Aircraft Maintenance Engineering – Salary, Qualification, Requirement & Colleges

Aircraft engineering could be an exciting career if you are looking for something other than medicine and regular engineering courses.

Although aircraft engineering is just another branch of engineering but it is very new field. Students who are anxious about aircraft engineering can read this article and find out everything that they need to know.

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Scope of Aircraft Engineering In India

To put it simply scope of aircraft engineering as a career is really great in India.

The reason is quite simple. The aviation sector in India is expanding rapidly. Every year airline companies are buying new planes and adding more air routes to the sky.

Last year Indigo airline signed a deal worth $26.6 billion with Airbus. Indigo will buy at least 250 planes in coming years.

Similarly other airline companies are buying planes and upgrading their fleet.

I gave the example to just give you an idea how the industry is expanding and they are in a need of skilled Aircraft Engineers.

Moreover there are many other international airline companies operating in the country.

So the scope is really great for an aircraft engineer in coming years.

Aircraft Engineering & Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

Here you have to know the difference between aircraft engineer and aircraft maintenance engineering.

Aircraft engineering is a four year degree course in engineering. The branch that you choose is normally called aerospace engineering.

On the other hand Aircraft Maintenance Engineering or AME is a three year course where upon completion you get a license rather a degree.

So you have to decide which one you are going to choose.

Job Profile of a General Aircraft Engineer & an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME)

You will like to know job profile of an aircraft engineer as well as an aircraft maintenance engineer (AME).

Upon completion of 4 years degree course you are expected to design and test aircrafts and related equipments.

In other words you will be working as a designer or an engineer for a new aircraft.

While aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) is a low profile (blue collar job) compared to an aircraft engineer.

Here you will be responsible for the air worthiness of an aircraft in accordance with local as well as international aviation standards.

Basically you have to get your hands dirty if there is a need.

Eligibility and Requirement

Eligibility for aircraft engineering is you have to complete 10+2 with PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Math) and appear for an entrance exam.

You can choose aerospace engineering course in a given college. You complete the course in 4 years and enter the job market.

To get an entry level jobs just BE degree is good enough however for higher job posts you need masters or a doctorate degree.

Here are eligibility criteria for three years AME course.

  • Must have passed 10+2 with 50% marks in aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Math.
  • Or Three Year Diploma in any branch of Engineering
  • B.Sc. after 10+2 with math, physics and chemistry.

In order to get a job you have to get a license from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

We shall talk more about this in next paragraph.

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering License

Getting the license is very important if you want to become an AME.

You have to appear for Associate Membership Exam certification conducted by Aeronautical Society of India.

In order to successfully clear the exam you have to enroll in only those institutes which are approved by DGCA.

It is because only they can impart training which is necessary for clearing the membership exam and no one else can.

Once you have cleared internal exams Section A & B DGCA will issue you an AME license.

The age limit is 23 years however it is relaxed for engineering and science graduates. Even students with matriculation can join the AME course.

Course and Admission Fees Structure for AME

Let us see 3 years AME course in great details.

Total course duration is 3 years long and you have to take 4 papers.

Upon completion of first year (two semesters) you are allowed to take part in basic Paper 1 of the AME license Exam.

Then you have to take Paper 2 at the end of second year and finally Paper 3 in the third year.

After clearing these 3 papers you can get Basic Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Certificate (BAMEC) from the DGCA.

You will be eligible for the job in the industry.

However you will only get the full AME license once you clear Paper 4 in your specific area of competence.

The issued license will be equivalent to a BE degree in aerospace engineering from any given college.

An AME degree can cost you up to Rs 1.5 lacs to Rs 2 Lacs in total.

If you are going for a BE degree then it can cost even more.

Best AME Colleges in India

Here are some of the colleges for getting AME license.

  1. Indian Institute of Aircraft Engineering, Delhi
  2. Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy, Bowenpally, Secundrabad – 500011 (AP)
  3. Hyderabad (AP) Institute of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Old Airport Road, Gautam Nagar, Secunderabad (AP)
  4. Bangalore Hindustan Aviation Academy, Chinnappanahally, Bangalore – 560037
  5. Centre For Civil Aviation Training, Delhi
  6. Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology, GST Road, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai – 600016
  7. Aeronautical Training Institute, Lucknow

Skills and Salary Expectations

Skills for AME licensee you must have if you want a job in the aviation industry.

  1. All the technical details of an Aircraft.
  2. You have to get your hands dirty and work hard.
  3. Willing to travel and work in shifts

If you are a BE graduate then you have to have passion for designing and innovating new ideas.

Finally how much do you expect after getting a license or completing the BE course.

Starting salary for an AME license holder can be Rs 15,000 per month and it can go up to Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakhs also.

So this was all you need to know about aircraft engineering. Find latest jobs for AME here.

