AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC (SMALL SHOP CHIEF) (TITLE 32)
Army National Guard Units
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SMALL ARMS REPAIRER (TITLE 32)
Army National Guard Units
Department of the Army
Location
Lenoir, North Carolina
Salary
$26.49 - $30.91
per hour
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves repairing, maintaining, and upgrading small arms like pistols, rifles, and machine guns for the Army National Guard, including disassembling parts, diagnosing issues, and ensuring weapons meet high performance standards.
It's a hands-on role focused on precision work and tool use in a military setting.
A good fit would be someone with mechanical experience, attention to detail, and interest in firearms maintenance, who is an enlisted National Guard member.
Key Requirements
- Enlisted military grade E8 or below in the National Guard
- At least 18 months of specialized experience in small arms repair, overhaul, and accurization
- Ability to read and interpret repair manuals, specifications, drawings, and technical instructions
- Proficiency in shop mathematics and using testing devices, measuring instruments, and hand/power tools
- Skills in inspecting, diagnosing, and repairing malfunctions, wear, or damage on weapons
- Knowledge of other trades to modify or manufacture weapon parts for improved performance
- Experience with accountability, storage, and security of arms and sensitive items
Full Job Description
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SMALL ARMS REPAIRER (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1227000 and is part of the NC G4, National Guard (G4 - FMS 2 / MD 5122-022).
Military Grades: Enlisted (E8 or below) Minimum Requirements: Experience or training which demonstrates a working knowledge to read and interpret instructions, repair manual, specifications and drawings; must have a knowledge of shop mathematics sufficient to use testing devices and measuring instruments; and be proficient in the use and maintenance of hand tools and equipment SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: (18 months) Experience or training with substantial mechanical skill is required to effectively and efficiently repair, overhaul, and rebuild small arms for both conventional uses and for weapons involving accurization.
Experience to inspect, diagnose malfunctioning, wear and/or damage is required. The ability to perform accurization procedures on weapons to improve their performance is required.
Basic knowledge of other trades in order to modify and/or manufacture weapons parts for accurization is required.
Experience to apply technical manuals, regulations, specifications and drawings to determine operation, assembly and tolerances of the variety of weapons worked on is required for successful performance.
Experience using and maintaining a variety of hand and power tools and gages is required.
Tools include drills, files, precision gages and measuring instruments, magnafluxing equipment and/or borescopes to determine when parts are worn or damaged beyond acceptable tolerances.
Major Duties:
- As a SMALL ARMS REPAIRER, WG-6610-09, you will perform accurization of national match weapons (pistols, rifles, and light machine guns) on a limited basis; disassemble weapons, assemblies, subassemblies and other components; perform overhaul, maintenance, and repair on a variety of small arms; use micrometer to measure altered tolerances and make additional adjustments; be responsible for accountability, storage and security of arms and other sensitive items while they are kept for repair; may serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluations (COMET) or as a member of a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team (MAIT); perform other duties as assigned.
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