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Aviation Maintenance Technician

AMTs inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair aircraft mechanical systems, including engines, powertrains, and hydraulics. You’ll service structural parts of the aircraft, including fuselages, wings, rotor blades, and flight control surfaces. You’ll also fly as an aircrew, performing duties like loadmaster, dropmaster, or helicopter flight mechanic. AMTs are typically assigned to Coast Guard air stations.

Skills You’ll Learn

  • Aircraft mechanical repair
  • Aircraft structural repair
  • Aircrew flight operations

Training You’ll Get

  • AMTs receive 20 weeks of blended on-the-job training at one of 26 Coast Guard air stations, in addition to in-class training at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, NC. You will learn about aircraft systems, metal work, composite repair, electrical theory and troubleshooting, and paint applications.
  • Advanced composite repair, aircraft systems, and airframe specific training, as well as advanced training in helicopter rescue operations.
  • Specifically, the Aviation Technology program is available to the AMT rating.
  • Airline Maintenance Supervisor
  • FAA Certified Aircraft Mechanic or Aircraft Inspector Authorization
  • Aviation Instructor
  • Aircraft Ground Handler
  • Flight Engineer
  • Helicopter Rescue Hoist Operator

The Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to excel as an aircraft mechanic. This training prepares you to pass the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test to become a certified Airframe and Powerplant Technician for employment in aviation maintenance. You are trained to service, repair, and overhaul aircraft components and systems, including the airframe, piston engines, turbine engines, electrical systems, hydraulic systems, propellers, instrumentation, warning and environmental systems.