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Fox Valley
Technical College
offers both A&P and avionics programs to students
Avionics News recently spoke with Gene Zastera, aviation maintenance instructor at Fox Valley Technical
College in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to learn how the institution is meeting the need to educate the next
generation of avionics technicians.
Avionics News: Please tell us about your aviation
and avionics programs.
Zastera: As I understand it, the first official class
for the airframe powerplant program started in 1992.
Since then, our program has produced 333 graduates.
The aircraft electronics program has graduated a total of
174 avionics technicians.
Avionics News: How have your aviation programs
changed over the years?
Zastera: We have had an increase in students
doing the combined airframe powerplant and aircraft
electronics programs. The first-year courses are common
to both programs, so a student may complete both twoyear programs in only three years. Many of our A&P
students start strictly on the mechanic track but soon
realize the value of the avionics degree.
We also have many of our avionics students decide
to return for the last year of the A&P program. Because
of the program crossover, we recently added an evening
section to the second year of our A&P program. We
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currently have the capacity to produce 36 A&Ps and 18
avionics program graduates per year.
Avionics News: Where do you see your program
in five years?
Zastera: Based on the current demand for airframe
and avionics technicians in our area, I believe our
enrolment numbers will continue to grow. Ideally, we
would like to see an evening shift of students in both
first- and second-year courses.
Right now, our daytime classes are running at
capacity. Adding an evening shift for the first year
would increase program capacity. Also, because most
of our students already work half- or full-time jobs, it
would allow increased flexibility in their schedules.
Avionics News: How are you preparing students
to become technicians and satisfying the increasing
demand of the advanced technology fields in avionics,
unmanned aircraft systems and aircraft electronics?
Zastera: All of our first-year students (including
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