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Qualifications for aircraft engineeringWhat type of Engineer do you want to be? What qualification will you require?
To help you choose, you will first need to understand something of the process of certification.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is the organisation that regulates all aviationactivity within Europe and it delegates authority for implementation of its regulations to National Aviation Authorities; in our case the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
To assure safety within the industry, engineering personnel are licensed in the same way aspilots and air traffic controllers. If suitably licensed an engineer can certify the work that hasbeen carried out on an aircraft and return it to service.
There are several categories of licence which cover different levels and disciplines and, as inother professions, a variety of routes exist to achieve them. Let us deal with the type of work
and the licences required first.
A Ramp or Lin e Maintenance Certify ing Mechanic is a person who is qualified to work onoperational aircraft performing relatively minor maintenance tasks and part replacements thatare required between major service overhauls and to subsequently certify these tasks; this workis generally done while the aircraft is in service, during turnrounds or overnight. A Category ALicence is required for this. It is attained after graduation from a 6 month approved course andafter 1 year of appropriate certified experience. The alternative route to this licence is the self-improver, which can be achieved by self-study or attending a modular course. In this case 3years appropriate experience is required.
A Base Maintenance Certifying Technician is a person who is qualified to work on aircraftthat have been withdrawn from service for routine periodic servicing or major overhauls and re-fits and who can then subsequently certify his/her own and other work. A Category B Licenceis required for this. It is attained after graduation from a 2 year approved course and after 2years of appropriate certified experience. Category B licences are further divided into specialistskills such as mechanical or avionic. The alternative route to this licence is the self-improver,which can be achieved by self-study or attending a modular course. In this case 5 years
appropriate experience is required.
Please click here to learn about alternative routes to Cat A & Cat B licences.
Now we can deal with the different disciplines that these licences cover.
If you decide that you would like to be a Mechanical Engineer specialising in scheduledmaintenance, restoration and re-fit of airframes, power plants, fuel systems and associatedpneumatic, hydraulic and air-conditioning systems then you can select from both category A &B licence routes. The licence issued will show which category of aircraft it applies to - which willbe one of the following:
B1.1 Fixed Wing: Aeroplanes with Turbine Engines
Turbine Engines: (often referred to as jet engines) and also called combustion turbines, arerotary engines that extract energy from a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstreamcompressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. Turbineaircraft may be propeller or jet driven.
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B1.2 Fixed Wing: Aeroplanes with Piston Engines
Piston Engines: (otherwise known as reciprocating engines) use fundamentally similar technology to those used by cars and motorcycles where pistons in cylinders are used togenerate motive force for propulsion by turning pressure into a rotating motion. These enginesare always propeller driven.
B1.3 Rotary Wing: Helicopters with Turbine Engines
B1.4 Rotary Wing: Helicopters with Piston Engines
If you are more electronically orientated and decide that you would like to be an AvionicsEngineer specialising in scheduled maintenance, restoration and modification of communication, navigation, radar equipment; guidance and control systems including auto-pilot/auto-land and cabin entertainment then this discipline is only licensed at category B level.
B2 Avionic: Electronic systems fitted to all aircraft
You will now need to know about how to achieve the qualification you have chosen.
As we have said before there are various routes that can be followed and each has its benefitsdepending on previous experience and education.
These are:
The approved course
The self-improver
Designation as a 'skilled worker'