AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
ENGINEERING
PROFESSIONALS
by
By Ricky Liew Chee Leong
Associate Prof. Ir. Dr Rahim Abu Talib
COVER FEATURE
Aircraft in hangar for maintenance
On June 1, 2018, the Board of Engineers
Malaysia (BEM), through its website
www.bem.org.my made a very important
announcement that aircraft maintenance
engineering (AME) professionals who hold
a Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM)
Aircraft Maintenance Licence (AML) are eligible
for registration to the Board. This is a major
breakthrough for AME professionals in this country.
This also signifies that aircraft engineering and
maintenance is part of the engineering fraternity
in Malaysia. This announcement primarily affects
approximately 2,000 active CAAM-AML holders
in categories “B1”, “B2” and “C”. The eligible
registration categories are technician (Inspector of
Works), Engineering Technologists and Graduate
Engineers. The AML qualification study began
after a meeting between officials from the then
Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCAM), now
known as CAAM, and the BEM board members in
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