High demand for aircraft engineering

by Ramani Kangaraarachchi

"The job market demand for qualified aircraft engineers is extremely high in the aviation industry worldwide. It is so high that aviation training institutions find it difficult to cope with the demand.

Deputy Director Studies of the Asian Aviation Centre Dhananjaya Weerasinghe addressing parents, students and the staff of AAC at the inauguration of 5th intake of the course leading to Kingston University Foundation Degree in Aircraft Engineering said that the job of an aircraft engineer is to certify that an aircraft is fit to fly after completing a major repair of maintenance task, undertaken by aircraft maintenance technicians. The AAC is capable of producing talented engineers, he said.

At the end of the two year course at AAC, students would be entitled to the foundation degree in aircraft engineering awarded by the Kingston University.

They have the option of joining an airline to gain the experience for the JAR 66 licenses or to proceed to Kingston University UK to complete the top up year and qualify for the BEng (Hons) degree in aircraft engineering. The next course will commence in September 2006.