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Aircraft Mechanic Resume 2026 - A&P ratings, type experience and sign-off authority free

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Published: 03.10.2026 Updated: 03.10.2026

A maintenance resume is screened on two things before anything else: your certificate and your type experience. The A&P certificate under 14 CFR Part 65 decides what you may legally sign for, and whether you hold both ratings or only one matters a great deal, because an airframe-only mechanic cannot return an engine to service. Type experience decides whether you are useful next month or next year - a shop running CRJs and PT6A turboprops is reading your document for CRJ and PT6A, not for a well-rounded summary. After that comes the regulatory world you worked in, because Part 121 line maintenance, a Part 145 repair station, Part 135 charter and Part 91 corporate flying are different jobs with different paperwork and different pace. And paperwork is half the trade: a mechanic who cannot evidence clean logbook entries, work cards and inspection sign-offs is a risk whatever their hands are like.

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The order a maintenance manager reads in: certificate and ratings first, airframe and engine types second, the regulatory part you worked under third, documentation and inspection authority fourth.

A&P and both ratings in the first three lines

A&P certificate, both ratings, issued 2016, plus Inspection Authorization if you hold it. Airframe-only or powerplant-only changes what you can sign, and a reader forced to guess will assume the narrower case.

Type experience, named

B737NG, A320 family, CRJ700/900, E175, King Air 350, PC-12, Citation, Gulfstream - and the engines: CFM56, LEAP, V2500, PW1100G, CF34, PT6A. Type is the strongest single filter on the document.

The part you worked under

Part 121 line, Part 145 repair station, Part 135 charter, Part 91 corporate. Each has its own inspection regime, records and tempo, and managers hire for the one they run.

ATS friendly

Airlines and large MROs parse before a human reads. Single column so nothing interleaves, the posting title mirrored in your headline because the parser reads that line as your job title, certificate and ratings as plain text rather than inside a table, type designations repeated in the skills section where the parser takes a flat keyword list, MM/YYYY dates, no icons, no photo.

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Travis Boudreaux

A&P Mechanic with Inspection Authorization
Phoenix, AZ
travis.boudreaux@example.com
(602) 555-0188
linkedin.com/in/example

Profile

A&P certificate, both ratings, issued 2016; Inspection Authorization since 2022. 9 years line and base maintenance on B737-800 with CFM56-7B, CRJ700/900 with CF34-8C5, and King Air 350 with PT6A-60A. Part 121 line station and Part 145 repair station experience. Turn 4 to 7 aircraft a shift on line, cleared roughly 1,100 discrepancies in two years with no rework returns, and sign 100-hour and annual inspections under IA. Engine run and taxi qualified on B737NG. NDT Level II in eddy current and dye penetrant.

Experience

A&P Mechanic - Line Maintenance04/2021 - present

Saguaro Air Services (Part 121 line station), Phoenix, AZ

  • Turn 4 to 7 B737-800 and CRJ900 aircraft a shift, clearing roughly 1,100 discrepancies over two years with zero rework returns
  • Raised 38 MEL deferrals and completed 14 same-day AOG recoveries, including a CFM56-7B bleed duct replacement that saved the rotation
  • Sign 100-hour and annual inspections under Inspection Authorization and have raised 9 FAA Form 337 major repair and alteration packages
  • Complete recurring AD research and compliance in CAMP for a 14-aircraft line fleet
  • Engine run and taxi qualified on B737NG; train two apprentices toward documented experience for their A&P
A&P Mechanic - Base Maintenance07/2018 - 04/2021

Verdigris Aviation Technics (Part 145 repair station), Tulsa, OK

  • Worked C checks on CRJ700/900 as a structures and systems mechanic, including landing gear removal and installation and flight control rigging
  • Performed sheet metal structural repairs to the SRM, corrosion removal and treatment, and bonded composite repair on fairings and radomes
  • Carried eddy current and dye penetrant inspections at Level II and raised findings into the work card system
Aviation Maintenance Technician08/2016 - 07/2018

