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Aviation experience working on commercial aircraft
Preferably, our TECH-101 PART 1 General Composite Bonded Structure Repair course 

• Communicate and understand technical English jargon based on Interior Repair.
• Read and write technical English manuals from different OEMs

Advised prerequisites:
Our EFC TECH-101 Part 1 is an EASA/FAA-SEA-AIR4938-approved General Composite bonded Repair course, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Please get in touch with us to access your level.

Please email us at: info@efcomposite.com

 

 

Personnel of technical departments with some experience in composite repair of Aircraft Cabin Interior fibre-reinforced parts who want to gain a better understanding of Aircraft cabin interior composite repair, the materials, and their processes.

Minimum required 4 and maximum 12 per course^*.

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

To provide participants with the theoretical knowledge and hands-on practical skills necessary for the essential composite repair. Of Aircraft Cabin Interior Composite parts.

At the end of the course, the participant:

• Must be able to work independently with minimum supervision
• Must be attentive to details
• Can work according to Safety regulations and recognise hazardous situations & materials
• Can work with the OEM manuals in the repair of Aircraft  cabin  interior parts
• Knows material properties and is familiar with"Handling & Storage" of frozen materials
• Knows how to work with dry glass fibre and Epoxy resin to impregnate wet in wet (Wet Lay-Up)
• Can apply  damage assessment,  plan the work, and work as planned
• You can find the steps of repair to be taken in the Aircraft-related OEM manual for interior parts
• Can apply fundamental vacuum bagging, bleeder & breather concepts
• Can apply for thin  laminate skin support under vacuum with the Felt technique
• Can repair Glassfiber single/double curved panels with Nomex® honeycomb and foam core
• Performs necessary wet Lay U'' cosmetic repairs in sandwich panels  from the inside to the outside
• Can cold-weld thermoplastic materials.
• You can apply Tedlar /wallpaper with a heat gun and contact adhesive
• Can use several hot curing devices, like ove,n hot bond controll,anding infrared heat lamps 
• Must understand criteria as written in the SAE- CACRC AIR 4938 and Composite Glossary document.

(Level 1,2)

• Health and Safety (MSDS)
• Composite interior repair of laminates and honeycomb sandwich panels with thin skins
• Materials: Dry fiberglass cloth and weave styles, wet resin impregnation and squeeze-out, adhesives, potting compounds, and honeycomb core types and density
• Fundamentals of fabrication: dry cloth and pre-preg handling, ply orientation, layup procedures, vacuum bagging techniques
• Introduction and use of OEM manuals per Aircraft type for cabin Interior  parts repair
• Resin and adhesive systems: thermosets vs. mix ratios, viscosity, service temperature limits, cold storage requirements, shelf-life limits, pot life, etc.
• Material Data Sheet (MDS) reading to determine Open time, Shelf life, and material Cure cycles
• Composite awareness & reporting damage incidents
• Minor Damage assessment, dents, scratches, and others
• Sanding techniques for thin laminate skins, scarf angles, and repairs
• Installing & removing installed fasteners like threaded inserts, bushings
• Installing Heli-coil threaded inserts

(Level 2-3)

• We monitor Participants intensively while repairing the Composite Aircraft Cabin Interior sandwiches using various ply layup directions.
• Apply the vacuum materials and perform vacuum leak checking and curing
• Health and Safety (MSDS)
• Work with the content and use the information from the SAE-Int. ARP documents
• Composite interior repair of Aircraft Cabin Interior honeycomb sandwich panels with thin skins
  such as side wall panels, ceiling panels, stowage units, overhead luggage bins, and cabin floor panel repair
• Materials: dry fiber cloth and weave styles, wet resin impregnation and squeeze out, adhesives, potting compound, and honeycomb core types and density
• Fundamentals of fabrication: dry cloth and pre-preg handling, ply orientation procedures, vacuum bagging techniques
• Introduction and use  of OEM manuals per Aircraft type for cabin Interior  parts repair
• Resin, adhesive systems, thermosets vs. mix ratios, viscosity, service temperature limits, cold storage requirements/shelf-life limits, pot life, etc.
• Material Data Sheet (MDS) reading to determine Open time, Shelf life, and material Cure cycles
• Composite awareness & reporting damage incidents
• Minor Damage assessment, dents, scratches, and others
• Sanding techniques for thin laminate interior part skins, scarf angles, and repairs
• Determine ply directions within-laminated glass fiber laminates by sanding.
• Introduction to oven and Hot Bond repair consoles and their equipment.
• Performs " cosmetic repairs in sandwich panels  from the inside to the outside
• Apply elevated temperatures using a hot bond console, controlling headlamps and heat guns.
• Use of oven and vacuum for elevated curing of repaired parts
• Installing & removing installed fasteners like threaded inserts, bushings
• Apply Tedlar/wallpaper patches and panels by heat forming if the material is available

• Multiple choice questions from each of the teaching levels 1-3
• Successful completion is 75% correct answers
• The Examination will be a closed-book book 
• The practical mark will be the average of all marks gained from the practical exercises.
• All grades will be recorded in the participant's training records and kept on record at EFC for an unlimited time (in compliance with the EASA Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 and the GDPR).
• A certificate of accomplishment is handed out to each participant
• Assessment activities are built into our courses to give feedback on achievement and personal potential, and to keep a record in their logbook.
• The outcomes of the participant's Examination, assessment document, and logbook for each student will be digitally sent to the manager or HR department responsible for the company.
• We also comply with the European GDPR rules, which became effective on May 25th, 2018, regarding the storage of information about participants who attended our courses.

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.