SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)

Full Job Description

This is a Washington Army National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Unit Technician position: SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) Location: Army Aviation Support Facility 1 Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington 98433 Army National Guard Units Appointment Type: Permanent, excepted service Advertised as: ENLISTED May be used to fill one or more vacancies.

*Ensure you read this announcement in its entirety, complete all application requirements, and your USA Jobs profile name is accurate* GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience or training that has provided the candidate with the ability to plan, manufacture, and install cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects that have easily constructed fastenings such as single and double-hem edges and single, double or grooved seams.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 18 months experience or training in planning, layout, and construction skills to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams.

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.

***Note: If this vacancy announcement indicates Specialized Experience, "1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level", you must provide your last SF 50, if you are a current or former Federal Employee and you want to be considered under this provision.

Major Duties:

A WG-3806-10, SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT): Inspects and troubleshoots aircraft structures such as fuselage, tail, wings, cowlings and stabilizers.

Determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made using applicable Technical Manuals (TMs) as guidelines.

Removes, fabricates, repairs, modifies, and installs parts and assemblies, such as frames, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skin, cowling, brackets, fairing, stressed and double contour skins using hand or powered tools and a variety of metal working equipment.

Fits and trims components to aircraft such as loading gear doors, ailerons, flaps, engine access doors and similar assemblies.

Performs fabrication of local manufactured items required for facility support. Work includes layout, bending, cutting, forming and assembling.

Devises and calculates patterns employing the principles of triangulation, radial, and parallel line development.

Aligns component structures and airframe using precision optical measuring instruments, plum line and level. Repairs cracks in aircraft skin.

Fabricates and fits patches to damaged areas as necessary to retain or restore original strength.

Installs regular, heat-treated, high shear, and blind type aircraft rivets and fasteners by using pneumatic riveters, bucking bars and other special tools.

Performs metal to metal bonding where delamination of surfaces or core material occurs. Inspects for corrosion conditions which are eliminated by chemical treatment or material replacement.

Inspects, repairs, fabricates and replaces honeycomb and fiberglass structural assemblies.

Sets up, operates and maintains power shears, metal brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drills, saws, heat-treating furnaces, hardness testers, arc and oxyacetalene welders and other metal working equipment and tools of the trade.

Works from blueprints, technical manuals, diagrams and work orders.

Prepares and designs layout, dies, jigs, and templates necessary to carry out fabrication, repair or modification of aircraft, general support equipment and facility support equipment.

Must have a thorough knowledge of ferrous and nonferrous metal and mechanical drawing and shop mathematics. May paint, strip or stencil aircraft and/or components.

Participates in the safety program for the sheet metal function. Performs on-the-job training as required and evaluates training effectiveness.

May assist in the requisitioning and identifying stock material, parts and equipment. Reviews and maintains applicable technical manuals and publications.

Maintains records and makes proper entries on log book forms. May assist in other functions within the Component Repair Shop in the accomplishment of mission requirements.

May assist authorized firefighters in the performance of fire/crash/rescue duties as required. Other duties as assigned.