SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)(Title 32)(2 POSITIONS)
Department of the Army, Groton, CT, United States
Sheet Metal Mechanic
The primary purpose of this position is to perform Sheet Metal Mechanic on aircraft, aircraft systems, sub-systems, ground support equipment, special tools, and other aviation special equipment. The organizational location of this position is AVCRAD. The AVCRAD is an industrial facility that provides sustainment base maintenance in support of regional Army National Guard (ARNG) Aviation assets and supports field maintenance in accordance with ARNG Aviation priorities. The AVCRAD maintenance activities ensure aircraft of the region are ready and available to support Federal and State missions. In addition, the AVCRAD performs National Maintenance Program (NMP) repair of rotary wing aircraft and components, limited depot airframe repair, aircraft painting, major airframe repair, depot-level component repair, and component repair and management, as directed by Army Materiel Command (AMC), and prioritized by the National Guard Bureau (NGB). National Guard membership is required. This is an excepted position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Connecticut Army National Guard. The major duties include, but are not limited to:
Independently inspects aircraft and determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made.
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.
Repairs cracks in aircraft skin.
Identifies metal corrosion.
May operate the wash rack.
Works inside and outside in extreme temperature and humidity and various weather conditions such as, wet, slippery, and icy roads, aircraft surfaces and work surfaces. Subject to dangerous toxic fume exposures, high air and fluid pressures, and fast actuating metal aircraft surfaces such as, leading gears, speed brakes, missile doors and flaps, engine noise, heat blast, intake suction, rotating propellers, explosive munitions, electrical voltage, cartridge actuating device, liquid oxygen, fire or explosion of aircraft fuels, lubricants, paints, solvents, and other hazardous materials.
Grade 10 mechanics use greater physical effort than grade 8 workers, because they engage in periods of continuous exertion while bending and shaping complex items and constructing larger, bulkier systems. Required to climb, stand, stoop, bend, stretch, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts parts and equipment weighing up to 20 pounds. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing 50 pounds and over.
The primary purpose of this position is to perform Sheet Metal Mechanic on aircraft, aircraft systems, sub-systems, ground support equipment, special tools, and other aviation special equipment. The organizational location of this position is AVCRAD. The AVCRAD is an industrial facility that provides sustainment base maintenance in support of regional Army National Guard (ARNG) Aviation assets and supports field maintenance in accordance with ARNG Aviation priorities. The AVCRAD maintenance activities ensure aircraft of the region are ready and available to support Federal and State missions. In addition, the AVCRAD performs National Maintenance Program (NMP) repair of rotary wing aircraft and components, limited depot airframe repair, aircraft painting, major airframe repair, depot-level component repair, and component repair and management, as directed by Army Materiel Command (AMC), and prioritized by the National Guard Bureau (NGB). National Guard membership is required. This is an excepted position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Connecticut Army National Guard. The major duties include, but are not limited to:
Independently inspects aircraft and determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made.
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.
Repairs cracks in aircraft skin.
Identifies metal corrosion.
May operate the wash rack.
Works inside and outside in extreme temperature and humidity and various weather conditions such as, wet, slippery, and icy roads, aircraft surfaces and work surfaces. Subject to dangerous toxic fume exposures, high air and fluid pressures, and fast actuating metal aircraft surfaces such as, leading gears, speed brakes, missile doors and flaps, engine noise, heat blast, intake suction, rotating propellers, explosive munitions, electrical voltage, cartridge actuating device, liquid oxygen, fire or explosion of aircraft fuels, lubricants, paints, solvents, and other hazardous materials.
Grade 10 mechanics use greater physical effort than grade 8 workers, because they engage in periods of continuous exertion while bending and shaping complex items and constructing larger, bulkier systems. Required to climb, stand, stoop, bend, stretch, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts parts and equipment weighing up to 20 pounds. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing 50 pounds and over.