MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS – ENGINEERING

4 Task 3.2: Framework for the assessment of competence gaps

PART 3: OTHER COMMENTS

41. MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS – ENGINEERING

1. Strongly disagree; 2. Disagree; 3. Neither disagree nor agree; 4. Agree; 5. Strongly agree.

Relevant for your activities? Possessed when graduated?

1 2 3 4 5 NA 1 2 3 4 5 NA

Aircraft operability and

design maturity integration            

Design            

Failure assessment and

recognition            

Stress and structures analysis            

Materials and processes            

Systems engineering and

architecture            

Airworthiness and

certification            

Architecture, integration and

in-service support            

Systems & electronics

engineering            

Structural & general

engineering            

Flight physics            

Configuration management            

Composites design and stress            

Supply management            

Lean experts & supply chain

quality field engineering            

Electrical design/integration            

Other; please specify below            

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

42. Did you gain relevant competences on the job? (multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 No

43. Do employees in your company receive incentives to develop their competences through internal or external courses?

 Yes

 No

44. Are there additional programs/courses offered in your company to gain competences needed?

(multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did you take any of these additional programs/courses offered in your company to gain

competences needed? (multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 No

Why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 No

PART 2d: COOPERATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 45. How did you get to know the company you currently work for? (open response)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

46. Was this company your first choice? (multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

 No

Please describe briefly your prior attempts to get a job in the air transport/aeronautical sector (in different companies and/or positions)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

47. Is there any cooperation between your company and the educational institute you graduated from? (e.g. joint research, internships, …) (multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

Did this cooperation influence your career decision?

 Yes

How? _______________________________________________________________________________________

 No

 I do not know

48. To what extent do you agree that (increased) cooperation between industry and educational institutes would benefit the air transport/aeronautical sector in the following topics?

1. Strongly disagree; 2. Disagree; 3. Neither disagree nor agree; 4. Agree; 5. Strongly agree.

(multiple choice; select one in each row) 1. Strongly

disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

applicable Not

Recruitment      

Providing basic education in air transport/

aeronautics

     

Providing specialized education

     

Industry research/

development

     

Increasing

industry visibility      

Innovation and

creativity      

Other; please

specify below      

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 3: OTHER COMMENTS

49. Please provide below any other comments that you might have. (open response) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

50. Please indicate whether you are interested in receiving the results of this survey

 Yes

Contact details/email __________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 No

Thank you for your participation!

If you want more information about the EDUCAIR project, please visit our website at http://www.educair.eu/.

4.5.3.3 EDUCATION SURVEY - Universities

This survey is conducted by the consortium of the EDUCAIR project, a European 7^th Framework Programme. The objective of project is to improve the match between needs in human resources in the European air transport and aeronautics sector and the educational and training offer.

More information about the EDUCAIR project can be found on the project website:

http://www.educair.eu/

The target audience of this survey are heads of departments or full professors of universities and colleges with engineering programs involving air transport/aeronautics and/or research and PhD programs in air transport/aeronautics. Furthermore, also vocational and professional training institutions are addressed. The survey aims to collect quantitative and qualitative information on the demand for graduates in the air transport and aeronautics industry and input on educational topics and industry-education relationships.

This survey holds three parts. The first part contains general questions to get a view on the background of the respondent. The second part is divided into several sections: questions about (graduating) students (A), about the current educational offer of your university (B), about the competences needed in the sector (C) and about the cooperation between the industry and the educational institutions (D). In the last part of this survey, you can leave any comments or remarks you might have. The survey takes 30 minutes to complete.

Information gathered is for internal use only, and will not be shared with any third parties. All your answers to this survey are private and confidential and will only be used within EDUCAIR.

The information provided will be used for statistical purpose only and no nominal data will be kept in the database.

Respondents are identified for the single purpose of clarification of answers.

