Sorry to intrude... i was searching for something on google and came across topic bout this LAME thing in LOW YAT... i'm surprised there are quite some interest in this field..... anyway.... Dear Maryjane... those course u listed.... most propably created by the training school..to cater for company.... company requested... they come out with the course to train the staff of the company.... as an outside... for an outsider..... those courses wouldnt mean much... i could be wrong...just an opinion.....

Hello jazzy... i read some where in the post u r teaching in APr or Miat?... what r u teaching?

This post has been edited by thorne: Apr 4 2012, 11:22 PM

cool.... so what r u doin nowadays?

Keep up the good work dude....

Maryjane, dont get me wrong...if u have a intention to attend courses to boost up ur market value.....by all means go ahead....it's good.... what i wrote was just my personal excperiance working in a small airline conducting and recruiting some technician or engineering staff. unlike big airlines such as AA or MAS.... we recruit by word of mouth.... and the requirement is usually pretty basic....

Before APR or Miat, we even recruit ppl without any qualification as technician and train them ourself and quite a number of them are now working in AA and MAS without any qualification, they apply base on their experiance. nowadays the market is flooded with Miat and APR, it easier to recruit techcian with basic knowledge of a/c. and most of them we recruit has done their practical with us before. So in that context, if u were one of the applicants with various course and those whom did their practical with us before and that we know their capability during work, those guys has the advantage.
it's extremely competitive for the past couple of yrs in aviation in term of a/c technician. Best bet would be to concentrate on acquiring DCAM Easa lic, then with a lil bit of luck, life will be looking up from there on.....
In u r really interested aviation, Easa lic should be ur ultimate goal at this moment. that's just my view. wish u all the best.....

1. I was referring to the small airline where i work.

2. When I mentioned bout basic knowledge, I meant things like Control surfaces such as aileron, elevator rudder, flaps, etc. And basic working tools ie wrenches, spanner, sockets, pliers, etc. Being a tool boy to me is normal for a start, i've been thru that. When u r new in company, the engineer will be reluctant to let new guy to perform major task at first. There must be element of trust between the LAEs and tech for the LAEs to allow the tech perform major task with minimum supervision. But after some times, everybody will have to perform all task.

3. Don't forget the interview part, that is where u need to convince the company that all the courses u'd acquired will be useful for u to progress in the company. If the company has shortage of personnel all round the engineering dept, that would be a massive advantage for the person with all the extra courses coz u maybe able to work in other section of the engineering dept with those courses. But if big company like AA or Mas that r recruiting specifically for a/c technician, chances r they will be looking solely on basic requirement they require. The extra course may or may not be advantage depending once again how the candidte perform during the interview.

Cheers.

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Added on April 6, 2012, 11:55 amDear n394, no where it is written that female a suitable for avionics. probably a lot female that chose avionics r due to the nature of avionics work which involves electrical cable or component which r more cleaner working enviroment compared mechanical trade where u deal which grease n oils most of the time. But there r some numbers female Mechanical LAEs in Mas. I'm not sure how the initial nominating of which course u'll be attending in METC, but it might just be ask during ur interview about ur choice of avionics or mechanical. or no harm asking during the interview, like Sir Jazzy said it'll show that u've done ur homework and know what u want for urself.

Sir Jazzy,

Very well written......

This post has been edited by thorne: Apr 6 2012, 11:55 AM