EASAOnline (www.easaonline.com) considers the process to obtain your Maintenance Engineers Licence. Considering the Application Process for an EASA Part 66 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Licence (AMEL)

An application for an aircraft maintenance License or change to such License shall be made on an EASA Form 19 (Form 19 is adopted and issued by each regulatory authority)

Applications process

The application are normally made under the jurisdiction of the Competent Authority of any European Member State. 

EASAonline.com (www.easaonline.com ) looks at the ins and outs of achieving a Part 66 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Licence

Background

EASA Regulated Aircraft Maintenance is interesting and highly professional moreover Licensed Aircraft Engineers are essential to maintain the global aviation industry. Employment in the field of aviation offers the potential of a wide and varied career with an attractive salary.

As a Part 66 AMEL you are on your way to Certifying Aircraft to Fly ! (Issuing a Certificate of Release to Service CRS). Licensed Aircraft Engineers perform maintenance and other activities on Aircraft (often with modern equipment and advanced technology.) Ensuring the rectification of all defects as well as repairing airframe structures, engines, and avionic systems.  

A Part 66 License belongs to an individual and is valid for 5 years, an organization approval is only valid whilst the holder is employed by the organization and may in fact have expiration's which are limited by other factors. (For example recurrent training validity)
Part-66 licenses facilitate the certification of the release to service of aircraft after maintenance and to work within the Base Maintenance (note the need for company authorization) there is a distinct difference between gaining an Aircraft Maintenance Engineers License (AMEL) and gaining organization approval to certify aircraft.

To become a Licensed Aircraft Engineer, there are basically two routes:

a) The approved course (Taught by a suitable approved EASA Part 147 Training Provider)
Note - In the case of attendance to an approved course, the minimum experience requirement is reduced from 5 years to 2 years for approved course graduates.
b) The self-improver (The Self-Improver Route Requires evidence of 5 years of appropriate experience together with passes in all applicable Part 66 modules. The evidence is then presented to the Competent Authority. (10 years allowed))