AME in WA
 

"Untrue . Several places in Kununurra are sending students to Parafield as WA doesn't have Part 147 training."

Apprentices who withdrew from Polywest to go to Parafield now returned to Poly west.
Apprentice was enrolled to do Diploma there but WA Gov't refused to fund it as their apprenticeship was Cert IV. Employer was offered the option of full fees but balked at the cost. All up this fiasco cost the apprentice 6th months of effort for no gain, and nearly required a restart to the apprenticeship due to withdrawal form the WA one. I was directly involved with this case.

If any other WA apprentices Currently enrolled with Parafield I would love to know how they are funding it. (PM would be fine)

So Progressive you would be happy to send an apprentice to Poly West even with no chance of a licencing outcome ?

AME training in WA
 

If they had no chance...then no.
BUT they can and do continue to get licenses through PWA and AA in combination.........3 in the last 6 months I can think of.

I understand you are a former PWA student and obviously don't like the place, but that is no reason to poison others. The reality is that no-one other than PWA can do a WA AME apprentice.

Propbits.....please dont worry about all the naysayers on here.....find an apprenticeship (with or without pre-app). Go where your employer sends you (TAFE wise), do what they ask and be proactive in achieving your goals...you will do fine.

. I don't dislike PWA I just know that a cert IV without Part 147 is plain crazy, sure a cert IV is good for a trade certificate but not licencing. Have seen friends burnt repeatably by this situation.

No one asks to see my cert IV when applying for a job. Just my licence and more recently my currency.

So Propbits be very careful about what you are signing at the start of an apprenticeship. I agree a Cert II may help you get that apprenticeship and would never deter anyone from training.

Thanks for all of the replies and comments!

I was wondering if anyone here has gone through and become a LAME? Could you maybe give me an outline of where you were sent for training, how long it took, and anything else you noticed while going through training (i.e. were companies scouting for more mechanical and structural AMEs and LAMEs compared to Avionics, or vice versa?)?

If there's anything else you feel is important for me to consider or know before I get into this industry, I'd love to know about it.

Many Thanks,

-CJ :)

Don't get into the industry in the first place!

I'm thinking of doing my Cert 4 in Aeroskills via distance-study from here in Perth (that way I dont have to move around too much). After I've completed that, im looking at gettin gan apprenticeship at a company to complete my practical side of the Cert.

Has anyone done this before? Does it sound like a good idea? Any other ways that I could get my Cert 4?

Thanks a lot!

-CJ

Hi CJ
 

Be carefull doing this, at least one well known provider will issue you with a final statement saying you are "eligable for assessment" in the cert iv. This certificate is not worth the paper it is written on as it does not meet national competency based training requirements and therefore cannot be used for credir by another rto. There is no such thing as getting a cert iv and then doing the apprenticeship, the cert iv requires both practical and theory.

Please take my advice: if you want to enter this industry find an employer willing to take you on as an apprentice and then go where they send you. The choice of training pathway is decided by the employer not the apprentice. If you want advice on finding an employer pm me.