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Aviation training Ni-Cd

Aviation Ni-Cd Battery Maintenance Training (BMT)

Our Battery Maintenance Training (BMT) provides general guidance on how to efficiently manage Saft nickel-cadmium batteries. It helps customers increase service life and cut operating costs.

Please contact Saft at aircraft@saft.com to know more.

To register, please connect to Saft4U.

The training covers:

  • when to call for Saft assistance, technical expertise and/or help from our approved repair network
  • basic and advanced battery features and benefits
  • how to follow the Saft component maintenance manual (CMM) or operating maintenance manual (OMM) instructions

 

DESCRIPTION

Held over two full days, the BMT training program includes:

  • basic Ni-Cd battery electrochemistry
  • Ni-Cd operational characteristics
  • aviation battery troubleshooting, safety and environmental instructions
  • a comprehensive review of recommended battery maintenance instructions

 

BMT training is held in Valdosta, Georgia, USA (for North American and Mexican operators), and Bordeaux, France (for international operators except NAM and Mexico).

Training in Bordeaux includes a workshop tour and an aviation manufacturing assembly line presentation (cells, battery mounting, testing, storage).

Training courses are primarily in English (translation arrangements can be made on a case-by-case basis for French and other languages).

The Battery University curriculum is authorized by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a certified Inspection Authorization. The training amounts to eight hours’ worth of credits towards Inspection Authorization (IA) renewal.

 

BMT TRAINING COURSES PLANNING

Bordeaux, France 2025

  • 19-20 February
  • 16-17 April
  • 18-19 June
  • 9-10 July
  • 24-25 September
  • 22-23 October (in French)
  • 19-20 November

 

Valdosta, Georgia, USA 2025

  • 18-19 March
  • 10-11 June
  • 19-20 August
  • 4-5 November

 

Download the 2025 Subscription sheet - BMT - Valdosta
Download the 2025 Aviation training information sheet - BMT
Download the BMT documentation