PART 1: BACKGROUND OF THE RESPONDENT

1. Name of organization/institution (open response)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Type of organization/institution (multiple choice; all that apply)

 University/college with engineering programs involving air transport/aeronautics

 University/college with research and PhD programs in air transport/aeronautics

 Vocational training institute

 Professional training institute

3. Position in the organization/institution (open response)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Department (open response)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Country (open response)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 2a: (GRADUATING) STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

6. How many students are currently enrolled in your institution? (open response) Students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs _________________________________________

Students enrolled in graduate degree programs ________________________________________________

7. How many students (on average) graduate annually in your institution?

(open response; number or percentage)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. How many students are currently enrolled in engineering programs in engineering programs involving air transport and/or aeronautics in your institution?

(open response; number or percentage) Students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs _________________________________________

Students enrolled in graduate degree programs________________________________________________

Did this number increase/decrease over the last years? (multiple choice; select one)

 Increase; with how much and why? _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 Decrease; with how much and why? ____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 No (major) change

9. How many students (on average) graduate yearly in engineering programs involving air transport and/or aeronautics in your institution? (open response; number or percentage) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did this number increase/decrease over the last years? (multiple choice; select one)

 Increase; with how much and why? _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 Decrease; with how much and why? ____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 No (major) change

10. How many students are expected to enroll in engineering programs involving air transport and aeronautics the next 1, 3 and 5 years?

(open response; several answers possible) 1 year - undergraduate ___________________________________________________________________________

1 year - graduate __________________________________________________________________________________

3 years - undergraduate __________________________________________________________________________

3 years - graduate _________________________________________________________________________________

5 years - undergraduate __________________________________________________________________________

5 years - graduate _________________________________________________________________________________

11. How many researchers are currently working in your institution? (open response) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. How many of those researchers are PhD-students?

(open response; number or percentage) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. How many of those PhD-students actually achieve a PhD-degree?

(open response; number or percentage) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. How many researchers, currently working in your institution, are performing research regarding air transport and/or aeronautics? (open response; number or percentage) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did this number increase/decrease over the last years? (multiple choice; select one)

 Increase; with how much and why? _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 Decrease; with how much and why? ____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 No (major) change

15. How many researchers, currently working in your institution, are PhD-students with a topic in air transport and/or aeronautics? (open response; number or percentage) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did this number increase/decrease over the last years? (multiple choice; select one)

 Increase; with how much and why? _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 Decrease; with how much and why? ____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 No (major) change

16. According to your experience, to what extent do you agree that different subject areas are important for recruiting new employees in the air transport/aeronautics sector?

1. Strongly disagree; 2. Disagree; 3. Neither disagree nor agree; 4. Agree; 5. Strongly agree.

(multiple choice; select one in each row) ENGINEERING

1. Strongly

disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

Not applicable

Aerospace      

Chemical      

Civil      

Communication      

Electrical      

Electronics      

Industrial      

Information Systems &

Computer

     

Materials      

Mechanical      

Other; please specify below

     

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES 1. Strongly

disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

Not applicable

Pilot      

Air Traffic

Controller      

Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic

     

Aeronautical Station Operator

     

Flight Operations Officer

     

Other;

please specify below

     

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

OTHER DISCIPLINES 1. Strongly

disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

Not applicable Management/

Business Economics

     

Law      

Economics/

Public Policy      

Other; please

specify below      

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. To what extent do you agree that the qualifications below are important for recruiting in the air transport/aeronautics sector and to what extent do you agree that the graduates possess those criteria (before hiring)?

1. Strongly disagree; 2. Disagree; 3. Neither disagree nor agree; 4. Agree; 5. Strongly agree.

(multiple choice; select one in each row) EDUCATION & WORKING EXPERIENCE

Important for hiring? Possessed by graduates?

1 2 3 4 5 NA 1 2 3 4 5 NA

University degree       NA

University degree in air

transport/ aeronautics            

Previous working

experience            

Previous working

experience related to air transport/ aeronautics

           

Other; please specify below            

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

SKILLS

Important for hiring? Possessed by graduates?