Lone Butte Aviation (Part 135 charter), Tucson, AZ

  • Completed 100-hour and annual inspections on King Air 350 and Citation CJ3 aircraft under supervision of the director of maintenance
  • Serviced PT6A-60A engines, including borescope inspections, hot section access and propeller removal and balance

Education

Copper Ridge Institute of Aviation Technology2014 - 2016

Airframe and Powerplant programme, 14 CFR Part 147

Skills

A&P return to service, logbook entries, RII sign-offsInspection Authorization: annual inspections and FAA Form 337B737NG, CRJ700/900, King Air 350; CFM56-7B, CF34-8C5, PT6A-60AA and C checks, 100-hour and annual inspections, progressive programmesMEL and CDL deferrals, AOG recovery, turnaround checksAD and service bulletin compliance and recurring AD trackingSheet metal repair to SRM, corrosion treatment, composite repairNDT Level II: eddy current and dye penetrantEngine runs and taxi, borescope inspection, QEC changesAMM, IPC, WDM, SRM and CAMP maintenance tracking

Certificates and Training

  • FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate, both ratings - issued 2016
  • FAA Inspection Authorization - 2022
  • Engine run and taxi qualification, B737NG - 2022
  • NDT Level II, eddy current and dye penetrant - 2021
  • Composite and bonded repair course - 2020
  • Human factors and safety management system training - renewed annually
  • Airfield driving authorisation and ramp safety - current

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Profile

Aircraft mechanic profile summary

Three or four lines: years in maintenance, certificate and ratings with the year, airframe and engine types, the part you worked under, and volume - aircraft turned per shift or checks completed. The manager is deciding whether you can be signed off on their fleet in weeks, and type experience is the only thing that answers that.

Out of the military, name the airframe and its civil equivalent, and say where the certificate came from: a Part 147 school, the documented experience route of 18 months on one rating or 30 on both, or credited military experience, in every case with the written, oral and practical passed. If you do not hold the certificate yet, say exactly where you are - months documented, test date booked, graduation pending.

WeakHardworking aircraft mechanic with strong attention to detail and a passion for aviation safety. Able to work independently or as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
StrongA&P certificate, both ratings, issued 2016; Inspection Authorization since 2022. 9 years line and base maintenance on B737-800 with CFM56-7B, CRJ700/900 with CF34-8C5, and King Air 350 with PT6A-60A. Part 121 line station and Part 145 repair station. Turn 4 to 7 aircraft a shift on line, cleared roughly 1,100 discrepancies in two years with no rework returns, sign 100-hour and annual inspections under IA. Engine run and taxi qualified on B737NG. NDT Level II eddy current and dye penetrant.
Tip
Put the certificate, both ratings and the issue year on the same line as your title at the top. A manager scanning forty files is looking for that exact string, and in a sidebar or at the bottom of an education section it may never be found.
Skills

Aircraft mechanic skills for a resume

The certificate and the type list do the screening; this section proves depth. Separate what you inspect, what you repair, what you troubleshoot and what you can legally sign, and name the manuals and tracking systems you work from.

Hard skills

  • A&P privileges under 14 CFR Part 65: return to service, logbook entries, and the limits of a single rating
  • Scheduled inspections: A, B, C and D checks, 100-hour and annual inspections, progressive programmes
  • Line maintenance, turnaround checks, AOG recovery, and deferrals under the MEL and configuration deviation list
  • Airworthiness directive and service bulletin compliance, including recurring AD tracking
  • Troubleshooting to the fault isolation manual and wiring diagram manual, built-in test equipment and fault codes
  • Sheet metal structural repair to the SRM: doublers, rivets, corrosion removal and treatment; composite and bonded repair
  • Non-destructive testing: eddy current, dye penetrant, ultrasonic and magnetic particle, Level I or II
  • Powerplant work: borescope inspection, module and QEC changes, engine runs and taxi qualification, APU, propeller and rigging
  • Systems: hydraulics, landing gear servicing and overhaul, bleed air, fuel, flight controls and rigging, avionics and EWIS wiring
  • Documentation: work cards, required inspection items, 8130-3 tags, FAA Form 337, part traceability and shelf life
  • Maintenance tracking such as CAMP or Traxxall, and the manual set: AMM, IPC, WDM, CMM, SRM, TSM
  • Tool control and calibration, torque procedures, safety wire standards, FOD control, ESD handling

