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SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)(T32)
Air National Guard Units · Posted 54 days ago
About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)(T32), Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the AL 187TH Fighter Wing, National Guard. ORGANIZATION: 187 MXS, MONTGOMERY, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL: MSGT K. POPE
What You'll Do
- →(1) Independently inspects aircraft and determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines.
- →Works directly on the aircraft and its components, fulfilling such tasks as removal, repair, modification and installation of parts and assemblies, such as frames, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skin, cowling, brackets, faring, access doors, panels and other related items.
- →May be required to clear red "X" conditions.
- →(2) Repairs cracks in aircraft skin.
- →Fabricates and fits patches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength.
- →Fits and trims components to aircraft such as landing gear doors, control surfaces, flaps access doors and other assemblies.
- →Seals structures to make them pressure, water and weather tight.
- →(3) Troubleshoots aircraft structural repair situations in such areas as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers.
- →Removes, forms, fits, and installs highly stressed and double contoured skins, using hand or powered drilling and cutting tools and other metal working equipment.
- →(4) Aligns and balances component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels.
- →Performs metal-to-metal bonding where delamination of surfaces and core material occurs in control surfaces.
- →(5) 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.
- →Repairs or replaces retaining frames and installs plastic laminated blanks.
- →Designs and constructs forming fixtures.
Requirements
- ✓SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION IS NOT CONSIDERED FOR WAGE GRADE POSITIONS.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 24d7a594-c8b9-4d8a-a220-4909eb19a04a
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