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Are you passionate about aviation and skilled with your hands? Take your career to new heights with our Aviation Maintenance Technology Airframe Certificate program. This specialized program is designed for individuals who already hold a current FAA Powerplant Mechanic Rating or have completed FAA-approved aviation maintenance technician school training in general subject areas.
Program Highlights:
Focused Training: Gain in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience specifically tailored to airframe maintenance.
FAA Certification Prep: Prepare thoroughly for the FAA written, oral, and practical tests required to earn your Airframe Mechanic's certificate.
Comprehensive Curriculum: Learn to service, maintain, troubleshoot, and inspect airframe structures, including aircraft wings, fuselage, and flight control surfaces.
The Aviation Maintenance Technology Airframe Certificate is for those individuals who already hold a current and effective Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Powerplant Mechanic License or who have taken and passed the FAA General Subject Areas per 14 Code of Federal Regulations 147 Appendix B at an FAA approved aviation maintenance technician school.
Students who complete this certificate will earn credit toward completion of the Aviation Maintenance Technology, A.A.S. degree
*This course is offered off-campus at the IWCC Aviation Center.
Job Outlook
546 Jobs (2020)
+4.5% Change from 2020-2025
Data is from the Omaha Metropolitans Area, and the seven counties in Southwest Iowa that Iowa Western serves
What will you do
Graduates of the Aviation Maintenance Technology: Airframe Certificate program typically pursue careers as Aviation Airframe Technicians or related roles in the aviation industry. This program will prepare students to service and repair the fuselage, nacelles, cowlings, fairings, airfoil surfaces, and landing gear.
Wages
- Entry: $22.67
- Average: $32.34
- Experienced: $37.18
First Semester | ||||
| AVM 181 - Aviation Airframe I | 7.5 Credit(s) | |||
| AVM 182 - Aviation Airframe II | 7.5 Credit(s) | |||
Semester Total: 15.0 Credits | ||||
Summer | ||||
| AVM 185 - Aviation Airframe III | 7.0 Credit(s) | |||
Semester Total: 7.0 Credits | ||||
Second Semester | ||||
| AVM 186 - Aviation Airframe IV | 7.0 Credit(s) | |||
Semester Total: 7.0 Credits | ||||
Total Semester Hours Required: 29.0 | ||||
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Program Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the program students will:
- Reference the applicability of FAA regulations, specifications or type certificate data sheets, and the privileges and limitations of a mechanic with an Airframe Rating with respect to the servicing, maintenance, preventative maintenance, rebuilding, alteration, and inspection of an airframe.
- Recall information needed to pass the FAA’s written and oral tests for the first seven airframe subject areas.
- Perform the servicing, maintenance, preventative maintenance, rebuilding, alteration, and inspection of an airframe needed to pass the FAA’s practical test for the first seven airframe subject areas.
- Recall information needed to pass the FAA’s written and oral test for the last ten airframe subject areas.
- Perform the servicing, maintenance, preventative maintenance, rebuilding, alteration, and inspection of an airframe needed to pass the FAA’s practical test for the last ten airframe subject areas.
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