Colombia. Recently, a Trainair Plus course of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) called Paintin, certification course in "Inspection of Paint and Aeronautical Coating", was given to a group of participants of the company Avianca.
In the Paintin course the following topics were developed:
- Review of the Documentation of the Paintings.
- Verification of the condition of the Painting.
- Validation of the quality of the Painting.
- Monitoring compliance with specifications before implementation.
- Monitoring of compliance with specifications during implementation.
- Identification of coating defects.
- Coating inspection, non-destructive testing.
- Coating inspection, destructive testing.
Juan Manuel Álvarez, inspector in Corrosion and in charge of dictating the course, commented that "these topics are treated in a practical way through exercises, progress tests and domain tests. This is because the philosophy of icao's Trainair Plus courses are certification courses aimed at the job, that is, whoever is certified has the competence to perform the type of work according to the title of the course, competence with which the certification is issued.
At the end of the course, all the participants were certified, as a result of the commitment and approval achieved by the fulfillment of the minimum parameters required by the ICAO Trainair Plus in terms of attendance and the grades of all evaluations.
