Aero Skills TOP GUN Competition Rolls into Miami, Florida for USA, Round 3
Wednesday November 30th, 2016 at 7 pm, Local Aircraft Structures Tradespeople square off against each other at the DoubleTree Inn Convention Center, MIA. This inaugural Aero Skills Tournament (AST) event is to determine who is the best aircraft structures technician in the Miami area, both student (Jr) and journeypersons (Sr), who will advance to the SE Regional competition in 2017 where the winners then advance to the Nationals in Las Vegas. These ‘FREE TO THE PUBLIC’, engaging events also include improv type exhibitions where teams (one Jr tech and one Sr tech) square off cutting holes in the aircraft (Clean Cut) and one where these teams remove major structural components (Out the Window), against the clock and each other.
This inaugural TOP GUN Competition for aircraft structures trades, Nicknamed the Metal Basher’s Tour is part of the Aviation NETWorX work force development platform to raise awareness and generate excitement with the purpose of directing future technicians to the aviation trades. This external outreach methodology utilizing competition events to plant the seed with the younger generation. AERO SKILLS is a competition based on industry practices, set in an audience environment so that the community at large has a chance to see technicians demonstrating their skills, hear about the numerous career options the aerospace industry has to offer and to see first-hand what careers in aviation might entail. Industry representatives will be on hand to discuss these career opportunities.
“The shortage of people trained to work in the aviation industry is a real problem and it is expected to get much worse with the retiring Baby Boomers, aka, the impending Skills Gap Crisis. This, combined with the forecasted growth in the aviation industry is the very reason AST was developed; to attract students into a career in aviation!” stated Jay Logie, Chief Technical Officer and Founder of Aircraft Technologies Group (ATG).
Please accept our invitation to attend this unique and engaging competition.
Here are the details:
Link: http://www.myatg.aero/miami-press-release
When: Wednesday November 30th, 2016
o Doors open 6pm
