PAMA SAE Cert Candidate Handbook

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PAMA/SAE Institute

Aviation Maintenance

and Production

Candidate Handbook


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The aviation industry has evolved into a global, highly technical eld where the

expertise and prociency o its workorce are critical to the saety o the millions

o people that fy every day.

Experienced aviation proessionals as well as newcomers to the eld may now

demonstrate their knowledge via a groundbreaking, voluntary certication track

called PAMA/SAE Institute Proessional Aviation Maintenance and Production

Certifcations. Recently introduced by an aliation between the Proessional

Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) and the SAE Institute, this visionary

new certication program establishes a broad system o technical career

paths that quantiy knowledge at many levels or both FAA-certicated and

non-certicated technicians.

The Aviation Maintenance Specialist (AMS) and Aviation Maintenance Engineer

(AME) designations are now available. These certications are the starting points

or those aspiring proessionals who wish to document their commitment to

quality with the validation that certication brings.

Introducing PAMA/SAE Institute Proessional Aviation

Maintenance and Production Certifcations


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Benefts or employees

For individual proessionals, PAMA/SAE Institute certication

Demonstrates your understanding o knowledge and practices necessary

to work saely, eciently and productively.

Gets you plugged in to the latest inormation and large networks o people

that will help you perorm at your best.

Makes a statement that you possess transportable specialized skills and

proessional expertise.

Shows your commitment to expanding your knowledge to handle

increasing responsibilities.

Dierentiates you rom others.

Benefts or employers

For aerospace maintenance service providers and manuacturers, technical

certication o your workorce

Is synonymous with quality workmanship, reliability, customer care, reduced

rework, and increased employee loyalty and career stability.

Lowers insurance premiums through the support o engaged aviation

insurance companies.

Provides a method o continuous qualifcation and monitoring.

Documents minimum regulatory compliance.

Addresses the looming shortage o technicians by initially ocusing

on new entrants.

Identifes a consensus-driven baseline.

Recognizes the shiting role o the FAA-certifcated technician to

one o technical oversight.

What are the Benefts o PAMA/SAE Institute

Aviation Maintenance and Production Certifcation?


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For the seasoned, highly skilled aviation proessional,

the Aviation Maintenance Specialist (AMS) and Aviation

Maintenance Engineer (AME) certications conrm

your prociency in the essential competencies that

youve perormed or years. These certications also

allow you to qualiy or more skill-specic certications

as they are oered.

Those aspiring proessionals just entering the aviation

maintenance feld now have explicit content areas to

study in order to build the knowledge base necessary

to perorm on the job.

Technical proessionals rom military aviation or rom

other industries can likewise enter the process.

Corporate leaders and business proessionals whose

specic skills lay outside the perormance o aviation

maintenance have been identied as people who would

benet greatly rom a more direct, personal knowledge

o aviation maintenance.

Other non-maintenance members o the aviation

community including pilots, managers, owners,

operators, and sales and marketing proessionals

are also candidates or certication.

Enhancing Career Progression rom Any Entry Point


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Exam-based Testing Demonstrating

Profciency in a Body o Knowledge

The examination tests or an awareness

and understanding o essential aerospace

principles. It also assesses the technical

knowledge and practices o experienced

proessionals. The body o knowledge

used in the exam is precisely the

knowledge needed or aviationmaintenance, and it was determined

through industry consensus.

A Sound and Deensible Test

Development Process

The PAMA/SAE Institute Proessional

Aviation Maintenance Certication

Examination was developed according

to rigorous certication industrystandards to ensure that it consistently

evaluated the knowledge and skills o an

aviation maintenance proessional.

We employed validation surveys,

subject matter experts, a Job Task

Analysis, statistical beta testing, and a

proessional examination development

rm to guarantee that every individualwho receives the certication has

demonstrated the skills and knowledge

necessary or the program we have

developed.

A Clear Process or Maintaining the

Certifcation through Continued

Proessional Education

To ensure the integrity o thecertication, PAMA/SAE Institute

requires all certicants to participate

in relevant training on an annual basis.

This keeps their skills and knowledge

current, conrming their commitment to

excellence in an ever-changing industry.

There are Three Critical Components o PAMA/SAE

Institute Proessional Aviation Maintenance Certifcation

Exam Content Breakdown

9% Overall view o

maintenance operations

21% General amiliarization

with aircrat

6% Inspection

6% Aircrat materials

3% Tools and measuring devices

3% Technical data

28% Human actors

and saety awareness

6% Regulations and

regulatory bodies

6% Documentation

6% Common shop practice


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PAMA/SAE Institute has developed a three day Exam Preparation Course

to ocus certication candidates on the specic material covered on

the AMS/AME certication exam.

This course addresses

the core competencies

or aviation maintenance

personnel and provides a

baseline o knowledge or

FAA-certicated (A&P)

and non-certicated

aviation maintenance and

production personnel to

perorm eciently and

saely. It is also designed tohelp individuals prepare or

the PAMA/SAE Institute

AMS/AME Certication

programs.

Learning Objectives

By attending this seminar, you will be able to:

Explain the importance o saety processes in aviation

Understand basic tenets o Human Factors and Maintenance Resource Management

Implement good shop practices

Communicate using aviation maintenance and production terminology

Identiy basic tools and materials

Describe basic ground operation procedures

Dene pertinent Federal Aviation Regulations

Identiy and use technical data

Exam Prep Course

Aviation Maintenance Fundamentals


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Becoming Certifed

The rst step toward becoming certied is visiting the Certications area on

PAMAs website at www.pama.org. Here candidates can request the Study Guide

and Preparation Manual, which includes access to the online Practice Test.

Dates and Locations

The certication examinations are oered throughout the year at hundreds o testing

centers around the world. Exam locations and prep course details are available during

the online scheduling process.

Fees

AMS/AME Certifcation Examination Fee

PAMA or SAE International Members $285

Non-Members $385

Aviation Maintenance Fundamentals Prep Course Fee

PAMA or SAE International Members $895

Non-Members $995

Registration

Candidates can register or the prep course and exam under the Certications

link on PAMAs website at: www.pama.org

Some periods o the year are heavily booked. We recommend that you schedule

your appointment as soon as possible.


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Certifcations Administrator

PAMA/SAE Institute

400 Commonwealth Drive

Warrendale, PA 15096

[email protected]

www.pama.org

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