News & Events

02/07/2014

Product Release of GEMS Basic 1.7.0

A new version of GEMS Basic (version 1.7.0) has been released.

This version brings improved auditing features. It is now possible to view a list of every user who has accessed a given question for any purpose. It is also possible to get detailed information about every examination printout. This detailed information includes the username of the person who printed the exam, the time they printed the exam, and the IP address of computer they were using at the time.

Version 1.7.0 also includes improved security for user accounts.  Read on»

22/10/2013

Product Release of GEMS Basic 1.6.2

A new version of GEMS Basic (version 1.6.2) has been released.

A new feature has been added so that new and existing trainees can now be assigned to classes in seconds, removing one of the most tedious tasks in the exam generation process.

Additionally, the question editor has been improved with features such as... | Read on»

22/10/2013

ASTech News Update

Great EAMTC Meeting – ASTech participated at the 59^th EAMTC meeting, which was hosted by Airbus Military in Seville, Spain...

TAP Portugal received training – The training session was run on-site at TAP’s headquarters in Lisbon... 

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02/09/2013

Product Release of GEMS Type 1.6.0

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.6.0) has been released.

The new release of GEMS Type now supports multi-page scanner ready paper based exams to allow GEMS OMR to be used with 180 question exams.

The procedure for uploading and storing images has ...| Read on»

25/07/2013

Lufthansa Technical Training Philippines receive GEMS Training

After the successful implementation of GEMS at Lufthansa Technical Training Philippines (LTTP), the aviation maintenance school received training at the company’s headquarters in Manila, Philippines. The training session was a collaborative project between Lufthansa Technical Training in Germany... | Read on».

08/07/2013

EASA EU1149/2011-Compliant Exam Generation & Delivery System

GEMS (General Examination Management System) now allows exam generation and delivery in compliance with the new requirements of the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) regulation coming into force August 1, 2013.

The commission regulation EU1149/2011 affects both, EASA Part-147-approved training organisations that are offering Basic and Type training ... | Read on»

10/06/2013

Product Release of GEMS Basic 1.6.0

A new version of GEMS Basic (version 1.6.0) has been released.

The new release of GEMS Basic now supports multi-page scanner ready paper based exams to allow GEMS OMR to be used with 180 question exams as mandated by new EASA regulations.

22/05/2013

Northbrook College joins ASTech's growing customer community

Founded in 1986, Northbrook College is one of the largest educational establishments in Sussex, England with approximately 1000 staff and 16000 full and part time students. The College is provider of work-related further education, has contracts for apprenticeship training, adult and... | Read on»

08/05/2013

New EAMTC Member

The EAMTC (European Aviation Maintenance Training Committee)  is a non-profit making Foundation comprising training organisations and those in associated enterprises. Members include EASA Part 147 Approved and other basic and aircraft type training organisations, EASA Part 145 Approved organisations, OEM, MRO, training equipment and software providers and others related to... | Read on»

26/04/2013

ASTech provided Training to Q.C.M.

Q.C.M., a specialist in the field of training, consultancy, aircraft technical management and approved EASA Part-147 training organization, received training on GEMS Type in the company’s headquarter in Belp, Switzerland. The training agenda was mainly focused on...  | Read on»

23/04/2013

Lufthansa Technical Training Philippines chooses GEMS

Lufthansa Technical Training Philippines (LTTP), an aviation maintenance school based in Manila, is the latest Aviation Maintenance Training Organization to choose ASTech’s GEMS (General Examination Management System) as the organization’s examination management system to facilitate and optimize the generation... | Read on»

04/04/2013

Product Release of GEMS Type Version 1.5.1

The new release of GEMS Type contains new features that allow the user to preview questions in the Online Exam format. The exam itself can be tested before being exported. Individual questions or groups of questions can also be tested. This means that when new questions are created, the user can see the questions as a trainee will see ... | Read on»

20/03/2013

GEMS Online Exam successfully launched

Implementation of an online examination management system at Lufthansa Technical Training and its introduction to members of the European Aviation Maintenance Training Committee (EAMTC)

ASTech’s GEMS Online Exam has been cleared by the National Aviation Authority of Germany (LBA) and is now being used by ASTech’s long-term customer Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) at their training sites... | Read on»

04/03/2013

Meet us at the EAMTC Meeting in Lugano

ASTech will be participating at the 58th EAMTC meeting from 12th-13th March 2013 in Lugano, Switzerland. We are also happy to be given the opportunity to hold a presentation on the second day of the meeting on... | Read on»

22/01/2013

United Software Power for the Industry

MINT Software Systems and ASTech interface their TMS and EMS programs.

