Nineteen employees of the National Airports Corporation (NAC) have successfully completed a specialised Training Course in Airport Master Planning.
This specialised training is provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and is designed for aviation management professionals and infrastructure developers.
With this specialised training, these officers now have the essential knowledge and skills to effectively contribute to the organisation in the following areas;
• Develop an Airport Master Plan that integrates the strategic objectives of the business.
• Identify Traffic Forecasting Methodologies used in master planning
• Develop and evaluate strategic options and
• Design a robust development plan and phasing strategy, among others.
The officers are currently in collaboration with the management to review NAC’s Master Plan alongside industry best practices to ensure that the 22 national airports and their associated facilities are strategically planned, developed and implemented in a safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.
This would then help NAC to envision its airports and position them to foster economic growth for Papua New Guinea.
The training is funded by NAC through its Project Management Unit (PMU) under the JICA ODA Loan, to meet the training and development needs of employees and to improve knowledge and skills gaps in key operational areas.
Investment in this training demonstrates NAC’s commitment to building a competent workforce that can deliver expected results in order to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives.
Since taking office, the current Management has increased its focus and investment in the training and capacity development of the workforce because it believes that this will result in improved productivity of employees which will lead to overall improvements in business performance.
The one-week training was facilitated by an independent consultant recently in Port Moresby.
Source: National Airport Corporation