Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) is offering a unique opportunity for those interested in exploring a career in aviation maintenance. The college will host Aviation Maintenance 101 on Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the Levi, Ray and Shoup, Inc. Aviation Center, located at 815 South Airport Drive in Springfield.

The free event will allow participants to engage in hands-on activities, including working with sheet metal, electrical wiring, and an aircraft piston engine. Attendees will also have the chance to start a jet engine. Dr. Nancy Sweet, dean of LLCC’s Workforce Institute, emphasized the event’s interactive nature: “Participants can actually roll up their sleeves and do hands-on activities in our hangar,” she said.

Registration for the event is open at www.llcc.edu/aviation. Additionally, informational sessions about aviation maintenance careers will be held on Oct. 29 at 3:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 9:30 a.m., where prospective students can tour LLCC’s facilities and learn how to get started in this high-demand, well-paying field.