- May 13, 2021, 3:46 PM
Bombardier maintenance apprentice Joshua Cadwallader with UK Department for Education skills and apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan. (Photo: Bombardier)
Bombardier’s London Biggin Hill service center is about two months into its first 36-month aircraft maintenance apprenticeship program that aims to create a pipeline of future maintenance techs and support the area’s economy, the Canadian airframer announced May 13. Through a combination of virtual classroom and on-site training, the 16 apprentices in the first class expect to earn EASA Part 66 modules (B license) certification and Level 4 City & Guilds Diploma in Aerospace and Aviation.
A collaboration between the service center and training and apprenticeships provider Seetec, the program is supported by KLM UK Engineering and the Department for Education. Graduates will have an opportunity to earn full-time positions at the service center upon completion of the program.
Bombardier Inc.: New Apprenticeship Program at Bombardier s London Biggin Hill Service Centre Training Next Generation of Aircraft Technicians
Virtual classroom and on-site modules provide agile training environment for students to attain critical B Licence certification
Graduates will have the opportunity to earn full-time positions at expanding London Biggin Hill Service Centre establishing infusion of talent and skills
Gillian Keegan, Skills and Apprenticeships Minister, Department for Education, to visit May 13 to interact with apprentices and tour facility
BIGGIN HILL, United Kingdom, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Bombardier is pleased to announce the introduction of its comprehensive, new apprenticeship program at its London Biggin Hill Service Centre with its first cohort of maintenance apprentices becoming immersed in the aircraft maintenance training program. Sixteen men and women make up the 36-month program s first apprentice cohort, which kicked off in March. The