Soft skills

  • Stopping to ask when the manual does not match the aircraft in front of you
  • Writing a logbook entry a stranger could audit in five years
  • Handing over a part-finished task so the next shift loses nothing
  • Telling a captain a deferral is not available without turning it into an argument
  • Working to a departure time without taking a shortcut that should not be taken
  • Reporting your own mistake before the aircraft moves
  • Keeping a clean area and controlled tools when the hangar is full
  • Mentoring an apprentice toward documented experience, not just handing over the easy jobs
  • Staying precise on a night shift at the end of a C check
  • Refusing to sign for something you did not personally inspect
Experience

How to write aircraft maintenance experience

Formula: aircraft type, the task or check, the standard you worked to, and a number. Performed maintenance on aircraft is what the posting already said. Aircraft turned per shift, discrepancies cleared, checks completed and your position on them, AOG recoveries, downtime removed, rework returns at zero - those are the lines a maintenance manager stops on.

Attach a type to every task. Replaced a main landing gear actuator says little; replaced a main landing gear actuator on a CRJ900 to the AMM task and returned it to service says you have done it on their fleet. Keep line work and base work separate, because they are different skills, and call out what you personally signed: RII items, 337s, 100-hour and annual inspections under IA.

Weak- Performed scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on commercial aircraft, troubleshot systems and completed required paperwork in accordance with FAA regulations.
Strong- Line maintenance on a mixed B737-800 and CRJ900 fleet at a Part 121 station, turning 4 to 7 aircraft a shift; cleared roughly 1,100 discrepancies over two years with zero rework returns; raised 38 MEL deferrals and completed 14 same-day AOG recoveries, including a CFM56-7B bleed duct replacement that saved the rotation; engine run and taxi qualified on B737NG.
What to include
Airframe and engine types - the part you worked under - checks worked and your position on them - aircraft per shift - discrepancies cleared and rework rate - AOG recoveries - what you are authorised to sign - NDT level - manuals and tracking systems by name.
Education

Education and certification

There are three legal routes to the A&P and the resume should say which one you took: graduation from a Part 147 aviation maintenance technician school, documented practical experience of 18 months on one rating or 30 months on both, or credited military experience - and in every case the written, oral and practical exams. Above that sits Inspection Authorization, which requires having held the A&P for a set period and allows you to approve annual inspections and major repairs. A repairman certificate is different again: it is tied to a specific repair station rather than to you, and it does not travel.

  • A&P certificate, both ratings, with year of issue - and say plainly if only one rating is held
  • Inspection Authorization with the year, if you hold it
  • Part 147 AMT school with graduation year, or the experience route and months logged
  • Repairman certificate, naming the repair station it was issued under
  • Military maintenance training and airframes worked, translated to civil types
  • Type and manufacturer courses: general familiarisation, engine run and taxi, borescope, RVSM, composite repair
  • NDT certifications with method and level
  • Human factors, SMS, EWIS and RII inspection training, with dates
  • Driver's licence and airfield or ramp driving authorisation, which many stations require
Careful
Do not describe work you performed under supervision as work you returned to service. Sign-off authority is a legal line, and a maintenance manager will check what your certificate and your previous employer actually allowed you to approve.
No experience

A&P resume with no shop experience

A fresh Part 147 graduate with no shop time is a normal hire, and the resume should be built around the certificate and the training rather than around a thin job history. Name the school, the graduation date, both ratings, and when the written, oral and practical were passed. If you are on the experience route instead, say how many months are documented and what they covered - that number is the whole conversation.

Then make the school count, because it is real task experience. Describe projects as tasks and standards: a sheet metal patch to an SRM standard, an engine teardown and build, control cable rigging and tensioning, corrosion treatment, a wiring fault traced to a diagram. Add transferable trades and any work around aircraft, including ramp, fuelling or stores, where part traceability and tool control already mean something to you.

