successful completion of this course trainees will be able to do:
- Routine scheduled maintenance designed to preserve the equipment or to reduce the chance of failure.
- Leadership tasks as required.
- Clear an existing failure or malfunction
COURSE NO.20
COURSE NAME: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
DATE & DURATION: 20 Days / (120 Hrs.)
LOCATION: SAUDI ACADEMY OF CIVIL AVIATION.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: This course is designed to give a basic idea of ATM work and show importance of the availability and readability of the equipment to the aviation industry.