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Old 30th Jul 2015, 21:00
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kapton
 
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Good evening sal1. In addition to BluFin's advice, I would recommend you look at disciplines associated with aircraft engineering such as planning and quality assurance. The reason for this is that a B Licensed Engineer is concerned primarily with the maintenance of aircraft, and the course you have studied is not wholly compatible with maintaining aircraft. Maybe apply to one of the big engineering companies and see if you can be accepted onto one of their post-graduate training courses. In recent years I have worked with many people who have undertaken these pseudo aircraft engineering courses, and in the vast majority of cases they do not like the nitty gritty of aircraft maintenance. Unfortunately, the money-spinning racketeers in the education industry devise ever fiendish wheezes in how to extract the maximum amount of money from enthusiastic students, whilst leaving them qualified in nothing. What you have studied is worthwhile to a point, but to embark on the licensed route in aircraft engineering would take you at least another 2 to 3 years of study and examinations, whilst trying to gain practical training and experience. Most aircraft maintenance companies do not have the time, or willing, to take the financial commitment to take you to the point where you would be an asset. It may seem short-sighted to you, but most companies work to tight schedules and have little spare capacity to undertake extra training, when they can emply someone with good GCSE's and train them within 3 years to their requirements. However, good luck for the future in whatever engineering discipline you decide to go for.
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