MINT TMS is a Compliance & Training Management System for record keeping as well as scheduling pilot, cabin crew, technical and air navigation service training activities. The interface between GEMS and MINT's TMS will allow seamless data exchange of products... | Read on»

11/01/2013

MCAST using GEMS Fundamentals

MCAST (Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology) is ASTech's latest client using GEMS Fundamentals for the generation and management of non approved multiple choice exams for aircraft maintenance courses offered at the college.

For more information on GEMS Fundamentals, visit the GEMS Fundamentals Product Page here.

10/01/2013

Product Release of GEMS Type Version 1.5.0

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.5.0) has been released.

The new release of GEMS Type has improvements to the question browser whereby the user can now preview the question body and answers of all questions within the specified filter before making... | Read on»

20/11/2012

New Version of GEMS OMR

A major new version of GEMS OMR (Optical Mark Reader) has been released.

The new version can now be fully integrated into other GEMS packages rather than requiring separate login and transfer of files. GEMS OMR can now be selected from the GEMS homepage and once the automatic correction process has been completed the results will automatically be transferred into the GEMS database.

GEMS OMR can be integrated into GEMS Basic and GEMS Fundamentals and will soon be available in GEMS Type and GEMS Pilot Type.

12/11/2012

Product Release of GEMS Basic Version 1.5.0

A new version of GEMS Basic (version 1.5.0) has been released.

The new release of GEMS Basic has improvements to the result reporting features.  A histogram can now be produced showing the range of trainee results for a particular exam. The point biserial correction (rgb) is now calculated for the correct answer of each question.  Incorrect answers in the exam summary are now also highlighted. For each exam the lowest score, highest score, average score, standard deviation, test reliability coefficient, and standard error of measurement can now be calculated.

Other changes include an extra filter to the question changes report so that the list can be restricted to only showing changes made by a particular user, and trainee accounts can now be deleted as long as they haven’t been assigned to sit an exam.

30/10/2012

Product Release of GEMS Type Version 1.4.8.

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.4.8) has been released.

A comprehensive new PDF help guide has been included which covers all the features in GEMS Type.  There are also improvements to the result reporting features.  A histogram can now be produced showing the range of trainee results for a particular exam.  The point biserial correction (r_gb) is now calculated for the correct answer of each question.  Incorrect answers in the exam summary are now also highlighted.

10/10/2012

New Website

We are proud to have our new website up and running!

The new website offers a complete range of information about our products and services.

The website will be updated regularly informing you about internal and external news & events  as well as launches of new product releases in our News & Events section.

We would appreciate your feedback if you have any issues, comments and suggestions you want to share with us and will use them to improve this website. Also if you have questions and could not find answers on this website please do not hesitate to contact us.

We hope you enjoy our new website and and we look foward to hearing your feedback!

05/10/2012

ASTech provided Training to Pilatus Aircraft

ASTech recently provided a two day training session to Pilatus Aircraft at the company’s headquarter in Stans, Switzerland. The focus of this training was the examination management systems GEMS Type, GEMS Pilot Type and GEMS OMR (Optical Mark Reader).

Our experienced engineers regularly provide comprehensive training to our customers on-site at customers’ locations to help optimise every part of the exam process, from maintaining a database of examination questions, generating exams based on regulatory authority rules, preparation of reports and statistical analysis of results. In addition, ASTech supply full course notes and “Train the Trainer” packages so that the customer can carry out subsequent training if required.

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is the world’s leading manufacturer of single-engine turboprop aircraft and the only Swiss company to develop, build and sell aircraft and training systems on every continent. Pilatus has been ASTech’s customer for over 3 years.

25/09/2012

ASTech on LinkedIn

We are excited to now be active on LinkedIn. You can find our company profile here:

www.linkedin.com/company/astech

If you like our page, are happy with our products and services please share our website and recommend us and our products.

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11/09/2012

Product Release of GEMS Online Version 0.9.19

A new version of GEMS Online (version 0.9.19) has been released.

Additional functionality has been added to the Exam Analysis feature: after an exam, the examiner can now view all questions answered incorrectly by any exam candidate. The existing functionality is unaffected: examiners can still choose to view only those questions which were frequently answered incorrectly.

