Military to Civil certification

[moosp]

If a 15 year engineer with masses of hands-on experience is coming out of the US Air force, will he already have A&P or other civil certification? Or do they have their own progression system to try to prevent guys leaving.

Just wondering how many exams he might need to get him certificated for civil employment.

Many thanks

[matkat]

Depends from which Country You are talking about,if You are talking about JAA certification then He will have to do all the modules as if He were a starter however the 5 year experience ruling would be waived.

[moosp]

Thanks Matkat, yes it depends very much upon which country an ex military is trying to get his civil ratings. I guess that an ex USAF guy with 15 years of hangar and office would get an A & P in the USA in a heart beat.

I am thinking about Hong Kong, who still follow the UK/ JAR system, and knowing how sniffy they are about A & P I just wondered if any of you had experience of getting a JAR/EASA type of licence straight out of any of the airforces.

We are looking to employ these guys, so we shall get the answer in the end from the CAD, but it helps to be forewarned of the requirements.

Many Thanks out there.

[Denzil]

Try the HKCAD website as i think they may make some kind of allowance for holders of FAA A & P converting to HKCAD HKAR66 license. At the end of the day the HKCAD license is out on a limb, it's not recognised by EASA nor is any training provided by a HKAR 147 company.

[moosp]

OK we'ver found it now, HKAR-2 Ch 23 App. 2.

Thanks for your answers.