About Us - WESTERN AME ASSOCIATION

About Us

The Western Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association (WAMEA) is an organization equipping its members with the knowledge and professionalism which distinguishes the occupation of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs) in the aviation industry.

OUR ASSOCIATION

The Western AME Association is one of five similar associations across Canada, the others being the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Central and Pacific associations. These associations represent regional interests as well as concerns of national importance.

The Western AME Association is run by a volunteer group of AMEs who are elected by the member AMEs to the Board of Directors. The membership is comprised of AMEs, non-licensed personnel working in the industry, students and apprentices as well as corporate members.

A separate committee, under the auspices of the association, runs an annual symposium/workshop. This workshop is a two-day event which features speakers on a variety of related topics, as well as an industry tradeshow with over fifty booths from various companies, suppliers, manufacturers and other organizations. Attendance at this and our various other smaller workshops may be counted towards the recurrent training requirements required by Transport Canada.

PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES

The purpose and objectives of this association are to:

Promote careers in maintenance and engineering (technical operations) via a community outreach program.
Develop and improve the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and all technical operations roles within our region (AME M1, M2, S, E, supply chain, reliability, procurement, non licenced skills such as NDT technicians, aircraft welders, aircraft machinists, aircraft painters, design and approval aircraft engineers, aircraft records technicians, maintenance planners, PRM's, quality managers, safety managers, QA auditors, airworthiness controllers and managers, shop technicians, SCA's.
Communication about technical operations careers and the role in aviation safety we promote.
Promote and develop the knowledge, skill and proficiency of the profession of the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer through education, publication and research.
Promote image and integrity among the membership, between persons in the aviation industry and with the traveling public.
We support our partner; The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary AB Canada

Our membership is open to everyone! Our board is a diverse group who are not required to be an AME to participate as a board member.

We support the accessibility needs of the traveling public by acting as non-partisan hosts of a aviation accessibility stakeholder event open to the public called the Accessibility on-board Aircraft Summit or AoA Summit. This is an annual event involving nine stakeholders, the association is a host rather than a stakeholder.

The Association is non-union, non-sectarian and non-partisan.

An important note:

WAMEA takes the views and objectives of the membership of the Association, within our mission statement, and if outside of our mission scope after we communicate with you on the. matter, such as advancing and advocating for the AME profession, providing advocacy or lobbying

related to AME licencing and training, WAMEA will refer our members to write to the national association: AMEC-TEAC, with their issues and concerns outside our regional association mandate. Write to : president@amec-teac.ca

AMEC-TEAC meets quarterly with one of the four meetings being the AGM. AME's have a direct pathway to National organization at AMEC who is responsible for addressing regulatory and policy concerns related to Transport Canada regulations and standards. "National" is a separate non-profit federal corporation not legally tied to WAMEA, and today, has its own unique mandate, part of which the regions relinquished to AMEC-TEAC at its inception.