The exam candidate interface has been further improved to ease the login and exam submission processes.

Further improvements have been to the look and feel of the examiner interface.

31/08/2012

Product Release of GEMS Type Version 1.4.7

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.4.7) has been released.

The question exclusion functionality has been extended so that questions can be excluded from an exam even if the similar question is part of a different chapter, topic, or section.  The reference material where a question was taken from can now be stored with the question details.  The exam comparison functionality has been extended so that any two exams in the database can now be compared.

30/08/2012

Product release of GEMS Online Version 0.9.18

A new version of GEMS Online (version 0.9.18) has been released.

This version introduces an alternative question randomisation algorithm. Exam questions may now, if required, be shuffled on a grouped basis. This means that all questions in a given group will be presented to the candidate together, but shuffled within that group. The order of the groups themselves is shuffled. This shuffling will still be unique to each candidate, thus maintaining the integrity of the exam.

An optional new feature allows exam results and details of incorrectly answered questions to be displayed to a candidate when he or she submits the exam.

Examiners now have the facility to view the questions answered incorrectly by each candidate, on a per-candidate basis. This allows examiners to discuss the exam easily with candidates immediately after the exam has concluded.

Several improvements have been made to the usability and appearance of the examiner interface.

10/08/2012

Product Release of GEMS Basic Version 1.4.7.

A new version of GEMS Basic (version 1.4.7) has been released.

The resit functionality has been improved so that as little duplication of questions as possible will now occur between the resit and the original exam.  The exam comparison functionality has been extended so that any two exams in the database can now be compared.

The item analysis report has been improved so that questions that have been answered incorrectly by too many trainees are now highlighted to show that there may be a problem.  For these questions, the user will be shown details of recent actions that were taken on that question such as question notes or question validation.

27/06/2012

Product Release of GEMS Type version 1.4.6.

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.4.6) has been released.

Version 1.4.6 of GEMS Type contains a new feature where more than one authority can be used during the exam selection process.  This means that for different authorities, exams can be generated with different pass rates. GEMS Type will then base all of the result statistics on the authority pass rate.  Previously all exams were expected to have a pass rate of 75%.

An improvement has also been made to the process of uploading trainee results manually.  The form to fill in the results will now automatically display the correct answer, meaning that the user only has to identify the incorrect answers that the trainee filled in.  This significantly speeds up the process of uploading results.

16/05/2012

Product Release of GEMS Type version 1.4.5.

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.4.5) has been released.

The latest version of GEMS Type now allows the user to upload questions in more than one language.  The resit functionality has been improved so that as little duplication of questions as possible will now occur between the resit and the original exam.  An exam list can now be produced based on a selected template, and the aircraft selection rules are now available in the help menu.

There is also a new function added that allows the user to regenerate an exam.  Therefore if an exam has been created and the user spots an error with one of the questions, the user can fix the error and the exam can be regenerated to include the latest question revision.  This means that the user no longer has to generate a new exam from scratch when a problem is found.

The item analysis report has been improved so that questions that have been answered incorrectly by too many trainees are now highlighted to show that there may be a problem.  For these questions, the user will be shown details of recent actions that were taken on that question such as question notes or question validation.

24/04/2012

Product Release of GEMS Type Version 1.4.4.

A new version of GEMS Type (version 1.4.4) has been released.

Searching exams for result analysis has been improved so that users can now filter by date.  Exams with results that have failed one of the threshold requirements will now be highlighted in the exams list to draw the users attention.  The detailed result analysis is now printable in PDF format.  

The rules for resitting an exam have been modified so that the user is now warned when there are too many questions in common between the resit and the previous exam.  A new header styling and new ASTech logo have also been included in the update.

For more information visit the GEMS Type Product Page or Contact Us

22/02/2012

7th FutureSME Partner Meeting

ASTech is going to participate at the 7th FutureSME partner meeting in Göteborg, Sweden on the 1^st and 2^nd March 2012. FutureSME is an €8 million project funded by the EU’s Framework 7 programme. The project was born out of the need to determine how a European manufacturing SME will need to operate in order to excel in the future.

Operating in a rapidly changing business environment due to change in technology and an increase in globalisation, the engagement in the futureSME project prepares ASTech for the challenging future. The project further supports ASTech to be an open minded, energetic and empowered organisation that is continuously adapting, changing and evolving within its global network. For further information visit www.futuresme.eu.