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Aircraft maintenance apprenticeship: your application checklist
What to put in your CV, which examples to prepare and what to ask an employer before starting an aircraft maintenance apprenticeship.
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Aircraft Engineer Training Tips
CAR 31 to Part 66: what if your old licence does not show as transitioned?
CAR 31 to Part 66: has your licence transitioned? Before booking exams or arranging requalification, check which licence you actually hold. An engineer who…
Aircraft Engineer Training Tips
Aeroplane Engineering Course or Aircraft Maintenance Course? Read This Before You Enrol
Searching for an aeroplane engineering course? Learn the difference between engineering degrees, AME training, Aeroskills and CASA licensing.
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Aircraft Maintenance Trade Assistant Jobs: How to Get Into the Hangar
A factual guide to aircraft maintenance trade assistant roles, pre-apprenticeship options, and how to get into the hangar properly.
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Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Apprenticeship: How to Get In and Start Properly
If you are researching an aircraft maintenance engineer apprenticeship, there are a few points worth understanding early.
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Aircraft Type Training and Type Ratings
Clear guide to aircraft type training and type ratings for aircraft engineers in Australia, including Part 66 requirements, OJT and Sigma’s pathway.
Aircraft Engineer Training Tips
Foreign Licence to CASA Conversion: How It Actually Works
Understand how foreign licence to CASA conversion works for aircraft engineers, why gaps exist, and how Sigma maps the shortest compliant path.
Aircraft Engineer Training Tips
What Is Aeroskills? Qualifications, Units and Pathways Explained
Learn what Aeroskills means in Australia, how the MEA training package works, and which qualification path suits apprentices, AMEs and employers.
Aircraft Engineer Training Tips
Part 66 Module Exams: What They Are, What They Are Not
Learn how Part 66 module exams fit into CASA licensing, why they are not a standalone shortcut, and how Sigma reviews the outcome first.
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RPL for an Aircraft Engineer Licence: How It Actually Works
Searching for how to RPL for a licence? Learn how aircraft engineer RPL works in Australia, what CASA and ASQA each require, and Sigma’s…