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SHEET METAL MECHANIC
Air National Guard Units · Posted 51 days ago
About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 INDEFINITE EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SHEET METAL MECHANIC, Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the CO 140 MXG, National Guard.
What You'll Do
- →Primary purpose is to accomplish the inspection, repair, modification, installation and troubleshooting of sheet metal, fiberglass, bonded honeycomb and other structural materials and components as well as treatment (i.e., mechanical and chemical), and painting of missiles, aircraft powered and nonpowered Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE), and monitoring aircraft and equipment washing.
- →Independently inspects aircraft and determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines.
- →Repairs cracks in aircraft skin.
- →Troubleshoots aircraft structural repair situations in such areas as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers.
- →Aligns and balances component structures and air frame using precision measuring instruments and levels.
- →Inspects damage or deterioration and determines repair or replacement of plastic, fiberglass, composites, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies using powered and nonpowered tools and equipment.
- →Manufactures and ensures that metal tubing, conduits and cables are fabricated and tested in accordance with drawings and specifications.
- →Performs fabrication of local manufactured items requited for aircraft and equipment.
- →Sets up and operates power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable powered tools, specific detection and measuring equipment, and other metal working equipment, including use of other tools of the trade.
- →Prepares and designs layout, dies, jigs, and templates necessary to carry out fabrication repair or modification of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment.
- →Identifies metal corrosion.
- →Removes corrosion by mechanical and chemical procedures to include use of portable powered (electric and pneumatic) sanders, buffers, brushes, bead blasters, vacuum cleaners, scrapers, grinders, acids, caustics, solvents, alcohols and other agents used in corrosion control processes.
- →Applies protective coatings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and treatment of metals.
- →Identifies, blends, stores, controls, and disposes of hazardous materials such as acids, caustics, alcohols, solvents, cleaners, primers and surface coatings used for corrosion removal, treatment and protection in accordance with applicable directives.
Requirements
- ✓Education cannot be substituted for Specialized Experience for this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0335b4bf-4634-4d44-afa5-46e292e4e06d
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