Maintenance and Modifications
Study: Aircraft, Mx Trades Rapidly Expanding Workforce in UK
A study from an electrician educator in the UK found aircraft and maintenance-related trades topped the list of workforce growth since 2006.
Aviation maintenance technician at work under wing of small aircraft
The aircraft maintenance workforce has seen growth since 2006, a trend that's poised to continued based on Boeing demand forecasts. (Photo: General Aviation Manufacturers Association)

Aircraft and maintenance-related trades have led industries in workforce expansion in the past couple of decades in the UK, jumping some 268 percent since 2006, according to an electrician educator.

East Sussex-based training company Electrician Courses 4U (EC4U) surveyed data over 15 years since 2006 from the UK Office for National Statistics, finding that the workforce involved aircraft and maintenance trades has increased by 64,300 people to a total of 88,300 people as of 2021.