This document presents an outline for a 135-hour course designed to familiarize the beginning student with the basic concepts common to aircraft materials and processes, together with the requirements of proper cleaning and corrosion control as outlined by the Federal Aviation Agency. The aviation airframe and powerplant maintenance technician is expected to demonstrate his ability to explain the proper methods of cleaning the various components of an aircraft or engine, to prove his knowledge of nondesctuctive testing methods, to inspect and check welds, to understand the basic heat-treatment processes and reasons for their use, to make precision measurements using various measuring instruments, and to indicate his knowledge of aircraft hardware and materials. The behavioral objectives and performance standards necessary for a person to become an airframe mechanic or powerplant mechanic, or to obtain a Federal Aviation Agency license are specified. An eight-item bibliography, a list of five films, and a Quinmester posttest sample are included. (KP)