Oregon Staffing
Sheet Metal Mechanic (Aircraft)
This National Guard position is for a SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the Oregon National Guard 173rd Fighter Wing, National Guard. Responsibilities include: Independently inspecting aircraft and determining the nature and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines. Working directly on the aircraft and its components, fulfilling tasks such as removal, repair, modification, and installation of parts and assemblies. Repairing cracks in aircraft skin, fabricating and fitting patches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength. Fitting and trimming components to aircraft such as landing gear doors, control surfaces, flaps access doors, and other assemblies. Troubleshooting aircraft structural repair situations in areas such as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers. Removing, forming, fitting, and installing highly stressed and double contoured skins, using hand or powered drilling and cutting tools and other metal working equipment. Aligning and balancing component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels. Performing metal to metal bonding where delimitation of surfaces and core material occurs in control surfaces. Inspecting damage or deterioration and determining repair or replacement of plastic, fiberglass, composites, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies using powered and non-powered tools and equipment. Repairing or replacing retaining frames and installing plastic laminated blanks. Manufacturing and ensuring that metal tubing, conduits, and cables are fabricated and tested in accordance with drawings and specifications. Fabricating and repairing flexible control cables. Performing fabrication of local manufactured items required for aircraft and equipment. Layout, bending, cutting, forming, and assembling. Devising and calculating patterns employing the principles of triangulation, radial, and parallel line development. Setting up and operating power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable powered tools, specific detection and measuring equipment, and other metal working equipment, including use of other tools of the trade. Requisitioning necessary supplies and equipment for the activity. Preparing and designing layout, dies, jigs, and templates necessary to carry out fabrication, repair, or modification of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment. Working from blueprints, technical orders diagrams, and work orders. Identifying metal corrosion. Performing necessary testing to identify type corrosion present by examination with magnifying equipment, chemical and mechanical methods, and treating aircraft engines in accordance with applicable technical publications. Removing corrosion by mechanical and chemical procedures to include use of portable powered sanders, buffers, brushes, bead blasters, vacuum cleaners, scrapers, grinders, acids, caustics, solvents, alcohols, and other agents used in corrosion control processes. Treating metal with chemical procedures, such as acids and caustics for passivation and etching, to protect metal from oxidation. Performing functions such as pickling of metals to prepare for good bonding with primer coat of protective materials. Applying protective coatings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and treatment of metals. Using conventional paint spray equipment, electrostatic spray equipment, brushes, and special applicators when applying primers and surface coatings. Performs other duties as assigned. The above description only mentions a limited amount of the position's official duties. For a full comprehensive document that covers all the duties of the position, please contact one of the Recruitment Specialists at the bottom of the announcement. Requirements include: Conditions of employment and qualifications: Areas of consideration: Area 1 - Current permanent and indefinite T32 technicians of the Oregon ANG. Area 2 - Current permanent and indefinite T5 employees of the Oregon ANG. Area 3 - Current service members in the Oregon ANG. General and specialized experience qualification requirements: Work involves the fabrication, modification, repair, assembly, and installation of sheet metal parts, items, and assemblies. Metals include but are not restricted to galvanized and black iron, aluminum and aluminum alloys, stainless steel, copper, and brass sheets, lead alloys, and bronze. 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. WG-09 and above 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. Education: No education requirement associated with this position. Additional information: The following applies to Bargaining Unit Positions: Bargaining unit positions within the Oregon National Guard that are represented by AFGE, local 2986 (AFL-CIO). If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
This National Guard position is for a SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the Oregon National Guard 173rd Fighter Wing, National Guard. Responsibilities include: Independently inspecting aircraft and determining the nature and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines. Working directly on the aircraft and its components, fulfilling tasks such as removal, repair, modification, and installation of parts and assemblies. Repairing cracks in aircraft skin, fabricating and fitting patches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength. Fitting and trimming components to aircraft such as landing gear doors, control surfaces, flaps access doors, and other assemblies. Troubleshooting aircraft structural repair situations in areas such as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers. Removing, forming, fitting, and installing highly stressed and double contoured skins, using hand or powered drilling and cutting tools and other metal working equipment. Aligning and balancing component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels. Performing metal to metal bonding where delimitation of surfaces and core material occurs in control surfaces. Inspecting damage or deterioration and determining repair or replacement of plastic, fiberglass, composites, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies using powered and non-powered tools and equipment. Repairing or replacing retaining frames and installing plastic laminated blanks. Manufacturing and ensuring that metal tubing, conduits, and cables are fabricated and tested in accordance with drawings and specifications. Fabricating and repairing flexible control cables. Performing fabrication of local manufactured items required for aircraft and equipment. Layout, bending, cutting, forming, and assembling. Devising and calculating patterns employing the principles of triangulation, radial, and parallel line development. Setting up and operating power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable powered tools, specific detection and measuring equipment, and other metal working equipment, including use of other tools of the trade. Requisitioning necessary supplies and equipment for the activity. Preparing and designing layout, dies, jigs, and templates necessary to carry out fabrication, repair, or modification of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment. Working from blueprints, technical orders diagrams, and work orders. Identifying metal corrosion. Performing necessary testing to identify type corrosion present by examination with magnifying equipment, chemical and mechanical methods, and treating aircraft engines in accordance with applicable technical publications. Removing corrosion by mechanical and chemical procedures to include use of portable powered sanders, buffers, brushes, bead blasters, vacuum cleaners, scrapers, grinders, acids, caustics, solvents, alcohols, and other agents used in corrosion control processes. Treating metal with chemical procedures, such as acids and caustics for passivation and etching, to protect metal from oxidation. Performing functions such as pickling of metals to prepare for good bonding with primer coat of protective materials. Applying protective coatings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and treatment of metals. Using conventional paint spray equipment, electrostatic spray equipment, brushes, and special applicators when applying primers and surface coatings. Performs other duties as assigned. The above description only mentions a limited amount of the position's official duties. For a full comprehensive document that covers all the duties of the position, please contact one of the Recruitment Specialists at the bottom of the announcement. Requirements include: Conditions of employment and qualifications: Areas of consideration: Area 1 - Current permanent and indefinite T32 technicians of the Oregon ANG. Area 2 - Current permanent and indefinite T5 employees of the Oregon ANG. Area 3 - Current service members in the Oregon ANG. General and specialized experience qualification requirements: Work involves the fabrication, modification, repair, assembly, and installation of sheet metal parts, items, and assemblies. Metals include but are not restricted to galvanized and black iron, aluminum and aluminum alloys, stainless steel, copper, and brass sheets, lead alloys, and bronze. 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. WG-09 and above 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. Education: No education requirement associated with this position. Additional information: The following applies to Bargaining Unit Positions: Bargaining unit positions within the Oregon National Guard that are represented by AFGE, local 2986 (AFL-CIO). If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.