The aviation industry is one of the most regulated global industries that connects people, create new travelling to various places and worldwide transportation. The aviation industry includes Airports, Airlines, Aero-manufacturing, Aircraft maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO), system integration, logistics, and other relevant businesses. As the recent Thailand strategic development plan aims to be an aviation hub in ASEAN, the aircraft MRO industry is in need for urgently and efficiently development. This research focuses on the aircraft MRO industry and the required specific knowledge and skills for MRO workforce development in this industry. The objective of this research is to identify gaps between the workforce demand for specific knowledge and skills complied with the MRO industry regulations and the current supply, which are the courses offerings in Thailand. The qualitative research method has been applied to identify the special knowledge and skills and regulation standard for the MRO industry. The literature review method has been conducted for understanding the current supply of the course offerings in Thailand. Finally, the gap findings from this study showing the demand for the industry-specific knowledge and skills and the supply from academic and non-academic institutes will be used for MRO workforce planning in the future.

@inproceedings{oscm-2020-1793,
  title={SPECIAL KNOWLEDGEAND SKILLS NEEDED FOR AVIATION MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL (MRO) INDUSTRY},
  year={2020},
  author={Kanyarose Chaitiparsana and Jirapan Liangrokapart},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, 2020},
  doi={10.31387/oscm490261}
}

Kanyarose Chaitiparsana, Jirapan Liangrokapart (2020). SPECIAL KNOWLEDGEAND SKILLS NEEDED FOR AVIATION MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL (MRO) INDUSTRY. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, 2020. https://doi.org/10.31387/oscm490261