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SPRING 2015
Developing the young workforce
Ayrshire College becomes
an official Civil Aviation
Authority exam site
OUR AYR CAMPUS HAS BEEN
RECOGNISED BY THE CIVIL
AVIATION AUTHORITY (CAA)
AS AN OFFICIAL EXAMINATION
CENTRE.
The CAA oversees the safety of all
UK aviation industry activity on
behalf of the European Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA).
The College Aeronautical
Engineering team has been
providing training and support to
day release students from various
airlines for a number of years.
By becoming an examination
centre, the College is now just the
fourth site in the UK – and the only
site in Scotland - that people in
the aviation industry can sit their
Aircraft Maintenance Licence
exam.
To be employed as an Aircraft
Maintenance Licenced Engineer
requires four years of academic
study, on-the-job training and
successful completion of a series
of exams to gain the appropriate
qualifications.
This latest development for the
College is a result of strong
industry connections and
exceptional teaching standards.
Representatives from the CAA
arrived from their Gatwick
headquarters to the College’s Ayr
campus for a tour of the facilities.
The classrooms proved to be
ideal for their needs – as they are
looking to progress from
paper-based to web-based
exams.
The CAA’s EASA Part 66 Aircraft
Maintenance Engineer exam will
take place at the College’s Ayr
campus.
“By becoming an examination
centre, the College is now just the
fourth site in the UK – and the only
site in Scotland - that people in the
aviation industry can sit their Aircraft
Maintenance Licence exam.
This latest development for the
College is a result of strong industry
connections and exceptional
teaching standards.”