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SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)
Air National Guard Units · Posted 62 days ago
On-site Middletown, PA $30.9 – $36.1/hr Apply by Jul 29, 2026 Sheet Metal Mechanic ESTPISTP OperationsTrades
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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the PA 193rd Special Operations Wing, National Guard. 1 or more Position(s) may be hired against this Announcement.
What You'll Do
- →As a Sheet Metal Mechanic (Aircraft), WG-3806-10 you will independently inspect aircraft and determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines.
- →Repair cracks in aircraft skin.
- →Troubleshoot aircraft structural repair situations in such areas as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers.
- →Align and balance component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels.
- →Inspect 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.
- →Manufacture and ensure that metal tubing, conduits and cables are fabricated and tested in accordance with drawings and specifications.
- →Perform fabrication of local manufactured items requited for aircraft and equipment.
- →Set up and operate 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.
- →Prepare and design layout, dies, jigs, and templates necessary to carry out fabrication repair or modification of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment.
- →Identify metal corrosion.
- →Remove 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.
- →Apply protective coatings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and treatment of metals.
- →Identify 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.
- →May operate the wash rack.
Requirements
- ✓There is no educational substitute for this position.
Personality Fit
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