Maintenance and Modifications
Wichita State Launches AMT Earn-and-learn Program
The Wichita State University program will provide full-time employment for individuals pursuing a certificate as an aviation maintenance technician.
NIAR Werx's main MRO facility is located across from McConnell Air Force Base and aircraft supplier Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. (Photo: National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University)
NIAR Werx's main MRO facility is located across from McConnell Air Force Base and aircraft supplier Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. (Photo: National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University)

Wichita State University (WSU), WSU Tech, and the Werx MRO division of WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research is launching a program in January that will provide full-time employment for individuals pursuing a certificate as an aviation maintenance technician (AMT). Those selected for the Get to Werx program will receive a competitive wage and benefits working at the school’s MRO shop while attending nine semesters of WSU Tech’s aviation maintenance technology program, successful completion of which will earn them an associate degree of applied science.