{"id":10388,"date":"2023-11-25T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:00:11","slug":"aims-community-college-looks-to-grow-its-aviation-offerings-with-an-aircraft-mechanic-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388","title":{"rendered":"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AiAims Community College\u2019s Board of Regents has unanimously approved a plan for a $21.8 million <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/bizwest.com\/2023\/11\/09\/aims-oks-new-building-at-airport-for-aircraft-maintenance-training\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">aviation-technology center<\/a>. BizWest reported earlier this month the facility will be built near\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flynoco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Northern Colorado Regional Airport<\/a>\u00a0and house the Greeley school\u2019s planned training program for aircraft mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Himler, the director of aviation programs at Aims, told KUNC the Airframe and Powerplant (A&amp;P) Mechanic program is included in the aviation department&#8217;s five-year plan, with the goal of launching it in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/installation-maintenance-and-repair\/aircraft-and-avionics-equipment-mechanics-and-technicians.htm#:~:text=Airframe%20and%20Powerplant%20(A%26P)%20mechanics,%2C%20and%20air%2Dconditioning%20system.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">A&amp;P mechanics<\/a>\u00a0are certified to perform general maintenance and repairs on aircraft. They work on a variety of parts, including engines, landing gear, brakes, and air conditioning systems.<\/p>\n<p>About a year ago, Himler said Aims officials found out the school would not be able to secure federal funding to implement the program, but a partnership opportunity came up with The\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/thewatervalleycompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Water Valley Company<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/discoveryairaviation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Discovery Air<\/a>. Discovery Air currently has one hangar at Northern Colorado Regional Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to essentially reinvigorate the idea for our board and our college president,\u201d Himler said. \u201cThat started early this year and was voted on in November to approve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under the aviation umbrella, Aims currently has three tracks: a flight program, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program, and an air traffic control program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this (A&amp;P track) would really be the fourth leg of that program,\u201d Himler said. \u201cIf you look at manned and unmanned flight, they complement each other. Air traffic control complements both of those, and now an aircraft mechanic program complements both manned and unmanned flight. So that&#8217;s that full aviation ecosystem that we&#8217;re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Boeing\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/commercial\/market\/pilot-technician-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">2023 Pilot and Technician Outlook<\/a>\u00a0report, 690,000 new maintenance technicians will be needed in the aviation industry over the next 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe need for aircraft mechanics nationally exceeds that of pilots, so that was the genesis of us creating an A&amp;P program to support the local, state and national need for mechanics,\u201d Himler said.<\/p>\n<p>In Colorado, aircraft mechanics can earn upwards of $70,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that&#8217;s relatively early on in that career,\u201d Himler said. \u201cSo a big return on investment for the students who want to be a part of this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott Holst, general manager of Discovery Air, said the aviation-technology center and training opportunities to be held there will be a boon for students and the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis facility will not only provide a high level of education for aviation careers which are in extremely high demand in this industry but will also contribute in so many positive ways to this area and the families who call it home,&#8221; Holst wrote in an email to KUNC. &#8220;This is a wonderful partnership between two entities who are visionaries for our communities and the future of this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students interested in learning more can find information and contact department faculty\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aims.edu\/degrees-certificates\/general-aviation-pilot\/aviation-faculty-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AiAims Community College\u2019s Board of Regents has unanimously approved a plan for a $21.8 million aviation-technology center. BizWest reported earlier this month the facility will be built near\u00a0Northern Colorado Regional Airport\u00a0and house the Greeley school\u2019s planned training program for aircraft mechanics. Eric Himler, the director of aviation programs at Aims, told KUNC the Airframe and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[98,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-companies","category-featured-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program - aviation news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AiAims Community College\u2019s Board of Regents has unanimously approved a plan for a $21.8 million aviation-technology center. BizWest reported earlier this month the facility will be built near\u00a0Northern Colorado Regional Airport\u00a0and house the Greeley school\u2019s planned training program for aircraft mechanics. Eric Himler, the director of aviation programs at Aims, told KUNC the Airframe and &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"aviation news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100088552298353\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-25T09:55:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-25T10:00:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aviationnews-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1099\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adminnews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@aviationne428\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aviationne428\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adminnews\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adminnews\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02e91cef3ca1560c153b683711401bd3\"},\"headline\":\"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-25T09:55:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-25T10:00:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388\"},\"wordCount\":495,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/65522_1561841147.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Companies\",\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388\",\"name\":\"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program - aviation news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/65522_1561841147.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-25T09:55:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-25T10:00:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/65522_1561841147.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/65522_1561841147.jpg\",\"width\":1620,\"height\":1099},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?p=10388#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/\",\"name\":\"aviation news\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"aviation news\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/aviation-news-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/aviation-news-logo.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"aviation news\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=100088552298353\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/aviationne428\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02e91cef3ca1560c153b683711401bd3\",\"name\":\"adminnews\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aviationnews-inetrnational.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviation-news.info\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program - aviation news","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program","og_description":"AiAims Community College\u2019s Board of Regents has unanimously approved a plan for a $21.8 million aviation-technology center. BizWest reported earlier this month the facility will be built near\u00a0Northern Colorado Regional Airport\u00a0and house the Greeley school\u2019s planned training program for aircraft mechanics. Eric Himler, the director of aviation programs at Aims, told KUNC the Airframe and &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388","og_site_name":"aviation news","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100088552298353","article_published_time":"2023-11-25T09:55:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-25T10:00:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1620,"height":1099,"url":"https:\/\/aviationnews-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"adminnews","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@aviationne428","twitter_site":"@aviationne428","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adminnews","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388"},"author":{"name":"adminnews","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#\/schema\/person\/02e91cef3ca1560c153b683711401bd3"},"headline":"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program","datePublished":"2023-11-25T09:55:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-25T10:00:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388"},"wordCount":495,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg","articleSection":["Companies","Featured"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388","url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388","name":"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program - aviation news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-25T09:55:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-25T10:00:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg","width":1620,"height":1099},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=10388#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Aims Community College looks to grow its aviation offerings with an aircraft mechanic program"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/","name":"aviation news","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#organization","name":"aviation news","url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/aviation-news-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/aviation-news-logo.png","width":500,"height":154,"caption":"aviation news"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100088552298353","https:\/\/x.com\/aviationne428"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/#\/schema\/person\/02e91cef3ca1560c153b683711401bd3","name":"adminnews","sameAs":["https:\/\/aviationnews-inetrnational.com"],"url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/65522_1561841147.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}