Work experience :)

[Guest Biggles Jr]

hey,

 

I live in Merimbula on the South Coast of NSW. I am 15 and have been learning to fly for 7 or 8 months now. I have 25 or so hours and I am in year 10 at school.

 

Soon I have to do work experience and being addicted to flying I want to do something to do with flying... Can anyone let me know of work experience that i can do... its been hard to find anything so any help would be appreciated... It also doesnt matter where in Australia

 

Thanks heaps

 

Ryan :big_grin:

 

 

[Ultralights]

The the RAAF, i did my work experience with them at Richmond, i spent 2 weeks flying around in the back of a Caribou all over the place! something ill never forget.

 

 

[Matt]

G'day Ryan,

 

Have you spoken to Rex at Merimbula - the LAME not the airline. I know he used to accept work experience students, I took a couple of them flying a few years back after we'd been down there for an annual on our Sportstar.

 

I'm not sure what the RAAF allow these days, there wasn't a work experience program for years due to security/safety and any other reason they could come up with. I recall there was some discussion about it earlier this year, check out the Defence website for details. Almost exactly 20 years ago I did work experience at 1FTS at Point Cook, spent a couple of days with the pilot trainees going to briefs, flight planning etc. also spent a few days in the maintenance hangar "helping" with CT4 servicing...I also had my first CT4 flight that week...funny how things end up ;-)

 

PS> Say hi to Rex for me if you speak to him.

 

 

[Turnerj]

Hey Ryan,

 

The RAAF certainly do do work experience nowdays. every term they send an email to my school asking for applicants. (i am in year 11)

 

The time i applied the engineering spot git given to another school in the area .

 

Cheers

 

James

 

 

[Mick]

I did a week of work experience RAAF in Canberra in 1988. Spent each day with a different section, aircraft maintenance, base security, photography section and a day with the fire fighters. Still remember blasting some dumy fires with the truck mounted water cannon:kboom:

 

 

[winsor68]

I think the ASIC card has really made it much harder for kids to do work experience at airports...I did my work experience in the TAA hanger in Mount Isa. A tug pilot (tugger) with the local gliding club used to be one of the LAME's there. I had an amazing time...the Singapore Airforce just happened to pass through and have a couple of their F5 Tigers break down. The engineers repaired them in the hanger...was quite a sight.

 

I think a lot of the work experience programs seem to be failing in Qld highschools if my experience as the father of a teenager here is any indication...but then again...the kids these days have probably held down one or several jobs for the last 1-2 years anyway.

 

 

[winsor68]

But nonetheless Biggles Jr...If you can find a small enough airport and stay away from the commercial airline airside area...I see no reason why you could not find work experience at an airport...or better still a casual job????

 

 

[Tomo]

G'day Biggles Jr,

 

A friend of mine has a aircraft maintenance business in Toowoomba, and I know he sometimes has work experience kids there.

 

If you would like to know more, PM me and I'll get you some details.