Aerospace & Aviation Science
Train for a career in aerospace - one of the fastest growing industries in the UK.
About Aircraft Engineering
Train for a career in Aerospace – with exciting opportunities to work in Wales and across the world. All our Aerospace and Aviation Science courses are based at our International Centre for Aerospace Training (ICAT). This iconic centre includes specialist workshops, laboratories and a huge, real-life hangar with aircraft where you will develop your practical skills. The Centre has fantastic links with industry. This means you gain the right knowledge, skills and industry qualifications on your course or Apprenticeship, as well as industry work placements – all preparing you for a career in the aerospace industry.
Your CAVC
The College’s International Centre for Aerospace Training has many links with industry offering opportunities for work experience and placements for CAVC students with the likes of British Airways, AerFin, Cardiff Aviation and GE Aero.
Your Industry
The UK Aerospace industry remains as number two on the world stage and the largest in Europe. £35bn turnover, 123k direct employees and 3.9k Apprentices. Wales is a centre of excellence for Aerospace manufacturing – over 160 companies employ in excess of 23,000 people. It has around 10% of the UK’s aerospace industry which includes 20% of the UK Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) market. Aerospace Wales Forum (2019).
Your Future
After CAVC many students progress on to employment, apprenticeships and trainee roles in engineering and aerospace companies across South Wales and beyond. Other students progress on to a related university course across the UK, with some choosing to stay at ICAT to study our unique BEng (Hons) Aircraft Engineering degree run in partnership with Kingston University.
All Aerospace & Aviation Science courses
Full Time
Level
Start dates available
Locations available
| Course name |
Level
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Start dates available
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Locations available
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|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Engineering | L2 Full Time | 4 September 2023 | International Centre for Aerospace |
| Aeronautical Engineering | L3 Full Time | 4 September 2023 | International Centre for Aerospace |
| HND Aeronautical Engineering | L5 Full Time | 18 September 2023 | International Centre for Aerospace |
| BEng(Hons) Aviation Engineering Top Up | L6 Full Time | 18 September 2023 | International Centre for Aerospace |
| BEng (Hons) in Aircraft Engineering | L6 Full Time | 18 September 2023 | International Centre for Aerospace |
Part Time
Level
Start dates available
Locations available
| Course name |
Level
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Start dates available
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Locations available
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|---|---|---|---|
| Drones - Introduction to Flight Control | L1 Part Time | 10 February 2024 8 June 2024 | City Centre Campus, Cardiff |
| Aeronautical Engineering – Mechanical Basic Hand Skills | L2 Part Time | Contact us for dates | International Centre for Aerospace |
| CAA Exams | L3 Part Time | Contact us for dates | International Centre for Aerospace |
| Mechatronics / Robotics (PLA) | L3 Part Time | 6 November 2023 12 February 2024 21 February 2024 1 July 2024 | Barry Campus |
| HNC in Engineering (PLA) | L4 Part Time | 18 September 2023 | International Centre for Aerospace |
| Part66 B1.1 Licence Distance Learning (Immediate start available) | L4 Part Time | Contact us for dates | Online |
| Part 66 B1.1 Licence Distance Learning (PLA) | L4 Part Time | Contact us for dates | International Centre for Aerospace |