Advanced College Diploma - Aviation Technology - Avionics Maintenance and Management (8313)

Welcome to a whole new level of avionics maintenance and management! Do you have what it takes to build and repair complex electronic navigation, guidance and communications systems, or repair the instrumentation and flight controls of an aircraft? By the time you’re done this program, you will! Watch your career take off as you grow to become an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME), or Avionics Maintenance Technician (AVT), or even an Aviation Inspector.

Accreditations: Transport Canada (TC) and the Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace (CCAA) pending.

Why this program?

The Aviation Technology - Avionics Maintenance & Management program is geared to the needs of the aircraft industry and our highly skilled faculty members and instructors are some of the best in the business. Not only do they bring years of industry experience and extensive technical expertise to the program, but they are deeply committed to your success, and to making this a highly desirable program.

In fact, aviation industry giant Bombardier named Centennial College as its trainer of choice in the manufacturing and maintenance of its aerospace products. As a graduate of this program, you are already at the front of the line and in a perfect position to begin your career working with industry leaders!

Partners and supporters of this program are members of Centennial College's advisory committees and participate as guest speakers and panelists, sharing their wealth of knowledge and expertise with students of the program. That means you will not only learn first-hand where your career can take you, but you will receive invaluable insight from those who have shaped the industry.

So, why this program? The Aviation Technology - Avionics Maintenance & Management program will give you the essential theoretical knowledge and the practical skills to apply that knowledge on real aircraft & aircraft systems, under the focused direction of industry-seasoned faculty and instructors. While also providing opportunities to absorb the wisdom of some of the most successful leaders in the industry. That’s 360° education designed for your success!

What can I expect?

The best way to learn a skill is hands-on. Here at the School of Transportation, you will have access to a variety of dedicated aviation labs and shops, including our large and impressive aircraft hangar, where you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of systems and aircraft. By the time you graduate from this program, you will be fully prepared for work as a bench technician in avionics-approved shops at a variety of aviation organizations.

You will learn the essential theory and broad base of knowledge for complex electronics and electrical systems related to the navigation, guidance, communications, instrumentation and flight controls of an aircraft. Working in labs, shops and the aircraft hangar, you will practice the tasks and skills associated with shop bench work and the testing, troubleshooting, repair, removal and installation of electrical, electronic and instrumentation systems. This program also gives you the opportunity to obtain additional business and management skills related to and required by the industry at large.

An aircraft maintenance engineer is responsible for the certification of aircraft electrical and electronic systems after the completion of maintenance, inspection, repair or replacement. The importance of that responsibility cannot be understated. To that end, this program will be comprehensive and will require you to be dedicated and focused throughout this learning process.