Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates hydraulic press equipped with heated platens to bond metal aircraft and space vehicle parts and assemblies: Reads blueprints and shop orders to determine areas of parts to be joined, amount of bonding agent to apply, and temperature and pressure required.

• 2) Examines parts or assemblies for surface defects and positions parts on machine bed, using jigs or fixtures.

• 3) Applies adhesives to surfaces to be bonded.