Annual Salary
£24,500 to £43,000
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Aerospace engineering technicians build, test and repair civil and military aircraft.
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends; on shifts
There will be
0.5% more Aerospace engineering technician jobs in 2027.
You could work on the mechanics of an aircraft or the avionics which is the electrical and electronic systems.
As an aerospace engineering technician, you could:
You could work in an aircraft hangar, on an aircraft, in a factory, in an office or in a laboratory.
Your working environment may be cramped.
You can get into this job through:
You could do a foundation degree or higher national diploma in engineering to get into this career.
Relevant subjects include:
You'll usually need:
You could do an engineering course that would give you some of the skills and knowledge needed for this job.
General engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering courses are useful as well as more specialist courses like:
You'll usually need:
You could do an Engineering Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship or an Engineering Manufacturing Technician Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You can find out more about working and training in aerospace engineering from Careers in Aerospace and Tomorrow's Engineers.
With experience, you could:become a supervisor; manage a project; specialise in a particular area, like aircraft design
Aerospace engineering technicians will be needed to design and manufacture components that reduce aerospace emissions and composite materials. They will need the skills to make efficiency improvements in the short term, using advanced materials and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), and reduce emissions in the future developing hydrogen and electric planes.
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