STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES

(SIWES) REPORT HELD AT

THE NIGERIAN AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NAMA)

ILORIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

BY
TOMORI HAMMED OLAWALE

MATRIC NO: 13/67AA/016

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL AND ASTRONAUTICAL

ENGINEERING
Table of content
Introduction
Brief company profile
Overview of training experience
Office experience
Site experience
conclusion
INTRODUCTION
SIWES was established by ITF in 1973 to solve the
problem of lack of adequate practical skills preparatory
for employment in industries by Nigerian graduates of
tertiary institutions.
The Scheme exposes students to industry based skills
necessary for a smooth transition from the classroom to
the world of work.
It has become a necessary pre-condition for the award of
degrees to students undergoing technical courses in
higher institution.
Brief Company Profile
On August 31st 1995, the Federal Government
announced the restructuring of the aviation industry
through the merger of the former Nigerian Airport
Authority (NAA) and the Federal Civil Aviation
Authority (FCAA) to form a new organization called
the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) via
decree No. 9 of 1996.
The old staff of FCAA and its function(s) was moved to
NAMA, which now became an organization of its own
via the decree No.48 of 1999.The organization
operationally took effect from 1st of January 2000
NAMA was charged with the responsibility of ensuring
Aircraft safety within the Nigerian airspace as well as
the provision of facilities for safe take-off and landing
of any aircraft. These facilities include Distance
Measuring Equipment(DME),Instrument Landing
System(ILS),Non Directional Beacon(NDB),Very high
Omni directional Radio range(VOR),Radio Directing
And Ranging(RADAR) etc. Provision of these facilities
must be in line with the International Standard And
Recommended Practices (ISARP) as stated by the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Some Functions of the organization
To provide safe and functional air traffic services that
will meet international standards.
Installation of air navigational facilities and effective
maintenance in all the airports and air routes.
Restructuring of the routes for positive area airways
control.
Provision of total radar coverage for Nigerias airspace.
to enable public transportation, private business and
military aircraft fly as far as practicable and safe as
possible.
An Overview of my Training
Experience
I was an Industrial Attach (IT) at the Surveillance
Department. The Industrial Training was based on
working with Personal Computers, servers, printers,
laptops, switches, routers, hubs. provision and
maintenance of Radar and related services for Air
traffic management within the airport were part of my
job description.
Surveillance department is responsible for provision
and maintenance of Radar and related services for Air
traffic management.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEGDE
ACQUIRED
I was assigned to the ATSEES arm of the department,
were I was taught on the identification and uses
various equipment use for Navigational aids and
Surveillance in Airport , e.g. TRACON (Total Radar
coverage of Nigeria) , Satellite communication
interface, Radio (VHF and HF radio), how to read the
Enroute Chart for Navigation, Table of semicircular
flight rule, and communication with Aviation
alphabet.
AMONG THE THINGS I LERNT
WERE:
Insight of how a satellite work
Insight of how a radar works
How to use radio for communication
the phonetic alphabet as you will have to use it in
your conversations.
Completion of the ICAO flight plan
Insight of how VOR navigational system works
Analysis of enroute navigational chart
Practical Applications of the VOR navigation system
Insight of how satellite works
 All satellites use microwaves for sending information ,
these waves travel at the speed of light and are able to
pass through the Earths atmosphere
On Earth we receive satellite data through ground
station
Insight of how radar works
Terminal Radar Approach Control is responsible for
controlling all instrument flight operation within its
area of responsibility with the equipment called Radar.
Radar stands for radio detection and ranging-and that
gives a pretty big clue as to what it does and how it
works.
How to use radio for
communication
Radios are considered to be the most cost effective,
consistent and failure proof way of communication
because they transmit signals directly from the radio
device to other stations.
HF radios
VHF radios
The phonetic alphabet as you will
have to use it in your conversations
A ALPHA
B BRAVO
D DELTA
E ECHO
F FOXTROT
G GOLF
H HOTEL
Till- Z ZULU
 These alphabet is use for conversation in airport
station through out the world.
Completion of the ICAO flight plan
flight plan is quite simple and is only a matter of
inserting the requested information in the appropriate
boxes
Insight of how VOR navigational
system works
The Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range
(VOR) system is a type of air navigational system.
Though older than GPS, VORs are very commonly
used and have been a very reliable source of navigation
information and is still serves as a useful navigational
aid for many pilots without GPS services.
A VOR system is made up of a ground component and
aircraft receiver component. There are two types of
VOR which are Terminal and En route VOR.
How it work
The VOR ground station is aligned with magnetic
north, and it emits two signals a 360-degree sweeping
variable signal and an omni-directional reference
signal.
The signals are compared by the aircrafts receiver and
a phase difference between them is measured, giving a
precise radial position of the aircraft and displaying it
on the OBI,HIS or RMI.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE
VOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM
After tuning in a VOR facilitys frequency and
Identifying that the Morse code is correct, the pilot
will be able to determine which radial to or from the
VOR station on which the aircraft is located.
The OBI, HIS, or RMI in the cockpit looks like a
compass or a heading indicator with a superimposed
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) needle on it.
The CDI will align itself with the radial that the
aircraft is on.
Paired with DME, a pilot can determine a precise
location from the station.
Analysis of enroute navigational
chart
This chart comprises the compulsory reporting
point,the restricted area in the airspace,the locator,the
control zone,the VOR/DME. The analysis of
alternative aerodrome i.e alternative destination, if
there is a problem with actually destination to land
then, an alternative is to be provided and indicated on
the flight plan

conclusion
Since the commencement of my industrial training a
NAMA a lot of useful experience has been gained. I
look forward to applying my knowledge and working
experience towards a rewarding carrier in the nearest
future.