  • Part 147 school, graduation date, both ratings, and the dates of the written, oral and practical
  • Shop projects written as tasks and standards, not as course titles
  • Documented experience months if you are on the 18 or 30 month route
  • Transferable trades: automotive, diesel, heavy equipment, machining, welding, sheet metal
  • Aviation-adjacent work: ramp, fuelling, tool crib, stores and parts traceability
  • Tools owned, including your own torque wrenches and their calibration status

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Mistakes

Common mistakes

Ratings left ambiguous

A&P written once with no mention of whether both ratings are held makes a reader assume the narrower case. Write A&P, both ratings, issued 2016, and add IA if you hold it.

No aircraft types anywhere

A task list without types cannot be screened, because shops hire for their fleet. Name the airframes and the engines, and repeat them in the skills section where the parser reads a flat keyword list.

Documentation never mentioned

Half the job is the record. Logbook entries, work cards, RII sign-offs, 8130-3 tags, 337 forms and the tracking system you used. A resume with none of that reads like somebody who has never been audited.

The regulatory part left out

Part 121 line, Part 145 repair station, Part 135 and Part 91 corporate differ in paperwork, inspection regime and pace. Saying which you worked under tells a manager how much of their process you already know.

Sign-off authority overstated

Claiming you returned work to service when a certificated mechanic signed for you ends an interview quickly. State what you inspected, what you repaired and what you personally signed as three separate things.

One document for a shop and for a federal application

A federal civil service maintenance application is read against written criteria and wants hours per week, supervisor details and series and grade, so it runs several pages. A shop or airline resume is one, occasionally two. Shortening the federal version does not produce the shop version.

Takeaways

Takeaways

Remember

  • A&P and both ratings with the issue year, in the top three lines
  • Airframe and engine types named, and repeated in the skills section
  • Part 121, 145, 135 or 91 - say which you worked under
  • Checks worked and your position on them, with volume
  • Documentation: logbook entries, RII, 8130-3, 337, tracking system
  • Claim only what you personally signed
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The A&P certificate with both ratings and the year of issue, on the same line as your title or immediately under it. Everything else in the document depends on it, because the certificate defines what you are allowed to approve for return to service. Add Inspection Authorization directly after it if you hold it, since IA changes which inspections and major repairs you can sign.
Say the rating or ratings explicitly: A&P certificate, both ratings, issued 2016. If you hold only one, write airframe rating only or powerplant rating only rather than leaving it vague - a manager who cannot tell will assume the narrower case, and in an airline environment the difference decides which work can be assigned to you at all.
Because the training time to get you productive is a cost, and type experience is what reduces it. A mechanic with four years on CRJ700/900 and CF34 engines is more useful to a regional operator than one with twelve years on types the shop does not operate. Name every airframe and engine you have worked, including those you only ran line checks on.
Label each job with the part it operated under and then describe the work in its own terms. Part 121 line maintenance means turnarounds, deferrals under the MEL, AOG recovery and dispatch pressure. A Part 145 repair station means capability lists, work cards, component overhaul and shop paperwork. Part 135 and Part 91 corporate mean 100-hour and annual inspections and a much smaller fleet you know in detail.
Build the resume around the certificate and the training. Name the Part 147 school, the graduation date, both ratings and when the written, oral and practical were passed, then convert shop projects into tasks and standards: sheet metal repair to an SRM, engine teardown and build, control rigging, corrosion treatment, a wiring fault traced to a diagram. Transferable trades and ramp or stores experience belong there too.
One page for a shop, airline or MRO, two at most if your type list is long. A federal civil service application is a different document: it is read against written qualification criteria and genuinely wants hours per week, supervisor details, and series and grade, so it runs long. Write the two separately rather than trying to cut the federal version down.
Lead with the civil facts - A&P certificate and ratings, the civil types you are now cleared on - then give the military airframe and its nearest civil equivalent so a reader can map the experience. Replace MOS codes, unit names and ranks with the tasks: structural repair, phase inspections, engine changes, hydraulics, avionics. Say whether your service time was credited toward the certificate.
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