Starting off in the world of Aircraft Engineering...
 

Hi all,

I’m a 17 year old student currently studying an AVCE Engineering course at a College in Essex. My overall aim is to become a qualified engineer either working in a base or line maintenance facility.

I currently have nearly 11 weeks work experience at Southend’s ATC Lasham, where I’ve worked on a variety of different aircraft, and have hands on experience both on the airfield and on the aircraft. I know that this experience will prove to be very helpful later in life when I apply for a job.

My question is; Does anyone know of any training schemes run by companies in Essex that are currently recruiting for people with my level of experience within that will provide on the job and hand’s on training?

I’ve recently applied for Flight Engineering also based at Southend; hopefully they’ll get back to me soon.

Best Regards,

Simon Nicholls.

My advice to you mate is to do your ALevels or whatever you are studying now, and go to university, several places run Degree/License courses (Kingston, Glamorgan etc) where youll get a decent degree and a B1 licence which will make you a licensed aircraft engineer.

Do some searches, plenty of info on this subject!

Also airmech is well worth a browse!

Ive recently completed my JAR 66 B1 at Brunel college in Bristol, and was lucky enough to be sponsored by a private jet company but currently work for a small airline in the UK, the course consists of 3 years at college, (if you pass all exams within 3 attempts and achieve 95% attendance then the minimum requirement for hands on practical experiance is 2 years before the CAA will issue a basic licence)

All in all it takes around 5 years to gain your basic licence without type ratings, which is well worth it at then end especially as there is a major shortage of licenced engineers within the industry.

I believe the best choices of colleges are: Brunel , Newcastle and Kingston that offer JAR 147 approved training, also offering the opurtunity to do a degreee in aircraft engineering aswell as the licence but at the end of the day its the licence that counts!.

Brunel: TEL-0117 904 5103 or www.cityofbristolcollege.co.uk, ask to speak to Ram Naidoo for information etc

Newcastle: 0191 271 5821 or www.newcastleaviation.co.uk ask to speak to Jeff Watson for information etc

Kingston: 020 8547 8234 or www.kingston.ac.uk ask to speak to Steve barns for information etc

If you require any info PM me.

Go for it - the industry needs more engineers.