Eggler Institute of Technology signs agreement to upskill engineers at Advent Atum.

Eggler Institute of Technology to provide Educational and Instructional Services to Advent Atum

Canberra, ACT - Eggler Institute of Technology (EIT) has signed an agreement with Advent Atum to provide technical education and training services to the Aboriginal-owned company's scientists and engineers.

The initial agreement will see the Eggler Institute of Technology delivering military vehicle technology and systems engineering education and training courses to Advent Atum.

Eggler Institute of Technology Director, Mark Eggler, said the agreement provided a great opportunity for EIT to share its expertise with an Aboriginal-owned company.

"We are very pleased to be able to offer our world class technical workforce learning and development solutions to Advent Atum," Mark Eggler said.

"This is a great example of how we can work together to create opportunities for Aboriginal companies and people."

Advent Atum President, Robert O'Donnell, said the agreement would help his company to grow and develop its technical capabilities.

"This agreement will allow us to access the world-class expertise at the Eggler Institute of Technology"

"It is another example of how we are working to build capacity within our organisation", Andrew Wilson, Managing Director of Advent Atum said

Background

Mark Eggler is well known in Australia and internationally for the pivotal role he played as the Project Director of the Australian Army’s Land 116 - Project Bushranger during the period 2000-2003. ?His contribution to the successful development of the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle is documented in 'The Bushmaster - From Concept to Combat'.

A Bushmaster prototype at Perry Engineering in Adelaide in the late 1990s Source: WikiPedia

The initial agreement between Eggler Institute of Technology and Advent Atum was signed on Thursday, 18 August 2022.