Courses that can take you up

Thiruvananthapuram: Want to cash in on the boom in the aviation industry and do a course that can definitely take you up? The aircraft maintenance engineering (mechanical stream), aircraft maintenance engineering (avionics stream) and aeronautical engineering are the three courses offered by the Regional Institute of Aviation based at Perunthanni in the city.
Aircraft maintenance engineering course leads to the AME licence from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India, for maintaining aeroplanes. The aircraft maintenance engineers have to maintain the aircraft in airworthy condition and have to issue certificates of airworthiness before flight. The airworthiness of essential systems like airframe, engine, instruments and radio navigation systems also have to be certified.
The students get work at various airlines, maintenance divisions of aero-engine manufacturers and approved aircraft maintenance organisations.
The eligibility for the course is 10+2 or equivalent pass with 50 percent marks in physics and mathematics or a three-year engineering diploma in any stream with aggregate 50 percent marks. The age limit at the time of admission should not be less than 17 years.
The degree course in aeronautical engineering offered by the institute has been recognised as equivalent to BTech in aeronautical engineering by the Indian Government.
30/06/09 ExpressBuzz