AME
Vocational / Skilling · Aviation maintenance
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) is training to inspect, service and repair aircraft and, once licensed, to certify them fit to fly. It is taught at maintenance training organisations approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The course alone is not the licence: DGCA module exams and logged practical experience are needed before a licence is issued.
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How you get in
Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics; institutes set their own minimum marks and an age limit. Admission is through each training organisation's own test or interview and a medical check. Before joining, confirm the institute and its course are on DGCA's list of approved maintenance training organisations.
At a glance
- Fees at private training organisations are high; the cost varies widely between institutes.
- Licence holders certify work; before that, trainees work under supervision as technicians.
- Hangar and ramp work is often in shifts, including nights.
- Some institutes pair the course with a university degree; the DGCA licence is separate from it.
In numbers
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