Apprenticeship training course
Aviation maintenance mechanic (level 2)
Carrying out inspections for maintenance and ground handling of a range of military or civil aircraft, including rotary and fixed wing within an airworthiness environment.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 18 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£19,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Aircraft maintenance mechanic
- Aircraft mechanic
- Base maintenance support mechanic
- Line support mechanic
- Unlicensed aircraft mechanic
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures. Identify, handle and segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Collect and use information. For example, aircraft servicing schedules, aircraft technical log.
- Record maintenance information: paper based or electronic.
- Communicate with colleagues verbally.
- Communicate with colleagues non-verbally. For example, standard signals used when marshalling and handling aircraft.
- Select and use tools and equipment.
- Follow tool control processes and procedures including tool calibration, storage, and condition.
- Identify, handle and store aircraft components and parts.
- Inspect and assess condition of aircraft components and restore to former state, including reinstating access panels.
- Use simple measuring and test equipment. For example, steel rule, and digital multimeter.
- Follow work instructions: verbal or written.
- Comply with statutory military or airworthiness legislation.
- Identify and mitigate dangers within the air environment. For example, aircraft engines running, intake, and exhaust areas.
- Identify and report on progress and issues.
- Prepare the work area prior to the activity. For example, pre-use checks on ground support equipment (GSE), fit and remove aircraft covers, bungs or blanks.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity.
- Comply with aircraft movement procedures. For example, receipt and dispatch or as a member of an aircraft movement team.
- Replace mechanical system components. For example, engine components, hydraulic system components, air-conditioning components, or pneumatic system components.
- Replace electrical or electronic system components. For example, electrical power distribution, aircraft lighting, communication, navigation, or cabin equipment.
- Contribute to team tasks for aircraft maintenance. For example, on engine assemblies, landing gear assemblies, flying control surfaces, door assemblies, aircraft cabin fixtures and assemblies or avionic rack assemblies.
- Perform aircraft pre and post flight servicing. For example, airframe and systems: (aircraft landing gear assemblies and retraction bays or aircraft wheels and tyres).
- Perform checks and replenishments. For example, check and replenish (aircraft gaseous system, aircraft hydraulic system fluid levels, engine oil, fuel, or tyre pressures).
- Clean and visually check aircraft transparencies.
- Apply external electrical power to an aircraft.
- Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and quality assurance processes.
Full information on Aviation maintenance mechanic (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.