The aviation industry, and the demands on it, are ever-growing. Commercial aviation is booming as an increasing amount of people look to explore the post-Covid world and air freight continues to enable and drive efficient global commerce. 

As a result, airlines and other organisations continue to order new aircraft, driving up manufacturing demands. Meanwhile, existing fleets require constant maintenance to ensure they remain airworthy and ready to carry passengers or cargo around the world. 

However, aviation is facing the implications of decreasing workforces and wide-scale skill shortages. Post pandemic, many skilled engineers were lost to the rail, warehousing, automation and nuclear sectors, and airlines are struggling to replace this wealth of experience and attract new talent to meet their operational needs.

With demand not looking set to dwindle anytime soon, action is required to tackle these challenges. And fast. 

Addressing the Aviation Skill Shortage

Throughout our many years of experience of supporting maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) recruitment projects, Carbon60 have worked in partnerships with some of the world’s leading aviation organisations to help find, attract and hire the next generation of aviation talent - not only to support them, but to help narrow the skill gap within the wider aviation industry too. 

Carbon60 & Virgin Atlantic: Nurturing Early Careers Talent

We have partnered with global aviation powerhouse Virgin Atlantic; trusted with utilising our Early Careers experience, expertise and insight to find and recruit emerging graduate talent for their Aeronautical Graduate Programme.

Together, we shape them – through hands-on experience, leadership and management, module-based learning and completion of a CAP 741 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Logbook – into the Aviation Engineering leaders of the future.

Carbon60 & STS Aviation: Guiding Veterans back into work

As Forces Covenant civilian employment support providers for Service leavers and Veterans and one of the UK’s top 25 Veteran Employers, we are also proud to help ex-military personnel take a secure and exciting step back into civilian life and into a career in aviation.

Helping STS Aviation to recruit for their Forces to Civilian Transition Programme, we provide veterans and service leaders a pathway to B1 Mechanical or B2 Avionics licenses and potential careers at a leading aircraft maintenance, engineering and modification specialist. Along the journey, we not only give all training required to complete the licence modules, but also enable veterans to grow their existing leadership skills via tailored ILM-accredited programmes – with our expert support, guidance and advice given throughout.

Global talent for a global aviation industry

And, recognising the potential of aviation talent from around the world, we are passionate about providing international candidates with access to jobs and careers that their skills and dedication deserve, by connecting them to opportunities that could include sponsorship for their training, development and support for the Skilled Worker Visas required for UK-based roles – including a variety of positions at iconic airline British Airways.

How we can support you

Carbon60’s recruitment and early talent expertise enables us to create journeys that guide people through various stages of learning and development, all the way through to potential employment that can kickstart an exciting, fulfilling career in ever-growing, ever-changing industry that keeps the world moving. Employment that will not only create a better future for individuals, but for aviation too.

If you’d like further insights or need support with your recruitment requirements, feel free to get in touch with Andy Morris, Client Solutions Director, via email: andrew.morris@carbon60global.com