How To Become An EASA Licensed Technician
An Aircraft technician is the person who works to maintain the aircraft according to the requirements prescribed by the aircraft and components manufacturers.
Basically there are two kinds of technicians, the licensed and non-licensed technicians.
The same persons may be known by different names in different countries.
In UK and the related countries, they are called Licensed Aircraft Engineer and mechanic.
Other countries may call them as the Licensed Mechanic and the non-licensed person is known as an artisan.
Maintaining the Skill's Standard To be a licensed technician, they have to under training in an approved training school.
With the new EASA rules in Europe now, the standard of the knowledge and skills required is known as EASA part 66 and the school that is approved to conduct the courses is refereed under the rule of part 147.
These rules and standards were derived from the earlier JAR requirements.
The importance to work towards the standard was recognised by EU, as previously, each of the country was having their own ruling and own civil aviation authority.
Now most of the rulings are streamlined and centralized.
This helps to ensure smoother operation and reduce the duplicate works.
The aircraft technician works directly on the aircraft.
Their jobs include the adhoc repairs, the schedule maintenance works and modification.
The overhaul of components such as the blackbox is not included in the license, as it is managed by the approval system of the airlines.
Division of work As the aircraft is a very complex machine, it is not possible for a person to have the variety of skills and knowledge to maintain the aircraft.
As such the works are divided in mechanical and avionics categories.
The mechanical are more towards the airframe and engines and the avionics are dealing more with the the computer and instrumentation's.
In some areas, the separation may not be too obvious and there may be an overlap of roles.
Under EASA, the mechanical category is called B1 and the avionics is called B2 This is a simpler division of work as compared to the earlier system practiced by the British Civil Aviation, where you have separate licenses for Compass, Autopilot and Instruments.
The path to get License To be a licensed technician, you need to go through an approved training school, the course is about 2.
5 years.
On completion of it and passing the examinations on each of the module, you will be awarded a frozen license.
A full license is awarded when you complete the work schedule, this may take another 2 years.
Basically there are two kinds of technicians, the licensed and non-licensed technicians.
The same persons may be known by different names in different countries.
In UK and the related countries, they are called Licensed Aircraft Engineer and mechanic.
Other countries may call them as the Licensed Mechanic and the non-licensed person is known as an artisan.
Maintaining the Skill's Standard To be a licensed technician, they have to under training in an approved training school.
With the new EASA rules in Europe now, the standard of the knowledge and skills required is known as EASA part 66 and the school that is approved to conduct the courses is refereed under the rule of part 147.
These rules and standards were derived from the earlier JAR requirements.
The importance to work towards the standard was recognised by EU, as previously, each of the country was having their own ruling and own civil aviation authority.
Now most of the rulings are streamlined and centralized.
This helps to ensure smoother operation and reduce the duplicate works.
The aircraft technician works directly on the aircraft.
Their jobs include the adhoc repairs, the schedule maintenance works and modification.
The overhaul of components such as the blackbox is not included in the license, as it is managed by the approval system of the airlines.
Division of work As the aircraft is a very complex machine, it is not possible for a person to have the variety of skills and knowledge to maintain the aircraft.
As such the works are divided in mechanical and avionics categories.
The mechanical are more towards the airframe and engines and the avionics are dealing more with the the computer and instrumentation's.
In some areas, the separation may not be too obvious and there may be an overlap of roles.
Under EASA, the mechanical category is called B1 and the avionics is called B2 This is a simpler division of work as compared to the earlier system practiced by the British Civil Aviation, where you have separate licenses for Compass, Autopilot and Instruments.
The path to get License To be a licensed technician, you need to go through an approved training school, the course is about 2.
5 years.
On completion of it and passing the examinations on each of the module, you will be awarded a frozen license.
A full license is awarded when you complete the work schedule, this may take another 2 years.
