Wish to be a licenced engineer
 

Hi everyone hope some one can give me some advice. I took and passed an OND in aerospace engineering about 25yrs ago at Southall college of technology [dont think its there anymore] but wasn't able to get a job in aircraft maintenance at that time so moved on to another job which ive been doing ever since but the bug to get an aircraft maintenance licence has never left me.
Now to my question, is there any distance learning courses available that i could do to refresh and update all the theory knowledge and [i know this is a long shot] do sometimes maintenance companies allow people like me to work with their engineers to build up their skills and knowledge. I'd be quite happy to work for free as and when i could fit it around my current work/family life. Im only about 5mins away from norwich airport and i believe KLM have a big maintenace base there.
Anyway thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

If you are 5 minutes from Norwich Airport and you "believe" that KLM have a maintenance base there, wouldn't it be a good idea to walk over there one day and talk to them? They also have a big training operation.

But I'm wondering whether it's really worth your while, if you haven't thought of doing that, and haven't done it, already.

frogy,

In strong agreement with capot...

If you cant walk or drive all that way to look for yourself, make you way to your local yellow pages and look up "KLM UK Engineering" - and make a call on monday.

There are 5 to 7 other aircraft maintenance companies on the airport too. Why don't you go and see for yourself? On a Sunday possibly, to get your bearings and get some more telephone numbers.

Southall College... I went there in 1988!!!

Remember Tony Wooldridge? One of the head lecturers?
He started a company called "Licence By Post" it may still be about....Google is your friend.

Thank you yes will do that and see what the companies have to say, i did work for 1 company up there during the hols when i was at college but dont know if they are there anymore [only just moved back to the area].

Yes i remember Tony Wooldridge vaguely, i remember our main tutor [cant remember his name but can see his face in my mind] getting the whole group together on the first day and giving us a speach about how aircraft engineering was the most important engineering there was and we all had to accept a great responsability doing it.

There was also a cessna 150 in the workshop which came from norwich airport which we worked on and i think it was a skeet helicopter also.

Have you any RECENT engineering expereince? Important because if you haven't, it's 5 years on the tools before you could even apply for a licence. You would have to do all the relevent Modular exams for the licence sought. For the B1 mechanical licence, its 17 exams (13 multi choice and 4 essays), B 2 Avionics isn't many less.. Very in depth syllabus for them too and the vote for joes are not easy. The ONC/D does not count for any expemtions..

KLM are also making up to 50 people redundant soon as well. bristows have no mechanics jobs either...:ugh: