Preparing the Aircraft Maintenance Technician for Tomorrow: Assessment of the New AMT Curriculum

The aviation maintenance technician (AMT) is a critical component in ensuring the safety and reliability of the aircraft maintenance operations. Hence it is critical that students AMT's receive proper education and training that will prepare them for work in the hangar floor. Realizing this, a newly integrated curriculum for student AMT's was developed. This paper outlines the methodology that was used to assess the revised AMT curriculum that integrates alternative learning methodologies, and previous FAA sponsored human factors research into a coherent whole. The paper describes the assessment methodology, which was used to test how the curriculum helps meet educational objectives and student performance objectives.