The Evaluation of the Learning Curriculum of the Aircraft Maintenance Training Organization 147 for Avionic Study Program as a Basis in Meeting the Need of the Aviation Industry

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to provide recommendations for setting learning outcomes in the curriculum application of Aircraft Maintenance Training Organization (AMTO 147) as a requirement to produce graduates of the Avionics study program as aircraft maintenance experts. The approach in this research was applied by introducing competency standards required by the aviation industry in accordance with the curriculum standard design framework of the level three diploma program. Competencies that are used as industry references or standards for aircraft maintenance experts are set based on the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR) Part 147 and CASR Part 65 recommended by the Directorate of Airworthiness and Aircraft Operations, Directorate General of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, and ICAO Annexes 1 (International Civil Aviation Organization). The result of this curriculum design was in the form of a graduate profile accompanied by the description of graduates who have the expertise competency to become aircraft technicians in the field of aviation electronics with basic license C, obtained through the training program of Instrument Electrical Radio Avionics (IERA) in the AMTO 147 curriculum-based learning.