. >> reporter: business is booming at timco aviation. the firm provides faa required maintenance to commercial, cargo and military planes. it's benefiting from the strong growth in the aviation industry, growth threatened by a lack of skilled workers. >> we are at capacity. if we were to expand t would be an issue of getting enough work force in here to work the aircraft. >> reporter: kip is timco's vice president, he said to meet demand and replace the 30% to 40% of its work force facing retirement, they would need to hire 350 workers. they would need to inspect, repair and put these planes back together again and need to be faa certified. that's a process that takes two years. to ensure a steady stream of workers, timco's partnered with gill ford community college to get the word out about jobs in the industry, starteding with talks aimed at kids as young as fourth and fifth grade. >> we try to spark that interest early when people are open to anything. >> reporter: audrey floyd chairs the aviation program at gilford along with the out