Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is donating a $3.5-million “training package” to the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology (SIIT).
The donation, announced at the school’s main campus in downtown Saskatoon Friday morning, includes a package of training materials for the school’s Aviation Maintenance and Engineering (AME) faculty.
The announcement folllows other previously announced partnerships between the company and SIIT. It was made at the school’s Saskatoon campus by company and school officials, as well as Saskatoon Blackstrap MP and Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Lynne Yelich, Saskatchewan Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris and Saskatchewan Minister of First Nations and Metis Relations Bill Hutchinson.
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The company will supply the training materials and the two-year course to become a “certified aircraft maintenance engineer” will be taught by SIIT instructors.
Last month, Lockheed Martin donated $100,000 to support the AME program and announced the continued collaboration with SIIT to develop and implement courseware and instructors’ materials for training in more than three dozen engineering disciplines including systems engineering, quality assurance, logistics and interface engineering management.
The advanced modules are similar to those used internally by the corporation and are based on decades of lessons learned in aerospace and systems engineering on major, complex programs.
“We believe this program will enable post-secondary students to enhance their knowledge and skills in the advanced technology area of aircraft engineering and sustainment,” Tom Digan, president of Lockheed Martin Canada said in a statement.
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