Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Review

The first year is spent at Resource Group to attain your modules for your Cat A licence. You also spend time in the workshop and hanger to develop hand skills. The second and third year is spent at British Airways where you spend time in different areas to gain further practical experience.

You spend quite some time in the workshop creating pieces which introduces you to new skills, such as riveting as well as developing some of the hand skills you may already have. Whilst on the hanger floor you are able to familiarise yourself with specific systems you learnt about during your modules.

The programme so far has been quite enjoyable as the time spent in the workshop and hanger has been beneficial. Due to Covid and lockdown restrictions we haven’t spent as much time as planned at the training centre. However, the time spent their has been great as its allowed for skill growth

The programme is clearly set out to allow you to study and complete your Cat A modules in the first year whilst also introducing you to the aircrafts. In this time, we have also been completely our Level 2 knowledge questions and any additional work to satisfy the foundation level of the apprenticeship.

Our employer has provided support throughout our first year of the apprenticeship. Even though we spent quite some time in a national lockdown due to Covid, they have always been easy to reach and have kept in communication with us throughout this time. They can be easily reached as well as the first year is spent away from base and with the training provider.

The training provider had quite a handful of really good instructors who taught their modules really well. As a whole they supported us through our module training. However there could have been times whereby it would be difficult to speak to someone and get an issue resolved about our training or exams

Having spent a year at resource group has been very beneficial as it was the first time I had been taught many of these topics. Some modules are more enjoyable than others and contain more relevant detail to systems which are common on aircrafts. Therefore, this initial introduction has been very beneficial

There have been minimal events due to Covid 19 and the fact that the first year is spent at the training provider- resource group. This has been a limiting factor for social events. However there is an annual apprentice meeting which allows all the apprentices to have an insight as to what they do

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British Airways is a great company to work with and has many benefits for their employees such as cheap standby flights. They are very invested in the engineering apprenticeships as they understand the benefits the apprentices will have for their development and growth. There are also opportunities for individual growth

Regarding the interview, make sure you be yourself and truly express your interest in why you have applied to the apprenticeship as well as what you hope to achieve on an individual level. You are not required to have hand skills as you’ll have many opportunities to gain and develop these