SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT/PAINTER)
Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command
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SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)
Air National Guard Units
Department of the Air Force
Location
Fresno, California
Salary
$28.34 - $37.55
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves inspecting, repairing, modifying, and installing sheet metal and other structural parts on aircraft and related equipment in the Air National Guard.
Workers use tools to cut, form, and assemble materials like metal skins and frames to keep planes and ground support gear in top condition.
It's a good fit for hands-on mechanics with experience in metalworking who enjoy detailed technical work in a military aviation setting.
Key Requirements
- At least 12 months of experience removing, repairing, modifying, and installing aircraft sheet metal parts like frames, skins, and brackets
- Proficiency in using hand and power tools such as hammers, snips, saws, shears, and brakes for cutting, forming, and assembling metal objects
- Experience in layout, bending, cutting, forming, and assembling aircraft components, including 18 months for the full WG-10 level
- Knowledge of working with metals like stainless steel, copper, magnesium, honeycomb, and alloys
- Ability to use measuring instruments and perform basic to advanced mathematical calculations for precise work
- Skills in troubleshooting, inspecting, and treating structural materials, including fiberglass and bonded honeycomb
- Competencies in using and maintaining tools, attention to detail, metal processing, and metalworking
Full Job Description
This SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) position, is located within a National Guard aircraft maintenance organization and is part of the CA 144 FW.
General Experience: Possess experience or training that has provided the ability to remove, repair, modify, and install parts and assemblies, such as frames, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skin, cowling, brackets, faring, access doors, panels and other related items.
SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), WG-3806-08 (Trainee): Must have 12 months experience or training planning, manufacturing, and installing cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects that have easily constructed fastening; Experience cutting and forming by using basic hand and powered tools such as hammers, chisels, hand snips, band and circle saws, squaring shears, seamers, bar folders, breaks, and stakes; Experience assembling parts by seaming, bolting, screwing, riveting, tacking, spot-welding, or soldering; Experience demonstrating a basic understanding of using measuring instruments.
SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), WG-3806-10: Must have at least 18 months experience in layout, bending, cutting, forming and assembling to manufacture items of aircraft and equipment; Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment; Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material and alloys; Experience demonstrating the use of more complicated mathematical calculations and complicated measuring instruments.
TRAINEE POSITION: Applicants not meeting full qualifications for the WG-10 position indicated above may be considered for WG-08 trainee, if qualified.
Statement-of-Difference of qualification requirements for each are indicated.
If appointed as trainee, the selectee may be non-competitively promoted to WG-10 upon meeting full qualifications and recommendations of supervisor.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies: Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Attention to Detail Metal Processing and Metalworking Trouble Shooting Major Duties:
THIS IS A T32 EXCEPTED SERVICE, PERMANENT POSITION The primary purpose of the SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), WG-3806-8/10, 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.
May make additional selections within 90 days of eligible(s) issuance.
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