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AIRFRAME & POWERPLANT (A&P)
Aviation Program Certificate
Day session: 17.5 months
Evening Sessions: 17.5 months
Clock Hours: 210 |
| FINANCIAL AID GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| The 17.5 month long Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) program is divided into 14 units of instruction. The curriculum includes three general units, five Airframe units, and five Powerplant units and an Inspection and Review unit. Each unit lasts five weeks and covers a specific area of aircraft maintenance and repair. Individual classes can have up to 45 students however; the student teacher ratio in the labs does not exceed 25:1. Each unit of instruction represents 150 clock hours of instruction for a total program of 2100 clock hours of training. Classroom lecture, discussions, and hands-on training, including the completion of individual projects are some of the instructional strategies to enhance the student training. |
| LABORATORIES AND EQUIPMENT |
| The college features a vast array of industry relevant training aids, including reciprocating and turbine powerplants from Lycoming, Pratt & Whitney. These include radials, horizontally opposed, turbocharged and demonstration cutaways. Laboratories have varies educational visual aides and hand-on instructional aids. The turbine shop features turbines from General Electric, Rolls Royce, Garrett and Westinghouse. Students can operate and troubleshoot turbo jet and reciprocating engines. There are a variety of carburetor’s, magnetos, turbochargers, propellers for student to have hands-on training. Sheet metal shop contains brakes, shears, pneumatic drills, and riveting equipment. The composite shop is used to study of wood structures, fabric, fiberglass, Plexiglas, and composite structures. The electrical laboratory used to study electrical circuits, batteries, and Eddy current and ultrasound inspection equipment. Inspection and Review lab includes AeroCommander, T-39, T-38, Cessna 150, Piper Seneca aircraft along with the Hughes 269 and Bell 47 helicopters. |
| OCCUPATIONAL DESCRIPTION |
| Airframe and Powerplant technicians are primarily responsible for keeping aircraft safe while flying and are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A graduate from Crimson Technical College is qualified to sit for the FAA A&P exam and upon successful completion is qualified for any entry-level Airframe and Powerplant position in the aviation industry. Students gain theoretical knowledge of aviation regulations, flight-control systems, aircraft communication systems, powerplant systems, aircraft engines. Using state of the art technology, airframe and powerplant technicians diagnose, maintain, and repair aeronautical systems and engines. |
| A technician’s range of work can vary from jets to propeller driven airplanes to helicopters. Some find their niche by specializing in a specific area of the aircraft, like the engine, electrical systems, or hydraulics. Powerplant technicians have the authority to service and repair engines, as well as perform some work on propellers. Airframe technicians have eth authority to do any work on the plane, with exception of work on instruments, powerplants, and propellers. A&P mechanics have the authority to work on every part of the aircraft, with the exception of instruments. Graduation, employment, completion and salary statistics. |
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