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Candidates completing dual studies in Aviation and Business are strongly positioned for jobs with airlines that are seeking relevant skills from future employees. The aviation industry is very competitive and current high demand skills include knowledge about business organisation, marketing, human resources, information technology and financial management.

Airlines are increasingly seeking pilots who have a dual capability – in aviation AND in business. The competitive strength of the organisation is enhanced and the multi-skilling of staff provides businesses with options to deploy employee expertise in either an operational or management capacity. Employers understand that personal circumstances of staff change as do organisational circumstances. Multi-skilled, knowledgeable people better enables an organisation to retain personnel that have had significant development and built up key corporate knowledge. Such staff are better able to function in a range of capacities or positions and can respond quickly to altering business and personal circumstances whilst still remaining with the organisation.

Basair Australia and the Faculty of Business and Law at the University of Newcastle have formed a strategic partnership to deliver an innovative new programme.

Students undertake 58 weeks of intensive training with Basair Australia (Hunter Valley Aviation Campus) at Cessnock Airport and at the same time attend University for approximately 2 half days per week for a total of 26 weeks. Successful candidates qualify after 58 weeks for the Advanced Diploma of Aviation. At this point students then have the option of continuing their University studies towards a Bachelor of Business either full time, or they can work and continue studies part time. For candidates who are transferred to areas outside Newcastle, students are able to apply to transfer study credits to other Universities in their new location. Application for course credits may also be made to Universities internationally as the University of Newcastle has links with over 60 Universities around the world.

The University of Newcastle has an excellent reputation both in Australia and overseas. It ranks ninth out of thirty eight Universities in terms of research quantum in the country and is well known internationally. With the University only a short distance away from Hunter Valley Aviation candidates can undertake a residential course in Cessnock and also attend at the University.
More information about the School of Business at the University of Newcastle is available at their web site at www.newcastle.edu.au/school/newc-business/index.html

Course details:

Students will join regular classes and tutorials at the University of Newcastle. Courses include Organisational Behaviour and Management, Marketing, Information Technology and Accounting. Students will take two courses per semester or four courses over an academic year. Students may “fast track” their studies towards the Bachelor of Business by enrolling for Summer School courses conducted over the Summer break.

During their enrolment students will have access to all the resources of the University located at Callaghan, includuding the library (over one million volumes) computing facilities, the Students Union with its range of recreation and sporting activities specifically designed for students and The Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre.

At the completion of the Advanced Diploma of Avaition with Basair students can then choose several ways to continue their University studies:

• Full time
• Part time
• Distance Education (correspondence)

Accommodation:

This coursed is conducted at our Cessnock (Hunter Valley Aviation) campus. Accommodation is available on Cessnock Airport, adjacent to the college, for $130 per week. This accommodation is provided by The Hunter Valley Accommodation Centre (which is not part of the Basair Group). Details of the accommodation are available at http://www.huntervalleyaccommodation.com

Course inclusions:

The course includes the following:

• Advanced Commercial Pilot Licence.
• Advanced Diploma qualification.
• Multi engine Command Instrument Rating.
• Grade III Flight Instructor Rating.
• Advanced pilot training.
• Advanced theory training.
• 55 hours multi engine flight time.
• 315 hours flight training experience, including 250 hours of flight time and 65 hours in our full motion flight simulator.
• All text books.
• All navigation equipment.
• All flight equipment.
• In-flight documents (professional pilot "Jeppesen" series).
• All landing fees, fuel costs, insurance.
• University course fees for four first-year subjects.
• University union fees.
• Course fee AUD$66,700.
• Not included: Accommodation, University text books.

Enrolment:

This course commences on mid-late February each year with attendance for the first week at the University of Newcastle.

There is no UAI required for entry to the course, however it is recommended that an applicant has a UAI of at least 65 to cope with study demands.

Applications for this course can be made on the application form available here.

Applications close 31 January.