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  1. Is the job is sure after completing the AME from this top academys what is the proof for it

  2. • Criteria for AME in JEE or board exam or any other entrance test.
    • Total fees for OBC student.
    • Any college in Nagpur

  3. Please don’t join ame college as they provide u certificate that is useless at the,it is trap by institute they r not approved by aicte nethier u get diploma not degree ur qualifications remains 12 pass

  4. HI
    AM ANTONY I DID IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AM INTEREST ABOUT A/C MAINTENANCE.CAN I JOIN YOUR YOUR INSTITUTE.AND THEN HOW LONG DOES THIS COURSE TAKE ME AND FEES STRUCTURE ALSO LET ME KNOW.

  5. Sir,
    If date of approval is expired then , can any problem created?
    Please tell me, that is my earnest request. Please quickly reply me.
    Please sir help me to say my quiry. I am so thankful for your great help.

  6. I never seen such a detailed and full details in a single website. Thanks for sharing these details. All the dest

  7. Dear Sir,/ Madam

    I need AME course Details (Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy)

    When he Admission open

    So kinldy do you Needful

    Thank & Regards.,
    Nikhil

  8. I am Ajai, 28 years old. I have a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in ECE. I am working as Network Engineer in IT field. I am passionate about aviation and wanted to work real time with Aircrafts. Am i eligible to apply for AME Course. Suggestions please.

  9. Hai everyone thanks to add me and I don’t known about this great opportunity I want to learn how to work to this jobs and I have a confidence to this jobs I can perform nicely so please add me and send me some ideas about the jobs thank once again

  10. i am in aeronautical diploma after diploma can i joint aircraft maintenance engineering course and to join AME any exam is compoulsary like gate or any other please replay me i want to become aircraft maintenance engineer

  11. Now,I m completing my B.E. in Mechanical Engineering .so,can I apply for AME after my engineering?

  12. I’m graduating in Be mechanical engineering but I interested in AME how to join Aircraft Maintenance Engineering please help to guide me.
    Thank you

  13. After three years diploma course in(ame) I want higher education for a pilot job. It’s possible.

  14. If the person has done the ame from general catogory… Do he eligible for the job without coc… Thats the main question which is coming up for most the people’s mind

  15. I am now in class 10 and want a best and sure job for me after 12 .my result is not so good , it is about 75% .My passon is to success in any branch of engineering. so pls suggest me a good line with not much money lending about 1.5 lacks.thanks

  16. Hi … The information above was good enough … But I want to know about after 4years of mechanical engineering in BE .. How can I become aircraft engineer…

    Any courses which are helpful for me ?
    If any which will be better and most valuable in future.. ?

  17. Please don’t do these time wastage AME courses .Your entire life n money n career get spoiled by doing this jobless course. This is one license course and there is no value of this license in OTHER FIELDS. ITS BETTER TO DO NORMAL GRADUATION RATHER THAN WASTING TIME N MONEY ON THIS USELESS COURSE

  18. Thanks for information. I would like to give some experienced information here. First of all there is very very very small scope of job in ame field. For getting idea, just i want to say that only 5-10% of students get job after completing course and that too most of the vacancy is filled up by some dirty backdoor procedure. Secondly, in India, airlines and many small aviation related companies hire people offering very low salary at the entry level.even many students have to do job without any payment for months which very very shameful for all DGCA, airlines, and Indian systems. But somes facts are good in this field.(shameful because this engineering people maintain the ability of the aircrafts to fly safely which in turn assures the lives of hundreds of passengers. As a small example, Just imagine only missing one single srew or choosing visually tough to detect different size of screw among the thousands of srew,bolts can snatch away hundreds of lives along with crores of properties. Or slightly over tightening or less tightening of a part in aircraft can do the blunder. So they really deserves better qualification and job status giving lives of aircraft at every single moment they are engaged in job whereas cabin crews earn around 50000 per months at staring level only doing hello-welcome-good morning-serving dishes to passengers like works. That’s why it is trully pathetic ). If anybody survives with this tragedic struggling starting, there is waiting a lucrative career for him/her. In India there is many companies where ame gets salary from 100000above at a minimum just after getting licence and within few years salary can go above 200000atleast and it goes to 5-7 lac per month. Besides that, without getting licence from dgca to be an AME, one can go abroad with very attractive joing salary like above 200000per month after 3 -5yrs of paid working experience in India…but after all I will strongly say not to come in this field because of tremendous dirty procedure of getting entry level job and withstanding the job nature at first phase of career.
    Thank you.

  19. I am a student of class 12 having physics chemistry and biology can I apply or not …..for AME OR NOT

  20. My name is Josephat Marwa from Kenya currently staying in Tanzania. I completed my high school in the year two thousand and fourteen (2014).

    I would like to join your aviation college and study online since aviation industry has always been my dream of which I want to become a pilot and an engineer by experience.

    I would be glad to hear from you soon.

  21. Please provide more detailed information on AME for Mumbai
    location. how to apply after 12th, colleges in Mumbai n so on.

    Thanks Regards
    Vikat

  22. Sir my friend said about Ame course it’s a useless course there is no future even clearing all the 4 Ame licence exam, he said interview for joining airline after ojt is very difficult ,and if entered in aviation industry as Ame the become very less I.e 5000-8000

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