Apprenticeship training course
Aircraft maintenance technician (level 3)
To maintain and certify aircraft.
- Qualification level
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3
Equivalent to A level. - Typical duration
- 36 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£27,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Aircraft maintenance fitter
- Aircraft maintenance technician (cat a licence certifying technician)
- Aircraft mechanic
- Aircraft weapons technician (military)
- Aircraft workshop avionics fitter
- Aircraft workshop mechanical fitter
- Avionics components fitter
- Avionics components technician
- Mechanical components fitter
- Mechanical components technician
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Collect and interpret information or data to perform maintenance tasks.
- Record or enter information: paper based or electronic. For example, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any reporting requirements.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Apply safe systems of work. For example, risk assessments, COSHH, tool control and use of equipment and tools.
- Identify problems, collect evidence, analyse evidence, and determine the cause and maintenance activity required.
- Plan, organise and use resources to complete tasks.
- Follow instructions. For example, manufacturers and maintenance procedures.
- Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Apply mathematical techniques and engineering principles to solve engineering problems.
- Apply maintenance methods and practices. For example, remove, refit, replace, repair, systems or components.
- Test and check aircraft equipment or aircraft systems. For example, built in test equipment, flight control systems, line replacement units or items.
- Assess condition of aircraft components and aircraft equipment. Identify action required. For example, visual inspections.
- Select, check, use, store and control tools and equipment. For example, ground support equipment or test equipment.
- Apply good housekeeping, for example, prior to, during and after completion of the activity to the work area.
- Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing.
- Consider the properties and characteristics of aircraft materials and the possibility of damage to aircraft whilst performing the activity. For example, barely visible impact damage.
- Select aircraft consumables for carrying out maintenance activity.
- Carry out pre-use checks of resources and ensure sufficient supplies of materials and consumables for maintenance activity.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion policies and procedures.
- Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, completion of aircraft servicing schedules or aircraft technical logs.
- Apply team working principles.
Full information on Aircraft maintenance technician (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
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Regulated occupation
Aircraft maintenance technician (level 3) needs a training provider who is approved by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) or European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Only Part 147 training providers must be approved by the regulator body..
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