Aircraft Apprenticeship

Seanie175

Im currently in leaving cert year and want to work with planes be it mechanics or whatever ! Dont really want to go through a 4 year college degree to do something , would much rather be hands on and get an apprenticeship ? maybe someone could tell me where and when do i apply , are there better apprenticeships then others , airlingus , ryanair and such ? someone please help me thanks!

Katunga

most of the apprenticeships start in the summer.
The following currently have apprenticeships
Dublin Aerospace 2 year A licence
Ryanair 2 year A licence
Aer lingus 4 year B licence
City Jet 4 year B licence
Shannon Aerospace

Carlow It and DIT have aviation Courses if you are interested.
The problem with doing the college courses is a lack of hanger experience.

It is very difficult to become a Aircraft Maintenance trainee/ apprentice as a very large quantity of people apply to a very small amount of places.
For example City, over 1000 people applied 4 were taken on.

look at this thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056509051

Seanie175

i have aerospace engineering in carlow IT as my first choice on my cao , its always a fall back maybe if i dont get an apprenticeship , would just rather be hands on with mechanics and such , be great to travel as well but would love to have a future in aircraft maintainence and mechanics

GoodisonPark

You could also try the Air Corps

Seanie175

I'm just really puzzled about how to apply and when..

Katunga

Seanie175 wrote: »

I'm just really puzzled about how to apply and when..

keep looking at the companies websites who I listed.
As I said most of them start in the summer or Autumn.

Katunga

Another thing if your are thinking about becoming an aircraft maintenance engineer do a colour vision test, about 1 in 12 are affected by this and many go through their live with out knowing. It can only effect certain people for a few shades of red or green.

Seanie175

and if i was effected by this , would that mean i couldnt be an aircraft maintenance engineer ?

Katunga

Seanie175 wrote: »

and if i was effected by this , would that mean i couldnt be an aircraft maintenance engineer ?

if you have difficulty seeing colours you will never be a maintenance engineer

lintdrummer

Just in relation to applying; the advertisements normally appear from April on. Keep an eye on the recruitment sections of the companies' websites. Keep checking this forum too, threads will pop up once the positions are advertised.
This is the test that's used to check your colour vision, if you can pass this you're ok to become a mech!
Best of luck.

A320

Katunga wrote: »

if you have difficulty seeing colours you will never be a maintenance engineer

Ha i wouldn't rule that out,theres 1 or 2 i know are borderline blind

Katunga

A320 wrote: »

Ha i wouldn't rule that out,theres 1 or 2 i know are borderline blind

but how long are they in the business? harder to get in than stay in.

A320

Katunga wrote: »

but how long are they in the business? harder to get in than stay in.

Thats a good point,they are there a good while