Skills:
Disassemble engines, and inspect pars such as turbine blades and cylinders for corrosion wear, wrapping, cracks, and leaks using precision measuring instruments, x-rays and manetic inspection equipment. Examine and inspect aircraft components including landing gear, hydraulic systems, and de-icers to locate cracks, breaks, leaks, or other problems. Conduct routine and special inspections as required by regulations. Clean, refuel, and change oil in line service aircraft. Check for corrosion, distortion, and invisible cracks in the fuselage, wings, and tail, using x-ray and magnetic equipment. Examine engines through specially designed openings while working from ladders or scaffolds or use hoists or lifts to remove the entire engine from an aircraft. Prepare and paint aircraft surfaces. Remove, inspect, repair and install in-flight refueling stores and external fuel tanks. Spread plastic film over areas to be repaired in order to prevent damage to surrounding areas. Trim and shape replacement body sections to specified sizes, fits, and secure sections in place, using adhesives, hand tools, and power tools. Measure parts for wear, using precision instruments, Measure the tension of control cables. Accompany aircraft on flights in order to make in-flight adjustments and corrections. Cure bonded structures, using portable or stationary equipment. Obtain fuel and oil samples, and check them for contamination. Fabricate defective sections or parts, using metal fabricating machines, saws, breaks, shears, and grinders.Clean, strip, prime and sand structural surfaces and materials to prepare them for bonding.