- Supervising aircraft component and avionics repair and technical inspection activities
- Determining man-hours, personnel, parts and facilities needed to repair aircraft components, avionics and associated equipment
- Planning aircraft maintenance areas, component and avionics repair shops and facilities
- Instructing Soldiers in aircraft component and avionics repair, as well as technical inspection techniques and procedures
- Maintaining supply economy and discipline
- Supervising the component and avionics repair technical training program
- Electrical theory
- Troubleshooting procedures
- Soldering techniques
- Electrical system maintenance
- An interest in mathematics and shop mechanics
- An interest in solving problems
- An interest in electricity and how electrical equipment works
- An ability to work with tools
Military Occupational Specialty
15K - AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS REPAIR SUPERVISOR
Description
Hundreds of Army missions depend on aircraft for transport, patrol and
flight training. Instruments, lights, weapons, ignition systems, landing
gear and many other aircraft parts are powered by electricity.
It's up to the members of the aircraft electrician team to ensure that
the electrical systems on airplanes and helicopters are properly maintained
and repaired.
The Aircraft Components Repair Supervisor is primarily responsible for
supervising maintenance on aircraft components, aviation communications
and other electronic/electrical systems associated with Army aircraft.
Some of your duties as an Aircraft Components Repair Supervisor may include:
Requirements
None
Training
Job training for an Aircraft Components Repair Supervisor consists of
nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills,
and 18 to 25 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including practice
in repairing electrical systems. Part of this time is spent in the classroom
and part in the field. Some of the skills you learn are:
Skills
Helpful attributes include:
Responsibilities
Advanced level Aircraft Components Repair Supervisors supervise and train other soldiers in the same discipline and will participate in maintenance test flights.
Civilian Related
The skills you learn as an Aircraft Components Repair Supervisor will help prepare you for a future with commercial airlines, aircraft maintenance firms, aircraft manufacturers or other organizations that might have fleets of airplanes or helicopters.
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