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USAIG Offers ‘Never Events’ Maintenance Tech Program
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: Collaborative training is focused on six of the most costly and avoidable events in aviation maintenance.
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The USAIG Performance Vector, a collaboration between Convergent Performance and USAIG, is a program specifically for aviation maintenance professionals.

“The new ‘Never Events’ webinar series for maintenance technicians is focused on six of the most costly and avoidable events in aviation maintenance: wrong part, wrong person, wrong fluid, improper movement, lost tool and unsecured panels,” said Dr. Tony Kern, CEO of Convergent Performance. “It is designed to improve awareness and empower maintenance techs to see and avoid these preventable events with a deep understanding of the human factors that cause them.”

USAIG developed the Performance Vector program to deliver complementary, safety-enhancing training and support to turbine operators it insures. The webinars and e-Learning programs let USAIG policyholders choose either group or individual formats for training at their own convenience anywhere.

Since the program’s inception in 2011, Performance Vector has welcomed more than 200 students from 52 flight departments to Convergent’s online courses, and 110 flight departments have enrolled groups into the webinar series. Eligible USAIG policyholders can enroll in the “Never Events” webinar series for maintenance technicians now. The program begins in January.