need help!

[alex]

I am a 24 years old man from Arcachon, France who just moved to Norway ( my girlfriend is norwegian). I have four years of avionic devices experience in the french air force as a avionic technician radio navigation, weapon, radar, electricty, battery, maintenace line, heavy maintenance, ...), on french and belgium alphajet at Cazaux air base, France. After seven years spent in the army, my contract finished in september 2008. I really want to continue in the aeronautic. I have no EASA 66, because the french army doesn't give it to the military...I trying for several weeks to get a job around Oslo and gardermoen, it seems not easy.Do you think I have a chance to get a job around plane, without EASA 66?
Do you compagny that are looking for people?
I am able to work like mecanician, i like a lot aeronautic, i will be a bit desapointed if i get nothing around planes.
thank you.

 

[LN-DYA]

Hi Alex!!

Welcome to Norway and the forum! Have you tried an appliction to Norwegain.no, WestAir Sweden, SAS, Widerøe and Lufttransport?

Best regards DYA

 

[Wishmaster]

Hi Alex. Groundhandling like ramp agent? Would that be some... no, you wanna something with the technical stuff, right? Yep, Westair have hired a company doing their technical part here on ENGM. Don't know their name. Also, SundtAir ?
STS?

 

[Shadow]

I think the tech company you are thinking of is EAMS (Essential Aircraft Maintenance Service A/S)
Icelandair use them, I belive Sterling use them as well.

Edit: Their headoffice is in Denmark www.eams.dk

 

[LN-MEH]

Here in Tromsø, West Air Sweden uses the company Scandinavian Aircraft Maintenance (SAM Norway) to work on their CRJ-200 PF's (and sometimes ATP). They have some facilities in the Widerøe hangar here. The company's main office is at OSL (Gardermoen).
Apart from that both Widerøe (DASH-8) and Lufttranport (Beech 200, Dornier 228 and various types of helicopters) does have overhaul/technical facilities her in Tromsø (TOS/ENTC). And yes, STS (SAS Technical Services) does indeed have an small department here. They do mostly line maintenance on 737 classic/NG. Good luck to you in your hunt for work in the aircraft business!:up:

 

[LN-MEH]

Groundandling like ramp agent? Would that be some... no,

Just a bit curious here, whats wrong with being an ramp agent anyway?

 

[BSSW]

Maintenance companies at OSL are:

STS (Sas Technical Services) Base and Line maintenance

Widerøe Flyveselskap - Line maintenance

Scandinavian Aircraft Maintenance - Mostly Line maintenance, but some Base maintenance as well. Both fixed and rotary wing. This company does the maintenance for West Air Sweden at OSL.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) - Line maintenance

EAMS (Essential Aircraft Maintenance Service) I don't know much about them, but they do the maintenance for Sterling.

Sundt Air who handles biz-jets and a few helicopters and also provides maintenance of these aircrafts

These are the companies I can think of at the moment. Call the different companies and present yourself. Widerøe mostely hire people from their main office in Bodø, but call anyway. EAMS does, as I said, the maintenance for Sterling, but I don't know what will happen with them when Sterling stops flying to/from OSL soon.

As for the part about you not having PART 66 training or licenses. You can still work as an unskilled mech or avionic, but the pay is lower. And it could be harder to get a job. But don't let that stop you, you can always improve. If you want to get PART 66 training you could take the exams on your free time and with some years experience you can apply for an PART 66 Licence at the Norwegian CAA (or the French!).

You could also work in ground handling, with cargo or check-in to get "a foot on the inside", and work your way onwards. As you say, you want to work around planes. Then that could be a beginning.

 

[alex]

thank you a lot for the answer, i will continue to seek for a job in gardermoen.
ha det bra.

 

[CK]

bon chance, Alex!

 

[jb1]

bon chance, Alex!

Ah mais CK, har du glemt dine franskkunnskaper, det heter bonne chance :FRA

 

[alex]

det er hyggelig å vaere en franskmann i norge!!!