Aviation Technicians, having completed the following EFC Composite courses successfully or an approved level of training in the advanced composite repair of commercial aircraft parts:

• EFC TECH-101, PART 1 course 
• EFC TECH-102, PART 2 course 

Composite Repair personnel in the repair of commercial aviation aircraft parts who need to demonstrate their level of knowledge and competence in the repair of advanced composite parts.  

Minimum required Ob and maximum per course^*.

* Courses will be confirmed as running by EFC as soon as sufficient applications are received!

A knowledge and skill update for Composite Repair personnel demonstrating  continued competence in the repair of advanced composite parts   

To provide participants with the necessary lagging update in existing and new theoretical and new practical Hands-On skills gained from the personal level test necessary to carry out the actual repairs.

At the end of the course, the participants are updated  with the following:

• Will be attentive to details
• Can work according to Safety regulations and recognize hazardous situations & materials
• Can work with the OEM manuals (SRM, AMM, OHM etc in the repair of composite parts
• is familiar with al necessary existing and new materials & properties and is “Handling & Storage” of frozen materials
• Use  dry glass fabric and liquid Epoxy resin to impregnate wet in wet (Wet Lay-Up) repair
• Can practice damage assessment plan work and work as planned
• Can handle Repair Steps to be taken in the Aircraft type related OEM manuals for interior parts
• Application of  fundamental vacuum bagging, bleeder & breather concepts
• Repair single/double curved panels with Nomex^® honeycomb and foam core
• Repair of half dept, full depth core repair and
• Able of recognizing of core types and density
• Cutting of core  into the right hight
• Is familiar with ATA-100- reading necessary  OEM manuals, in order to carry out repairs
• Is familiar with all SAE-Int. ARP chapters (Aerospace Recommended Practice)

At the first-course day, we have determined the current level of knowledge each individual student by the outcome of the level test (Proficiency -check or Prof.-check) of 

The instructor uses this in-depth current information to address the necessary course content topics needed to be discussed including the new materials, methods during the theoretical sessions.
This saves valuable time for the practical hands-on sessions to come!

Subjects:(level 1,3 and 3)

• Health and Safety (MSDS)
• History of composites, recent developments and terminology
• Handling & Storage of Frozen materials
• Material Forms: dry cloth and wet resins vs. pre-preg, weave styles
• Fundamentals of Fabrication: dry cloth and pre-preg handling, ply orientation, layup procedures, vacuum bagging techniques
• Advanced composite materials/structures
• Resin, adhesive systems: thermosets vs. thermoplastics, mix ratios, viscosity, service temperature limits, cold storage requirements/shelf life limits, mix ratios pot life, etc.
• Material Data Sheet (MDS) reading to determine Open time, Shelf life, and material Cure cycles
• OEM Play lay-up bleu print reading 
• Composite awareness & reporting damage incidents
• NDI of composites parts and tapping
• Minor Damage assessment, and reporting dents scratches and others
• Various repairs  by OEM SRM

Sanding techniques, scarf angels, ratios and  step repairs, ply cutting

Workshop exercises (level 3)

(Level 3)

Participants will be daily intensively, individually monitored and evaluated by the instructor while repairing their individual parts!
Particpants will fill in their personal logbook daily which is signed of by the instructor(s)

The participant will be able to:

• perform Damage assessment by inspection and photography and have to keep a record
• prepare a Quick support Tool, cure it at low temp and apply release agent to it
• perform vacuum leak checks on every repair, keep a record of it
• make use of different types of heating equipment
• apply the ‘Felt part support technique’ for repair
• prepare surface and repair steps and determination of working order steps
• prepare a support doubler/caul plate  (Tool) on a damaged part
• perform a post-repair inspection on all repair and keep a record
• program & monitor Hot bonding equipment, change programs and parameters during a high temp. cures.
• Take the necessary steps to secure and store all necessary paperwork and witness samples for record keeping of the specific part

• EFC as Training Providers will be required to monitor the student/participant's performance throughout the program. 
• Students will be administered a practical certification assessment following laboratory classes. It is recommended to use a checklist to evaluate the practical certification assessment.
• The written certification examination and practical certification assessment will cover the principles of the applicable curriculum and consist of:
• The written examination for certification shall contain approx. Eight (8) multiple-choice questions per course day with a maximum of fifty (50)* per exam.
• * The number depends on the use of three or four alternative answers per question
• The examination shall contain questions from each of the Topics listed in the outline for each Part.
• The examination will be closed book.
• Successful completion is 75% correct answers
• Reexamination: If the student fails the written examination, they may request to retake a written examination. 
• ​The written examination must not contain more than 20% of the questions that were on the failed examination.

• A repair training program, the required exams, and assessments based on the curriculum of this AIR and conducted by a training provider in accordance with the guidance set forth in this AIR.
• OR successful completion of the required exams and assessments based on the curriculum of this AIR without completion of a training program. Attempting the exam and assessment without training is not recommended for personnel without composite repair experience.

7. RECORDS

This course can also be held at our facility in Leipzig Germany at the facilities of our partner HEICO. If you have a need for this, please contact our purchasing manager Rolf Hovener via his page. For your company to benefit, this course can be held 'On-Site' at your facility under certain conditions.
Click on this link to the Onsite information webpage!

Courses as noted on our course schedule page can be run on request to meet your required start and end date. All listed course prices are Excl VAT. (Dutch VAT is 21%). EFC complies with Dutch tax laws. On request, companies can be sent an invoice instead of paying direct On-line with PayPal, IDEAL or credit card.

Payment is securely arranged via Mollie.nl . More information can be found on the website of Mollie.