Boeing Australia has launched its new Skills Development Centre at its aircraft components manufacturing site in Fishermans Bend in Melbourne.
The $1.6 million centre is intended to provide training on advanced manufacturing technologies and processes for the aerospace giant’s current and new employees.
The centre’s first batch of participants includes five members of the Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA) Female Apprenticeship Program.
The apprenticeship program teaches employees the skills they need to assemble and install aircraft components, prepare and use aircraft support equipment, and inspect, maintain, and repair aircraft components and systems.
Employees who complete the training program will graduate with a Certificate IV in Aeroskills from Aviation Australia.
Mick Sorrenson, managing director of BAA, said the new Skills Development Centre and the Female Apprenticeship Program are part of Boeing‘s commitment to growing advanced manufacturing in Victoria.
“The training centre’s focus on safety and quality will help ensure that we provide our team with the resources they need to produce complex airplane parts for Boeing,” Sorrenson said.
Twenty-five Australian suppliers helped construct the over 400 sq m training centre, which is comprised of two workshops, classrooms, and a wide array of training heard to all facets of Boeing’s advanced manufacturing business in Melbourne.
BAA makes wing components and flight control surfaces for 737,777,787 commercial aircraft for customers within Australia and abroad.
