NCAT Introduces New Courses for Pilots

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria has introduced new courses for pilots in training.

The school management which made the announcement on Wednesday said it introduced four new courses on flight training, which include Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL), Multi Crew Course (MCC), Jet Orientation Course (JOC) and ICAO English Proficiency Test.

The College explained that while ATPL course takes a period of 10 weeks for online students, it takes regular students a period of 10 days to finish the programme. For those offering ATPL, there is also provision for a one-week revision on what they have been taught earlier.

Others such as MCC take one week while JOC also takes only one week training programme.

The school advised interested flight officers to contact the head of Flying School, NCAT, Zaria

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology is funded by the Civil Aviation Department in the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Aviation.

Formerly known as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Centre, the school was established in 1964.

According to records from the school, the College has a fleet of about 26 training aircraft. These consist of 14 single-engine TAMPICO TB9, 5 single TRINIDAD TB20, 3 twin-engine Beech 58, 2 BELL 206 Helicopters, a B737 aircraft for cabin crew training and 1 TBM 850 aircraft for flight training.

NCAT said that as at 2010, about 6,500 students had graduated from the college, which offers course in flying, aircraft maintenance, air traffic control and aeronautical telecommunications.

In 2010, the college was seeking to become a degreeawarding institution through affiliation with a foreign