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Aircraft Structural Maintenance Apprentice
Aircraft structural maintenance is a very important part of maintaining our multimillion-dollar aircraft and missiles. As an aircraft structural maintenance apprentice, you will become involved in classifying damage to aircraft structures for repair to original strength, weight and contour. You will remove, repair and install repaired or replacement parts. You will align component structures. You will balance aircraft control surfaces and ensure that repairs are pressure, fluid and weather tight. You will inspect damage or deterioration and determine repair or replacement. You will repair or replace plastic, fiberglass, bonded structures and bonded honeycomb assemblies. You will cut, bend and install hardware on all types of tubing. You will seal fabricated tubing assemblies, select components and fabricate and pull test aircraft cable assemblies. You will operate and maintain powered and nonpowered tools and equipment to include precision measurement equipment. You will use spray equipment such as conventional spray guns, airless spray guns and electrostatic spray equipment. You will use various methods of identifying metals, such as mechanical and chemical testing, in order to ensure that the proper corrosion treatment procedures are followed. You will identify the type of corrosion present, the treatment required to preserve the metal and the causes of corrosion in order to help prevent the recurrence of corrosion. Once you have identified the metal and its corrosion, you will remove the corrosion by using various chemical and mechanical methods and then treat the metal to preserve it. You will use spray equipment to apply protective coatings to aircraft structural materials. You will also construct and apply aircraft markings and insignia. PAY CHART
- CCAF Degrees:
- Aviation Maintenance Technology
- Tech Schools:
- Pensacola NAS, FL
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