Hire A&P Apprentices in Fort Collins, Colorado

United Launch Alliance, the 50/50 Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture that launches U.S. national-security (Department of Defense) and NASA payloads, is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. Demand for certificated mechanics is strong — training an apprentice under 14 CFR 65.77 lets your shop grow its own A&Ps instead of competing for them.

Yes — three: Colorado Northwestern Community College (Rangely), Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (Broomfield, in the Denver metro), and Aims Community College (Greeley — its program launched January 2026 at Northern Colorado Regional Airport). School students and graduates are one recruiting pipeline — but under 14 CFR 65.77 your hires don't need school at all; supervised experience in your shop alone qualifies them to test.

Yes. Colorado's New & Emerging Industries Apprenticeship Tax Credit (HB24-1439) is a refundable credit of up to $12,600 per apprentice per year, for up to ten apprentices. The catch for a shop: it applies to apprentices in a Registered Apprenticeship Program in an occupation Colorado classifies as “new and emerging” — training under 14 CFR 65.77 by itself doesn't trigger it. A RAP can run alongside the FAA path; confirm your occupation's eligibility with Apprenticeship Colorado.

Check the relocation line on their profile — apprentices state whether they're willing to relocate, and many will move for the right training opportunity. To maximize the quality of apprentice recruits, fill out your supervisor listing inside your account — once published, it shows to apprentices across the Grease Pilot network.

Keep a dated, task-level log, signed as the work happens. The FAA's own guidance for the experience review lists an “AMT log signed by your supervising mechanic” and a statement from your employer among the documentary evidence an inspector accepts — and the more evidence, the better. Note that time spent in training doesn't count; practical experience means actually performing maintenance. Grease Pilot's OJT tracking does this for you: it logs each task by FAA ACS subject, captures your digital supervisor sign-offs, and exports an FAA-ready PDF package when your apprentice is ready to apply. Grease Pilot also generates signed employer verification letters — the employer statement the FAA lists as accepted evidence — to back up the log.