Job Description:

• 1) Fabricates test structures and installs electronic recording instruments according to schematics, blueprints, and engineering specifications, to provide test facilities for research on aircraft arresting gear: Constructs monorail anchoring stands and footings, using arc welder, drill press, press brake, and handtools.

• 2) Lays out reference points at test site for installation of monorail, using transit and level.

• 3) Installs monorail, using handtools.

• 4) Loads and positions moving and still cameras to record test results.

• 5) Installs device for triggering test stages.

• 6) Installs electronic equipment, such as galvanometer and oscillograph, following schematics, to record temperature, pressure, velocity, and force.

• 7) Tests, adjusts, and repairs recording instruments to replace defective electrical components and to solder loose connections, using voltmeter, ohmmeter, and handtools.

• 8) Prepares report of test observations.