Begin your journey to building a career repairing and maintaining aircraft with this Aircraft Maintenance Technician Associate Degree. Gain technical and mechanical skills and confidence with hands-on training from instructors with real-world experience while learning essential teamwork, communication, decision-making and deductive reasoning skills employers seek.
To succeed in this career, you need to be comfortable with:
- Working in a hangar and outside, with up to 25% scheduled time traveling
- Exposure to noise and hazards associated with aircraft maintenance
- Standing, walking, sitting, bending and stooping for extended periods
- Lifting 75 pounds and using a ladder and a lift
This degree program offers daytime and evening schedule options:
- Days: Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Evenings: Monday - Thursday, 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
How to get started
Step 1 – Apply
- Apply to Aims Community College
- Select Pre-Aviation Maintenance Technology AAS Pre-Major as your intended major.
- Apply for Financial Aid. It is recommended that you do.
Step 2 – Are you a VA or Transfer Student
- If you are a VA Student, submit your DD214 and Certificate of Eligibility to the Financial Aid Office.
- If you are a transfer student, please have your previous institution send an official transcript to Aims. Learn more on the Transfer Information webpage.
- If you are not a VA or Transfer Student, go to step 3.
Step 3 - ACCUPLACER Test
Required Accuplacer Scores
To complete your application, you must upload scores from both of the following Accuplacer assessments:
- Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics (QRAS) – Minimum score: 230
- Writing – Minimum score: 240
Make sure your score report includes both sections before submitting your application.
Step 4 - Complete the Aircraft Maintenance Technician Application
- Complete the Aircraft Maintenance Technician Application
- This is different than the main Aims application you’ve already completed.
- Applications must be completed no later than:
- Fall Term: First Friday of April
- Spring Term: First Friday of October
- Summer Term: Aims does not accept new Aircraft Maintenance Technician students for the Summer Term.
Step 5 - Advising Appointment
- Schedule an advising appointment by contacting the Windsor Advising Team at (970) 339-6610, option 2.
Required General Education Courses:
ENG 1031 Technical Writing | Credits: 3
COM 1150 Public Speaking | Credits: 3
MAT 1100 Skilled Trades/Industrial Math | Credits: 2
PHY 1030 Physics for CTE Occupations | Credits: 2
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities Course | Credits: 3
Gen Ed Behavioral & Social Sciences Course | Credits: 3
Total General Education Credits: 16
Required Aviation Courses:
AVT 1001 Private Pilot Ground School | Credits: 4
AMT 1101 Aircraft Drawing | Credits: 2
AMT 1102 Precision Measuring | Credits: 2
AMT 1103 Materials, Hardware, and Processes | Credits: 3
AMT 1104 Aviation Electricity and Electronics | Credits: 4
AMT 1105 Cleaning and Corrosion, Inspection Concepts and Techniques | Credits: 3
AMT 1106 Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, and Publications | Credits: 3
AMT 2101 Metallic Structures | Credits: 3
AMT 2102 Non-Metallics, Composites, and Finishing | Credits: 3
AMT 2103 Landing Gear, Hydraulics, and Pneumatics | Credits: 3
AMT 2104 Aircraft Electrical Systems and Basic Avionics | Credits: 3
AMT 2105 Airframe Inspections, Flight Controls, Rotorcraft, and sUAS | Credits: 3
AMT 2106 Aircraft Systems | Credits: 3
AMT 2107 Reciprocating Engines and Associated Systems | Credits: 9
AMT 2108 Turbine Engines and Associated Systems | Credits: 6
Total Required AMT Credits: 54
Total Credits Req - Aircraft Maintenance Technician A.A.S. Degree: 70