24 September 2020
The Institute of Technical Education and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) have jointly created a new work-study diploma in aircraft maintenance engineering programme targeted at ITE graduates who are in the midst of serving national service as air force technicians.
The course will equip trainees with skills in the maintenance of aircraft structures and systems, and will serve as an alternative route for ITE graduates towards a career in the aerospace industry.
In this programme, 70 per cent of the course curriculum will be delivered through on-the-job training at RSAF, and the remaining 30 per cent will comprise theory and practical training at ITE. Typically, trainees will spend the first six months of their NS on basic training, before starting the work-study course. They will need to extend their service to a minimum of three years with the RSAF.
The course is open to fresh ITE graduates with relevant Nitec or Higher Nitec qualifications such as aerospace technology, mechatronics and robotics or electrical engineering. Those who complete the programme may sign on as regulars and be employed as air force engineers (maintenance) in the RSAF, or pursue related jobs in aircraft maintenance in the aerospace industry.