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

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Aircraft Engineering L2 Full Time 2 September 2024 International Centre for Aerospace
Aeronautical Engineering L3 Full Time 2 September 2024 International Centre for Aerospace
HND Aeronautical Engineering L5 Full Time 16 September 2024 International Centre for Aerospace
BEng(Hons) Aviation Engineering Top Up L6 Full Time 17 September 2024 International Centre for Aerospace
BEng (Hons) in Aircraft Engineering L6 Full Time 17 September 2024 International Centre for Aerospace
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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
HNC Aeronautical Engineering L4 Part Time 16 September 2024 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
HND Aeronautical Engineering L5 Part Time 16 September 2024 International Centre for Aerospace

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