2009 CASA Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (LAMEs) Scholarship
CASA is offering scholarships to students seeking a career as a LAME.
The scholarship, for an individual, will provide support for two years. The scholarship amount is $1,000 for each of the first two years of the apprenticeship.
One scholarship will be available each year for each State and Territory.
Applications for the 2009 scholarship close on 30 November 2008.
International comparison of the cost of Maintenance Engineer Training
The Aviation Regulation Review Task Force sought advice from CASA as to the relative costs of
training aircraft maintenance engineers in Australia compared to NZ, UK and USA.
The report of these comparative costs is now available
CAO 100.66 – Maintenance authorities — EASA equivalents
This Order is intended to provide an equivalent of the EASA categories of aircraft maintenance licence A, B1 and B2 as a transitional arrangement pending introduction of these categories of licence into the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
Australian LAME statistics – 2007
Graphs showing Australia's LAME population by age over the period 2000 – 2007.
Maintenance
guides
Maintenance guide booklets have been published for engineers, pilots,
operators and owners.
More details on maintenance guide booklets
Airworthiness Advisory Circulars
- AAC 9-0 - General AME Licensing Information
- AAC 9-4 - Acceptance of Training Courses Conducted by Overseas Equipment Manufacturers, Operators and Training Organisations
- AAC 9-5 - AME Specific Type Training Courses and Examinations Conducted by Approved Australian Operators, Maintenance and Training Organisations
- AAC 9-66 - Administration and Procedure - Aircraft Maintenance Engineer A, B1 or B2 - Maintenance Authorities
- AAC 9-91 - Administration and Procedure - AME Licences - Category Airframe
- AAC 9-94 - Administration and Procedure - AME Licences - Category Electrical
- AAC 9-95 - Administration and Procedure - AME Licences - Category Instruments
Recent Airworthiness Bulletins
1 August 2008
AWB 02-030 Issue 1 – Piper PA-28 Series Aircraft – Inspections
AWB 57-006 Issue 2 – Corrosion in Cirrus SR20 and SR22 Flap Hinges
25 July 2008
AWB 85-009 Issue 1 – Inadvertant Mixing of Light-wall and Heavy-wall Piston Pins
24 July 2008
AWB 28-011 Issue 1 – Beechcraft 200 Fuel Quantity System
10 July 2008
AWB 57-008 Issue 2 - Main Spar Corrosion in Hawker Beechcroft B58 Series Aircraft
7 July 2008
AWB 34-012 Issue 1 - FreeFlight GPA Receiver Upgrade
4 July 2008
AWB 34-011 Issue 1 - FreeFlight (Trimble) GPS Receivers
10 June 2008
AWB 73 - Engine Fuel & Control
AWB 73-005 Issue 1 - Precision Airmotive Carburettors - Floats
6 June 2008
AWB 62-005 Issue 1 - Painting R22 and R44 Main Rotor Blades
16 May 2008
AWB 73 - Engine Fuel & Control
AWB 73-004 Issue 1 - Robinson R44 Carburettor Accelerator Pump
30 April 2008
AWB 51-06 Issue 1 - Corrosion and Cracking of Main Landing Gear Assemblies on CESSNA Aircraft
AWB 32-14 Issue 1 - Tight Main Landing Gear Attachment Pins in CESSNA C208 Aircraft
Engineer Career Guide
Keeping Australia's fleet of over eleven thousand private and commercial aircraft flying safely is the job of the Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (LAME).
There is now a world-wide shortage of LAMEs, so the opportunities for employment and advancement in the field have never been better, particularly as aviation expands and becomes more "hi-tech". There is satisfaction, too, in seeing your work result in well-maintained, safe and efficient aircraft.