Virgin Atlantic Engineering Apprenticeship 2025

Summary

We believe that the best jobs make you fly. So what better way to take off on your career (flight)path than with a Virgin Atlantic engineering apprenticeship? The course runs for 27 months, and once completed, you’ll graduate as an A Licenced Aircraft Engineer.

Wage: £25,061 a year
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Training course: Engineering technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm but a degree of flexibility will be required.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 9 September
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 15

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Gaining a solid foundation in aircraft maintenance from some of the most expert professionals in the industry
Working alongside our best-in-the-business engineering team on our fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft while developing your dexterity and communication skills
Experiencing the day-to-day live operations at our Heathrow maintenance facility, as well as offsite learning and assessments (including exams in Maths, English and Physics)

Where you’ll work

Heathrow Hangar

Exeter Road, London Heathrow Airport

Hounslow

TW6 2PX

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LRTT LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

The course runs for 24 month at our London Heathrow Hangar, and once completed, you’ll graduate as an A Licenced Aircraft Engineer
After that, it’ll be time to put all your training into practice. The sky really is the limit

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
Maths (grade Grade C/4 or above)
Science (grade Grade C/4 or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

Your need good hand skills as you’ll be working on complex engineering parts - and each one of our hi-tech engines costs more than £30million! You’ll need to be comfortable with staying away and sharing accommodation with other apprentices during the offsite training programme. We provide modern facilities and will make sure you feel at home

About this company

Richard Branson founded Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with the intention of shaking up the aviation industry. Since then, we’ve grown from a small team, one 747 plane and a single route, to a global network that employs thousands of wonderful people worldwide. We’re not just your average airline. When it comes to our people, they’re a passionate lot, united in creating something different. It’s always been like this. It’s in our DNA, and it was ignited within us from the moment we started flying.

https://careersuk.virgin-atlantic.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Your complete the scheme with more than just a sense of achievement, with a Cat A licence in aircraft maintenance engineering
In return for your hard work, we’ll be on hand every step of the way to make sure you gain the skills you need to launch a career in aviation engineering

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