Airframe and Powerplant / EASA
Graduates of an FAA-approved program will be prepared to test for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) General, Airframe, and Powerplant certificates. Aviation maintence technicians are qualified to perform service or make repairs on all types and sizes of private and commercial aircraft, including airplanes, helicopters, and their propulsion systems.
Contents include student project books for FAA general, airframe, and powerplant programs, course objectives, course outlines, and other instructional materials for eight airframe courses and eight general courses, and an instructor project book. A glossary of aircraft mechanic terms was also developed to assist English language learners and students new to aviation. Materials were developed to implement on computers and tablets maintained in the aviation labs.
EASA (European Aviation Safety Administration) is the European equivalent of the FAA, and also certify aircraft mechanics to repair or service European aircraft. Although the skill sets of the two certifications are similar, the processes for attaining and certifying the skills is very different. A crosswalk between FAA and EASA certification was completed and curriculum for short modules to fill identified gaps between FAA curriculum and EASA standards were developed by subject matter experts. These gaps include fiberoptics, human factors, and EASA regulations. Supplemental information outlines the self-improvement route that aircraft mechanics may take toward earning EASA certification.
- Date:
- 2014
- Primary Material Type:
- Workshop and Training Material
- Other Material Types:
- Assessment Tool, Assignment, Presentation, Quiz/Test
- Institution:
- Spokane Community College
- Project Name:
- Air Washington
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 1
- Subjects:
- Research Subject Categories, Aircraft Mechanic, Airframe, Poweplant, Aviation Maintenance Technology, ESL, EASA, Aviation vocabulary, Human Factors, Fiber Optics, EASA Legislation
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- The Boeing Company, Absolute Aviation Services, Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, Aerospace Futures Alliance, Angeles Composites Technology, Inc., Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition, Janicki Industries, Spokane Area Workforce Alliance, WDC Snohomish County, WDC of Seattle-King County, Olympic WDC, North Central WDC, WDC of Tacoma-Pierce County, Northwest Workforce Council, Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee
- Industry Sector:
- Wholesale Trade -- Support Activities for Transportation -- Support Activities for Air Transportation (4881)
- Occupation:
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations -- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (49-3011)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians (47)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Educational Use:
- Materials support courses mapped to FAA Airframe and/or Powerplant certifiaction. A crosswalk of the FAA program with EASA requirements is included as well as course modules that fill the gap between FAA and EASA certifications.
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation
- Quality Note:
- All materials were developed by subject matter experts, professional curriculum developers, and expert college faculty who hold FAA certificates; some also hold EASA certification. The curriculum resulted in common courses agreed upon for separate colleges; those colleges implementing the new courses will submit curriculum to the normal approval procedures for State, Federal, Veterans, and FAA approvals.
- Course Note:
- Avaition Maintenance Technology
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