Keep your career onboard and on target. Become a master of aviation electronics critical in keeping planes moving and operational. Train at the largest airport run by any educational institution in the United States and get hands-on training on real planes. Since Texas is the #1 state in the nation for aviation jobs, finding a career in aviation is easier with the help of our Career Services Department.
Avionics technicians are specialists who repair and maintain a plane’s electronic instruments, such as radio communication devices and equipment, radar systems, and navigation aids. As we see more use of digital technology, more time is spent maintaining a plane’s computer systems. Graduates from TSTC’s program in Avionics Technology know all of the latest airplane technology.
Program Details
TSTC leads the way in aviation mechanics training. Learn the skills to repair and maintain onboard airplane electronics in our cutting-edge avionics labs. Through hands-on training, you’ll learn to repair navigational and communications radios. You’ll also learn to troubleshoot digital audio systems, flight management computers, and aircraft autopilot systems. Your skills will keep airplanes, and your career, off the ground.
Avionics is one of the most exciting and challenging careers in the aviation industry. Avionics technicians are responsible for installing, maintaining and repairing navigational and communication radios, transponders, digital audio systems, flight management computers and aircraft autopilot systems on all sizes of aircraft. TSTC’s Avionics program helps prepare students for the Federal Communication Commission’s General Radio-Telephone Operator’s License (FCC GROL) and the Aircraft Electronic Technician certification from the National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies (NCATT AET). The curriculum includes college-transferable courses in science, mathematics and English required for the Associate of Applied Science degree, which prepares you to meet the expanding responsibilities of today’s avionics technician.
