Aircraft Maintenance Engineers

Key Tasks

• •Dismantling, inspecting, testing, repairing and reassembling aircraft engines, ancillary motors and engine accessories, electrical systems, and subassemblies of aircraft frames
• •Installing electrical circuits and equipment
• •Testing aircraft communication equipment, aircraft instrumentation and electronic systems using electronic testing equipment and specialised test apparatus
• •Replacing and testing aircraft oxygen system components
• •Assembling parts and subassemblies of aircraft frames
• •Conducting routine pre-flight inspections of engines, aircraft frames and mechanical systems
• •Maintaining records of action taken
• •May manufacture aircraft electrical, instrument and radio hardware components

Employment Projections to 2034