Aircraft Maintenance Technician
Aircraft maintenance technicians install, maintain and repair aircraft engines, airframes, airframe systems, electrics, instrument and radio systems and aircraft sheetmetal.
Aircraft maintenance technicians may perform the following tasks:
- dismantle, inspect, and reassemble aircraft engines, electrical systems or aircraft frames
- test aircraft communication equipment, instruments and electronic systems
- install electrical circuits and equipment
- conduct routine pre-flight inspections
- explain and enforce safety regulations.
Specialisations:
Aircraft Maintenance Technician (Avionics)
An avionics aircraft maintenance technician maintains, inspects and undertakes fault diagnosis of electrical, electronic, instrument and radio systems, components and accessories on aircraft. These include generator and power distribution systems, protection systems, autopilot and integrated flight systems, environmental control systems, and radar and communication systems.
Aircraft Maintenance Technician (Mechanical)
A mechanical aircraft maintenance technician maintains, inspects and undertakes fault diagnosis of airframe and engine systems, and components and accessories on aircraft. These include landing gears, wheels and brakes, pressurisation, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, flight control systems, environmental control systems, fire detection and prevention systems, undercarriage, and ice and rain protection systems.
Aircraft Maintenance Technician (Structures)
A structures aircraft maintenance technician produces, maintains and repairs sheetmetal, bonded and non-metallic composite material and components on aircraft. They must be familiar with airframe, engine and electrical components. They carry out a wide variety of metal forming and joining processes using hand and power tools, and work with fibre-reinforced plastic materials of many types.
Aircraft Mechanic (Avionics)
An avionics aircraft mechanic overhauls, repairs, modifies and tests a range of electrical, electronic, instrument and radio communications and navigation system components in a workshop environment, after they have been removed from the aircraft. These include generator and power distribution systems, protection systems, autopilot and integrated flight systems, environmental control systems, and radar and communication systems.
Aircraft Mechanic (Mechanical)
A mechanical aircraft mechanic overhauls, repairs, modifies and tests airframe and engine components in a workshop environment, after they have been removed from the aircraft structure. These include landing gear, wheels and brakes, pressurisation, pneumatic and hydraulic devices, environmental control components, gas turbine engines and associated engine components.
Personal Requirements:
- enjoy technical and engineering activities
- medically fit, with good hearing and vision (colour blindness may make people unsuitable for some aircraft trades)
- good hand-eye coordination
- able to concentrate
- neat and accurate
- able to work in confined spaces and at heights on platforms around aircraft.
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