Philip
In November 2022, Philip Mau enrolled in the Apprenticeship Program at Crucial MRO in Murphysboro, Illinois. Philip had served 5 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was looking for work after his tour ended.
“In the Marine Corps, I worked on helicopters so it was just a pretty easy transition when I got to the civilian world. I just happened to see a little ad on Indeed and applied here [at Crucial],” Philip explains.
Philip says the best part of his training and working at Crucial was “working on aircraft again, just getting dirty, and doing the fun stuff that not a lot of people get to do!”
Philip’s advice to anyone considering an apprenticeship, “I’d say do it, because you get a bunch of free tools from the state, so that’s pretty cool. It does help out, especially if they want to get an apprenticeship here.
“Aviation is not going to stop growing, so they [Crucial] are going to need more and more technicians. We are really low on technicians right now in the aviation community. The more people that want to come work here, the better it is for everybody else,” Philip adds.
Philip says that it was easy working with Man-Tra-Con, and he was happy to receive the tools he needed for the job. “It was easy… You guys got us the tools we needed, so I can’t really complain about anything,” Philip says.