Career Details :: Aircraft Systems Assemblers, Precision
Description
Lay out, assemble, install, and test aircraft systems, such as armament, environmental control, plumbing, and hydraulic.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Reads and interprets blueprints, illustrations, and specifications to determine layout, sequence of operations, or identity and relationship of parts.
- Aligns, fits, and assembles system components, such as armament, structural, and mechanical components, using jigs, fixtures, measuring instruments, hand tools, and power tools.
- Assembles and installs parts, fittings, and assemblies on aircraft, using layout tools, hand tools, power tools, and fasteners.
- Reworks, replaces, realigns, and adjusts parts and assemblies according to specifications.
- Cleans, oils, assembles, and attaches system components to aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring instruments.
- Examines parts for defects and for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
- Tests systems and assemblies for functional performance, and adjusts, repairs, or replaces malfunctioning units or parts.
- Installs mechanical linkages and actuators, and verifies tension of cables, using tensiometer.
- Lays out location of parts and assemblies, according to specifications.
- Measures, drills, files, cuts, bends, and smoothes materials to ensure fit and clearance of parts.
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- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Welder-Fitters
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Performing General Physical Activities
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Degree of Automation
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Aircraft Maintenance |  [ add ] |
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