The National Airports Corporation has begun implementing a new initiative aimed at improving and increasing its efficiency in delivering aviation security services across national airports in the country.
NAC Managing Director and CEO Rex Kiponge said this initiative involves identifying the right people with the right attitude from the outset, refining this group through elimination stages and then taking this core group through an intensive six-weeks training prior to engaging them.
“We embarked on this last year at the Port Moresby International Airport, where we conducted walk-in-interviews which was necessary to assess the candidates’ behaviours and attitudes,” Mr Kiponge said.
“From over 600 applicants, we selected fifty who commenced their training this year (2022) and are now half way through their six weeks of very intensive training at the Bomana Police Training College outside Port Moresby.”
Kiponge said previously NAC had been trying its best to manage the attitude of its officers rather than upskilling them.
“So far so good, I’m very impressed. Once completed, this program will be a game changer for NAC in the area of Aviation Security.”
The training program includes, intense physical training, armed and unarmed combat training including Hapkido, self-defence tactics and classroom sessions that are intended to build the required physical fitness, instil discipline and positive attitude and impart the right knowledge and skills in implementing security measures at the airport.
NAC’s Aviation Security Trainers and Bati Security Services are co-delivering this training and the trainees will graduate after completing the program.