This certificate provides students with both theory and practical lab applications in aviation physics and aerodynamics, aircraft weight and balance, aircraft ground handling, vocational mathematics, basic aircraft electrical circuits, aircraft inspection techniques, aircraft materials, and construction, and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and maintenance entries. Completion of this certificate is required before an Airframe and/or Powerplant Certificate can be issued.This two-quarter certificate provides students with both theory and practical lab applications in aviation physics and aerodynamics, aircraft weight and balance, aircraft ground handling, basic aircraft electrical circuits, aircraft inspection techniques, aircraft materials and construction, and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and maintenance entries. Completion of this certificate is required before Airframe and/or Powerplant Certificate programs are taken.