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Aircraft Metals Technology Apprentice
You will measure broken or worn parts using calipers, gauges and micrometers. You will draw working sketches, make templates, consult shop drawings and select materials. You will perform machine tool-cutting operations such as cutting off stock, threads and tapers. You will use engine lathe-cutting gears, slots, keyways and similar work pieces. You will preheat and postheat materials as needed. You will weld by oxyacetylene, arc welding, tungsten inert gas, metal inert gas and other methods or processes. You will weld cast iron, carbon steel, copper, copper alloys, light gauges of heat- and corrosion-resistant ferrous alloys, aluminum, magnesium, titanium alloys, nickel and cobalt base alloys. You will conduct hardness tests to determine results of heat treatment. You will perform precision grinding and remove poisonous or corrosive deposits. You will perform maintenance on welding and machining equipment and adjust gibs, clutches and feed screws. PAY CHART
- CCAF Degrees:
- Metals Technology
- Tech Schools:
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
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