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SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) (Title 32)
Air National Guard Units · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Little Rock AFB, AR $30.2 – $35.2/hr Apply by Jun 19, 2026 Sheet Metal Mechanic ESTPISTP Trades
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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) (Title 32), Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the AR ANG 189 MAI SQ, National Guard. NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED- If you are not currently a member of any military service (Branch/Status), please provide a letter stating intent to join.
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.
- →Determines shear and bearing load factors during rivet replacement.
- →Installs heads up, regular, heat treated, high shear, and blind type aircraft rivets and fasteners, using pneumatic riveters, special tools and bucking bars.
- →Removes damaged or broken fasteners and receptacles.
- →(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.
Requirements
- ✓NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.
- ✓If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
- ✓Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement.
- ✓This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
- ✓Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership in the military grade listed below.
- ✓Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
- ✓Military Grades: Enlisted Minimum Grade - E-1/ Amn Maximum Grade - E-5/ SSgt Compatible Military Assignments: Selectee must be a member of the Arkansas Air National Guard.
- ✓IMPORTANT NOTES (AS APPLICABLE): Upon selection for this position, individual must possess or initiate a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigation.
- ✓A favorable determination based upon investigative results is mandatory for this position.
- ✓Failure to meet these requirements will result in termination of employment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical is required if not already current.
- ✓Upon selection, must complete mandatory Full-Time Support (FTS) Training at the Professional Education Center (PEC) within six months of assignment (if applicable, training will be coordinated by the supervisor).
- ✓Individual must meet all military requirements of the position without creating a grade inversion, as determined by the Human Resources Office (HRO).
- ✓Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (Grade Inversion).
Personality Fit
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