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Aircraft structural integrity course (ASIC)

This course provided by the Military Aviation Authority (MAA)course provides the latest information on aircraft structural integrity matters.

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Course aim

DetailsTo provide a synopsis of the courselatest syllabus,available entryinformation requirements,on aircraft structural integrity (SI) matters. This course durationis primarily suited to military officers, senior non-commissioned officers (SNCO) and location.civil servants, serving as project engineers, airframe / structures engineers or fleet managers within delivery teams or trade specialists at front line command (FLC) units.

Outline of syllabus

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The course material is delivered by subject matter experts in a symposium format from UK MOD, QinetiQ, and industry partner companies .

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  • establishing SI management
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  • practical SI management
  • conclusions putting SI in context
  • specialised support for delegates operating under RA 4000 and RA 5000 series; particular focus on RA 5726: integrity management

Entry requirements

Officers, SNCOs and civilians posted to the following appointments are eligible to attend the course:

  • Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) delivery team project engineers
  • fleet managers and engineers in airframe / structures posts who have responsibility for structural integrity or aircraft engineering
  • Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force air staff at command or group headquarters in FLC unit and squadron engineering appointments
  • staff in flight safety appointments
  • appointees involved with fatigue budgeting, processing and analysis
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and QinetiQ staff with airworthiness responsibilities
  • invited design authority representatives

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Places willmay also be notifiedavailable on this course to officers from overseas military forces who meet the criteria above. Where English is not the first language, students must pass written and spoken English language tests and achieve a minimum score of 5.5 in each part of the outcomeinternational withEnglish successfullanguage candidatestest receivingsystem joining(IELTS) instructionsbefore approximatelybeing 6accepted weeksfor priortraining.

Duration

2.5 days

Location

RAF Cosford

Application form

Course application form

Before applying for this course, please read the course overview. If you are eligible to apply, complete the course.application form and return it to DSAE-2SofTT PIPELINE MGR@mod.gov.uk with the course title as the subject title.

Contractors and overseas applicants are to apply through international defence training, all enquiries to 22Gp-IDT-Multi@mod.gov.uk.

Course dates

Dates

Email

For more information email DSAE-2SofTT PIPELINE MGR@mod.gov.uk.

Updates to this page

Published 10 November 2014
Last updated 1727 AprilSeptember 20232024 + show all updates
  1. Aircraft structural integrity course page updated and re-formatted.

  2. The ASIC course information has been reviewed and updated.

  3. Location and email address for this course changed

  4. Email address changed

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