Job Description:

• 1) Repairs sheet and extruded metal structural parts of aircraft and missiles according to design specifications, using handtools and power tools and metalworking machinery: Reads design specifications or examines sample parts to determine fabrication procedures and machines and tools required.

• 2) Removes rivets and other fasteners to facilitate removal of defective part, using power drill and punch, or cuts out defective part, using power shears, hacksaw, and file.

• 3) Locates and marks dimension and reference lines on defective or replacement part, using templates, scribes, compass, and steel rule.

• 4) Sets up and operates metal fabricating machines, such as saws, brakes, shears, drill press, and grinders, to repair defective part or fabricate new part.

• 5) Reinstalls repaired or replacement parts for subsequent riveting or welding, using clamps and wrenches.

• 6) Confers with other workers to expedite heat treating, anodizing, or other specified processing of repair parts.

• 7) May signal crane operator to fit and align heavy parts.

• 8) May stretch skin and panel sheets to remove surface tension, using sheet metal hand forming tools.