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Overview. Upcoming Intake: Fall 2024, Aviation Campus - North Bay. Gain the skills you need to launch your career in this exciting industry. Graduate with skills that make you highly sought-after by aviation companies all over the world. This program is approved by Transport Canada.
Study for a career as an aircraft repair or structures technician, leading up to your Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license, through this program that teaches the modification and repair of aircraft, helicopters and their structural components.
Students will learn aircraft sheet metal repair procedures including removing damaged parts, and how to reinforce, splice, and replace aircraft structural components.
Fabricating or repairing aircraft structures using composite, fiberglass, textiles, leather, plastic and synthetic components; Carrying out corrosion control inspection of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, on and off aircraft structures;
Fanshawe’s Aircraft Structural Repair Technician program is a Transport Canada-approved program (TC-2019-09-4268) allowing eligible graduates to receive 10 months credit towards earning a Transport Canada-issued aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) “S” license.
You will inspect a variety of aircraft including small planes, heavy jets and helicopters. The Program includes aluminum fabrication and repair, carbon fiber and fiber glass lay ups and repair, Non-Destructive Evaluation (liquid penetrant and eddy current), and refinishing and painting.
The Aircraft Structures Technician’s primary responsibilities include: assessing damage and corrosion of aircraft structures; repairing, replacing and modifying sheet metal and/or composite structures; and, depending upon the nature of the shop, repairing fabric surfaces and wood structures.
