This summer, CTC will be offering a special course designed for military members in aviation maintenance and civilian apprentices who may need additional training and preparation in order to gain their FAA Mechanics’ Certificate. This course is designed to fill in the knowledge gaps between the experience gained on the specific equipment they have been working on versus the entire FAA list of subject areas that they may be tested on.
This is a condensed 9-week course covering the FAA test subject areas with both classroom and hands-on instruction. It will be delivered by CTC’s regular aviation maintenance faculty and held at their well-equipped aviation facility at Fairbanks International Airport. Class dates are June 21 through August 19th, 2021.
The FAA has an agreement with all of the branches of the military for service members working in an aviation maintenance field. After being in that specialty for a length of time, members automatically become eligible to take the FAA written, oral and practical exams to gain their FAA Mechanics’ Certificate. This FAA certificate isn’t required to work on military aircraft but it does help their military career and will be necessary in order to gain employment in the civilian aviation maintenance sector once they leave military service. The FAA tests on a myriad of technical subjects covering the entire spectrum of civilian aircraft, many of which are not employed on modern military equipment. Likewise, civilian maintenance apprentices may only work on a limited number of aircraft types and may not be up to speed on all the requisite FAA subjects. This course is designed to fill in the gaps in their knowledge and improve chances of passing this rigorous test.