Aircraft technical jobs ?
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EC225Eng said:
J4CKO said:
Is a "Sheety" someone who works Aluminium, i.e. for the fuselage ?
Yes it is, they can do all kinds of structural repairs. If you hold a B1 licence and a skilled sheety then you'll not be struggling for work on the contracting circuit!J4CKO said:
Interesting, he got good feedback on the work piece he did for the assesment, my dad having coached him as he is a time served engineer of the old school, seemed to to do the trick, will pass that on to him, I guess now is the time to have some idea of which direction he wants to go in, I guess its a lot more complex than jusyt having a B1 license, many different specialisations, aircraft types etc.
As a B1 you should be able to do structures work. I've found that up here the sheety is generally a mech who just happens to concentrate more the structures side leaving the certifying guys to spend more time on other tasks. I must stress that this may be different on fixed wing or at other bases as all our sheeties are unlicensed or A Licence mechs.I'm a B1.3 and very rarely do I do any sheety work as we have a fantastic guy to our stuff, it's like a work of his stuff! He makes as much as the certifying guys as he's always in on OT!
Edited by EC225Eng on Sunday 26th June 22:36
EC225Eng said:
As a B1 you should be able to do structures work. I've found that up here the sheety is generally a mech who just happens to concentrate more the structures side leaving the certifying guys to spend more time on other tasks. I must stress that this may be different on fixed wing or at other bases as all our sheeties are unlicensed or A Licence mechs.
I'm a B1.3 and very rarely do I do any sheety work as we have a fantastic guy to our stuff, it's like a work of his stuff! He makes as much as the certifying guys as he's always in on OT!
Could you imagine if they made us B1.3 types do all the sheety stuff! What a mess!! quite happy banging in a few anchor nuts but you would catch me near any primary structure. I'm a B1.3 and very rarely do I do any sheety work as we have a fantastic guy to our stuff, it's like a work of his stuff! He makes as much as the certifying guys as he's always in on OT!
Edited by EC225Eng on Sunday 26th June 22:36
Will you be changing your name to S92Eng soon?
jamiem555 said:
Could you imagine if they made us B1.3 types do all the sheety stuff! What a mess!! quite happy banging in a few anchor nuts but you would catch me near any primary structure.
Will you be changing your name to S92Eng soon?
Haha, the way things are going I'll be changing to "Gies a Job Eng!" Aberdeen is certainly not a happy hunting ground just now.Will you be changing your name to S92Eng soon?
EC225Eng said:
Haha, the way things are going I'll be changing to "Gies a Job Eng!" Aberdeen is certainly not a happy hunting ground just now.
No, it certainly isn't and it won't get any better after Fridays result. I'm at Scatsta, so fairly steady right now. Just got to wait and see. I do miss working on the 225 and I'll be sad to see it go. RWD cossie wil said:
J4CKO said:
It's just admin and orientation apparently, next week off to college, that's for a year then in the hangar next year.
Which company has he got in with? Our company are taking on 6 apprentices this year! I'm guessing he's training at Kemble? Not sure what he would have done after college if he hadn't got that, its so difficult/impossible to get into without an Apprenticeship.
That is where all our apprentices do their training.
Horrible little place (the town), but at least he isn't in Flint.
Actually if I remember the TC apprentices train with the Airbus apprentices as they use the HawkerT5 (?), Cessna and A330 Wing they have onsite.
Good luck to him, well worth it, a lucrative industry with the chance to see the world with a decent skillset to boot.
I am in my 20's, excellent salary, bonus, travel the world, a few houses, money in the bank, pretty safe industry too, there will always be a demand for air travel
Horrible little place (the town), but at least he isn't in Flint.
Actually if I remember the TC apprentices train with the Airbus apprentices as they use the HawkerT5 (?), Cessna and A330 Wing they have onsite.
Good luck to him, well worth it, a lucrative industry with the chance to see the world with a decent skillset to boot.
I am in my 20's, excellent salary, bonus, travel the world, a few houses, money in the bank, pretty safe industry too, there will always be a demand for air travel
First year done, has done well and enjoyed it, now he is at home again and has a couple of weeks off before starting back at the airport with a day a week back in Deeside.
Now very nearly three years in from starting this thread, he is halfway there really, got the course done, got the apprenticeship and has the first year out of the way, three to go before he should qualify.
Now very nearly three years in from starting this thread, he is halfway there really, got the course done, got the apprenticeship and has the first year out of the way, three to go before he should qualify.
Edited by J4CKO on Sunday 6th August 16:59
Well into second year now, he has just done his first license exam, had to travel to Oxford, the company expects the apprentices to do the A license but you can elect to do the B as well, so he did both and got 100 percent on the A and 96 percent on the B.
So, one down, fair few to go (12 I think) but he is on his way to being licensed.
Really thrilled, keeping this updated as it may be useful to anyone interested in following this career.
So, one down, fair few to go (12 I think) but he is on his way to being licensed.
Really thrilled, keeping this updated as it may be useful to anyone interested in following this career.
He did his taster flight on Monday, enjoyed it, Gran Canaria and back in the cockpit, loved seeing a flight from the front and got a good insight into the pilots job, though surprisingly he declared that it wasn't something he would want to do as it seems like a lot of sitting about, quite happy working on the planes, always thought he had some designs on flying but apparently not any more !
Just keeping this updated for anyone interested, hopefully if anyone comes across it when looking at a career in aviation as well.
He won gold in the World Skills UK competition in the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical category on Saturday.
He is about halfway through the license exams, he is doing both the A and B exams, they are required to do the A exams but he has elected to do the B at the same time.
Over four years since I started the thread, he is now just into the third year of his apprenticeship.
He won gold in the World Skills UK competition in the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical category on Saturday.
He is about halfway through the license exams, he is doing both the A and B exams, they are required to do the A exams but he has elected to do the B at the same time.
Over four years since I started the thread, he is now just into the third year of his apprenticeship.
J4CKO said:
Just keeping this updated for anyone interested, hopefully if anyone comes across it when looking at a career in aviation as well.
He won gold in the World Skills UK competition in the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical category on Saturday.
He is about halfway through the license exams, he is doing both the A and B exams, they are required to do the A exams but he has elected to do the B at the same time.
Over four years since I started the thread, he is now just into the third year of his apprenticeship.
That’s great news about the world skills competition! He won gold in the World Skills UK competition in the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical category on Saturday.
He is about halfway through the license exams, he is doing both the A and B exams, they are required to do the A exams but he has elected to do the B at the same time.
Over four years since I started the thread, he is now just into the third year of his apprenticeship.
J4CKO said:
Just keeping this updated for anyone interested, hopefully if anyone comes across it when looking at a career in aviation as well.
He won gold in the World Skills UK competition in the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical category on Saturday.
He is about halfway through the license exams, he is doing both the A and B exams, they are required to do the A exams but he has elected to do the B at the same time.
Over four years since I started the thread, he is now just into the third year of his apprenticeship.
Well done him! He won gold in the World Skills UK competition in the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical category on Saturday.
He is about halfway through the license exams, he is doing both the A and B exams, they are required to do the A exams but he has elected to do the B at the same time.
Over four years since I started the thread, he is now just into the third year of his apprenticeship.
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