Education
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Category 'S' (Structures) Program
For complete program information see the online BCIT Calendar, or visit www.bcit.ca
This program prepares students to enter the aviation industry occupation of aircraft maintenance technician and to prepare to qualify for an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer - Category S license.
Category S structures technicians are responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of aircraft structural fabrication and repairs. Structures technicians are often an integral part of repair crews including maintenance technicians, avionics technicians and professional engineers. They are expected to precisely follow aircraft fabrication and repair schemes for aluminum, titanium and stainless steel structures, as well as plastics and composites.
The BCIT AME Category S program is fully accredited by both Transport Canada and the Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC). The program complies with the mandatory federal regulations specified in the Canadian Aircraft Regulations (CARs) section 566.
Graduates may be credited with 10 of months experience towards the 36 months of industry experience required by Transport Canada. Students will attend lectures approximately 50% of the time, while gaining hands-on experience 50% of the time. The program has a wide selection of tools and training aids.
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Okanagan College
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) M – License Program
For complete program information see the online Okanagan College Calendar, or visit www.okanagan.bc.ca
Okanagan College (OC) in partnership with Northern Lights College (NLC) in Dawson Creek , B.C. and the Vernon Airport Training Council is pleased to announce a training program for students who would like to become Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (M – License).
This 72-week (approximately 17 months) co-op program is designed to take a student with little or no previous experience in the aircraft maintenance trade and supply him/her with the necessary skills to seek employment in that industry as an apprentice Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. The curriculum follows Transport Canada’s guidelines and upon successful completion of the program students will have received all of the required apprenticeship technical training. Transport Canada will then grant the graduates eighteen months of experience credits toward the required 48-month (practical) experience needed to receive an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer M-license. This program also includes a 10-week paid co-op work term that provides students with a work placement in the aircraft maintenance industry.
