Course Meeting Location: 

HCC Brandon Campus, Engineering Technology Lab
10451 Nancy Watkins Dr. Tampa, FL
Room:  BSSB 218

Meeting Time: TBD

Meeting Dates:  TBD

Meeting Days:  TBD

Program Description:

Advance your career and industry knowledge by earning the Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) Standard and Certification developed by ASTM’s National Center for Aerospace & Transportation Technologies (NCATT) along with their industry partners.

The NCATT AET is the primary certification and is required for all endorsements in the career field. The AET certification identifies the core knowledge of an Aircraft Electronics / Avionics technician that is common across the industry. This includes the military, air carrier, air cargo, repair stations, fixed-based operators, corporate flight departments, and manufacturers.

NCATT certificates are an industry-defined mechanism to identify professionals who demonstrate their knowledge through testing and commit themselves to the aerospace industry. Associations and professionals across every industry use these certifications to recognize qualified and competent individuals.

Starting wages in the field are $17 per hour and with some experience go well over $50 per hour. The mean hourly wage for Avionics Technicians in Florida is $27.88/hour per the Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes492091.htm (Links to an external site.)

Instructor Information: TBD

Notice to all AET Students:

• All classes are mandatory. There are no makeup sessions
• Course work is proctored by HCC Faculty and completed in labs.
• All testing is held at and proctored by HCC Brandon Campus:  10451 Nancy Watkins Drive, Tampa, FL 33619 (Student Services Building, 2nd floor).

Refund Policy:  Refunds, Cancellations & Substitutions

Funding Opportunity:

Apprenticeship-to-Career Empowerment (ACE) Program  (Links to an external site.)  The ACE Program was created so that the youth of Hillsborough County have the resources to connect to a career ladder with future, self-sustaining wages, employment security and the training to succeed in industries with high-demand occupations such as IT, Health Care, and Manufacturing.  

ACE Program Application (Links to an external site.) The following screening assessment is used to review your eligibility and suitability for the ACE Program. and send to any relevant students.

Please call (813)-930-7400 for questions and ask for ACE program or visit www.CareerSourceTB.com/ACE (Links to an external site.).

Financial Assistance (Pre-Payment Plan):

• Need help paying for some or all of this course?  Visit our Financial Assistance Page

• Click here for our:  Pre-Payment Plan

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