Caring for Aircraft
As an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT), you could specialize in the repair and support of many different aircraft systems so that they take off, fly, operate, and land safely. Some of these specializations could include working on the powerplant (engine), the airframe (aircraft body), or avionics (electronic systems).
As an AMT, your job might entail:
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Performing annual inspections of overall aircraft or specific aircraft systems;
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Carrying out repair, preventative maintenance, or support work on airplanes or parts of an airplane, or supervising others in doing so; or
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Altering aircraft or aircraft systems.
With anywhere from a few hundred individual parts on the smallest of aircraft to a few million parts on commercial or military aircraft, there is so much opportunity to apply your knack for fixing things to making a living. Read on to find out more about different aviation maintenance career paths.
Explore Aviation Maintenance Careers
There are many different opportunities for aircraft maintenance — from maintenance management to working at your local fixed-base operator (FBO) or for the military or a commercial airline. Explore these aviation maintenance pathways to see where a career keeping airplanes shipshape could take you.