1 2 3 4 5 NA 1 2 3 4 5 NA

Problem solving            

Analytical background            

Technical background            

Theoretical background            

Oral and written

communications            

Leadership            

Ability to work in

multidisciplinary teams            

Other; please specify below            

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 2b: CURRENT EDUCATIONAL OFFER

18. Please indicate the type of education related to air transport/aeronautics provided by your institution and please specify. (multiple choice; select all that apply)

 Course in Bachelor program

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 A Bachelor program

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Course in Master program

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 A Master program

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 General university course (not part of a Bachelor/Master program)

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 A post-graduate research/PhD program

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Professional course

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Please indicate the teaching mode related to air transport/aeronautics provided by your institution and please specify (multiple choice; select all that apply)

 General classroom learning

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Distance learning

Distance learning is defined as collective education through internet-based tools.

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 eLearning

eLearning is defined as individual education through internet-based tools.

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Blended learning

Blended learning is defined as distance learning where on-site presence is required.

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTIONS TO BE REPEATED FOR EACH OF THE BOXES TICKED ABOVE (22-29)

Please fill in the following set of questions for the programs selected in the previous question (i.e. Bachelor program; Master program; Post-graduate research/PhD program; professional program)

20. What is the title of the program/degree? (open response)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

21. What is the type of the program? (multiple choice; select all that apply)

 1^st Bologna Cycle (Bachelor)

 2^nd Bologna Cycle (Master)

 3^rd Bologna Cycle (PhD)

 Vocational program

 Professional program

 Other; please specify ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

22. What is the type of degree awarded (multiple choice; select all that apply)

 Ba

 BEng

 MSc

 MEng

 PhD

 Other; please specify ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. What is the program structure? (multiple choice; select all that apply)

 1 year

 2 years

 3 year

 4 years

 2+3 years

 3+2 years

 Full 5-year

 Other; please specify ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

24. What is the language in which the program is offered? (open response) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

25. How many of the students are international? (open response, percentage) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

26. How many faculty/teaching staff is involved in the program? (number) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

28. Are there specializations offered by the program? (multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

Please specify __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 No

29. How many ECTS credits are required for the degree? (open response) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

30. Do you believe that there are enough programs/courses available?

(multiple choice; select one)

 Yes

 No

Indicate 3 important programs/courses that need to be developed

1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________

31. Is the knowledge which is generated through research in your educational institution transferred to the students? (multiple choice; select one and specify)

 Yes

In which way? __________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 No

Why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

 I do not know

PART 2c: COMPETENCES NEEDED IN THE SECTOR

Please consider the following competences in the air transport/aeronautics domain.

For every competence, please indicate the extent to which you agree that the competences are taught in your institution.

1. Strongly disagree; 2. Disagree; 3. Neither disagree nor agree; 4. Agree; 5. Strongly agree.

(multiple choice; select one in each row) 32. AIRLINE – COCKPIT CREW

1. Strongly

disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

Not applicable Planning of the

flight      

On board

instrument control

     

General and radio navigation &

communication

     

Understanding air law & operational procedures

     

Management of

technical aspects      

Other; please

specify below      

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

33. AIRLINE – TECHNICS & ENGINEERING 1. Strongly

disagree 2.

Disagree

3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

applicable Not

Maintenance and

repair of airframe      

Maintenance and repair of power plant

     

Maintenance and repair of on board instruments

     

Maintenance and

repair of

navigation and radio

communications equipment

     

Maintenance and repair of auxiliary systems

     

Other; please

specify below      

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

34. AIRLINE – PLANNING, CONTROL & ICT 1. Strongly

disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neither disagree

nor agree 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree

applicable Not

Coordination of

maintenance      

Planning and coordination of operations

     

Safety

management      

Flight dispatching      

Determination and provision of meteorological circumstances

     

Ramp planning      

Other; please

specify below      

35. AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE – DESIGN

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