Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Manufacturing
occupation category
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Adjusts, repairs, reworks, or replaces parts or assemblies to ensure proper operation
- Follows company guidelines for asset protection
- Fits and fastens sheet metal coverings to surface areas or other sections of aircraft prior to welding or riveting
- Applies external power to aircraft and systems
- Knows and understands fault isolation
- Selects, installs, and tests circuit protection devices
- Positions and aligns subassemblies in jigs or fixtures, using measuring instruments and following blueprint lines and index points
- Places and connects control cables to electronically controlled units, using hand tools, ring locks, cotter keys, threaded connectors, turnbuckles, or related devices
- Adheres to safety practices and procedures for aircraft electrical and electronic power systems
- Joins structural assemblies, such as wings, tails, or fuselage
- Fabricates parts needed for assembly or installation, using shop machinery or equipment
- Fabricates and installs doublers, shelves, brackets, bracing, and support
- Maintains knowledge of installation techniques, including those required for instruments, radios, antennas, annunciator(s), and displays
- Verifies dimensions of cable assemblies or positions of fittings, using measuring instruments
- Marshals and secures the aircraft
- Reads drawings and interprets symbols and systems schematics
- Conducts preliminary visual aircraft inspection
- Creates or updates electrical load analysis
- Lays out and marks reference points and locations for installation of parts or components, using jigs, templates, or measuring and marking instruments
- Reads blueprints, illustrations, or specifications to determine layouts, sequences of operations, or identities or relationships of parts
- Identifies and properly operates specialty test equipment for avionics and instrument system operation
- Inspects or tests installed units, parts, systems, or assemblies for fit, alignment, performance, defects, or compliance with standards, using measuring instruments or test equipment
- Cuts, trims, files, bends, or smooths parts to ensure proper fit and clearance
- Splices cables, using clamps and fittings, or reweave cable strands
- Installs antennas using proper techniques, bonding, and cable routing
- Inspects and repairs composite and nonmetallic structures
- Fabricates, installs, and maintains electrical wiring harnesses
- Assesses damage and corrosion of aircraft structures; repairing, replacing and modifying sheet metal and/or composite structures
- Assembles prototypes or integrated-technology demonstrators of new or emerging environmental technologies for aircraft
- Identifies malfunctioning equipment and systems
- Identifies typical ground operation hazards
- Swages fittings onto cables, using swaging machines
- Follows operational checkout procedures in equipment installation manual
- Identifies current aircraft avionics systems configuration
- Assembles prefabricated parts to form subassemblies
- Measures voltage, current and resistance in an electrical circuit to verify system operation and power levels
- Sets up or operates machines or systems to crimp, cut, bend, form, swage, flare, bead, burr, or straighten tubing, according to specifications
- Services the electrical systems
- Selects, installs, and removes fasteners to include rivets
- Reads, understands, and follows technical data for troubleshooting
- Marks identifying information on tubing or cable assemblies, using etching devices, labels, rubber stamps, or other methods
- Installs mechanical linkages and actuators, using tensiometers to verify tension of cables
- Cleans, oils, or coats system components, as necessary, before assembly or attachment
- Welds tubing and fittings or solder cable ends, using tack welders, induction brazing chambers, or other equipment
- Interprets electrical control and power schematics to ensure the operation of the system and its components
- Starts, operates, and taxis the aircraft
- Understands and specifies equipment required for types of aircraft operations
- Attaches brackets, hinges, or clips to secure or support components or subassemblies, using bolts, screws, rivets, chemical bonding, or welding
- Identifies and selects aircraft hardware and materials
- Manually installs structural assemblies or signal crane operators to position assemblies for joining
- Sets, aligns, adjusts, or synchronizes aircraft armament or rigging or control system components to established tolerances or requirements, using sighting devices and hand tools
- Aligns, fits, assembles, connects, or installs system components, using jigs, fixtures, measuring instruments, hand tools, or power tools
- Uses tie-down procedures on the aircraft
- Understands and applies bonding techniques and practices on metallic and nonmetallic structures
- Cleans aircraft structures, parts, or components, using aqueous, semi-aqueous, aliphatic hydrocarbon, or organic solvent cleaning products or techniques to reduce carbon or other harmful emissions
- Installs accessories in swaging machines, using hand tools
- Determines wiring interface for a particular avionics installation
- Identifies and locates appropriate technical data for troubleshooting
- Assembles parts, fittings, or subassemblies on aircraft, using layout tools, hand tools, power tools, or fasteners, such as bolts, screws, rivets, or clamps
- Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots instruments
- Knows and understands applicable regulatory requirements for operational testing