Try your Provincial AME association home page as they may have some courses listed. The Western AME Association has CAR's and Human factors training noted below. Not sure if this is what your looking for???

http://www.wamea.com

Horseman

Airborne Energy in Whitecourt Alberta is always looking:
http://www.airbornesolutions.com/Career ... fault.aspx

Horseman

Great company, excellent working conditions and now above average wages due to the Alberta Oil boom. Whitecourt is a bit pricey due to the local oil economy. For those who are new, the time off is great, due to the 2 weeks on, one week off schedule. My son currently works for them and he can't say e...

Saw this on the WEB a while back and thought it might be of some interest: http://www.unb.ca/perspectives/view.php?id=549 The program began in 2003 as a pilot with three students enrolled. “We felt that beginning the program with a few students would allow us to mould the program to the learner’s ne...

Take a look at Moncton Flight college, as they provide JAA training as well as Canadian training,

WEB site:

http://www.mfc.nb.ca/home.aspx


Horseman

I found the web site for this review, very interesting reading.

http://www.fls-ntf.gc.ca/en/index.asp

Horseman
Edmonton Alberta

Wanabe:

Nait (Edmonton) has an excellent program, in airframe, as well as avionics, no AME program.

The other school besides SAIT (Calgary) is Northern Lights in Dawson Creek.

Horseman

You might want to take a look at the CAMC web site first to see if your training qualifies against a college course. I noticed their membership requirements on their web page includes the following. Avionics Maintenance Technician (logbook required) MOC 526, QL5, and a minimum of 2 years experience ...

Ga Day Mate: The following Transport Canada web page may help give you some idea of the complexity of converting your foreign CPL to Canadian. http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/general/personnel/fore.htm You should probably take a look at the Embasy web site http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/australia/me...

Go Wrench

Just bought a study guide from http://www...com/website/gsc/ame.html

There are 4 practice exams at the back that will help.

This is for CARs only, but will help cover the material most likely on the CARs exam. $44.95 + shipping.


Horseman

gli77 Great Slave Helicopters runs a top notch flight school North of Edmonton. They hire about 4 students per year from a class of 10-12. You can find info on their web site. All training is done with Schweitzer 300C and 300CBI and Bell 206. http://www.greatslaveheli.com/mainframe.html Great Slave ...

Saw three job openings for 3 x apprentice positions in Yellowknife. http://www.firstair.ca/Employment/index.php These positions appear to be for Yellowknife residents only, does anyone know how much they are paying? Appears to be Union scale with GAFAE Collective Agreement, and I can't find anything...

Transport Canada has a list of approved basic education schools, and thompson is listed in 2002, so is ICS, but gives no time towards your 48 months. Take a look at TC web site.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/maint ... /basic.htm

Horseman

Narco Avionics should be able to help they have a pin out page attached to their main web page,

http://www.narco-avionics.com/

They seem to have every MK12 listed but "A", you might try contacting them direct, as they probably have it on file.


Horseman

TCAS

Wings and Helicopter Magazine will be publishing their annual Salary and benefit report in their next issues. (July/August/Sept)

Depending on the area of maintenance you wish to enter, will dictate your salary on benefits.

Klack, Good luck at finding a job.

Horseman

Here is a interesting Alberta labour market study on the Aviation Maintenance Industry in Alberta. Looks very rosie, if you believe everything in the report. Saleries appear to be on the high side. It appears to be written by government for industry. http://www3.gov.ab.ca/hre/calgary/lmt/04feb.pdf H...

Just had to pass on these snags, that I picked up on another Forum. Horseman Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews. "Snags" are problem listings that pilots generally leave maintenance crews to fix before the next flig...

This is a good web site that gives you a heads up on the costs, my brother-in-law is currently down there visiting. His wife is from Belize City. It can be compared to mexico in some ways. The capital is Belize City, and is not too appealing. The rest of the Country is great. http://www.belize.com/r...

Ozzy There are many other professions that you can enter using your Avionics Diploma, if Aviation is not your cup of tea. Avionics is the only College program in Alberta, that now teaches indept Radio Frequency (RF) communications theory, to the component level. All of the other Electronic programs ...

Took a trip up to Yellowkjnife last Summer, to scout out the work environment. Lots of rooms for rent, and they seem to come open all the time. The Northern News is published on the WEB each Monday with News and Classified section. (170 For rent), will give you some idea of the cost of housing. Real...