Summary
This is a Washington Air National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Bargaining Unit Technician position:
SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)
Location: 141st Maintenance Squadron
Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011
Air National Guard Units
Appointment Type: Temporary, excepted service
Advertised as: ENLISTED
Announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.
Your resume must contain your own words. Resumes that are verbatim, from this announcement, will not be considered.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
All Members of the Washington Air National Guard, or U.S. Citizens willing to join the Washington Air National Guard
Duties
A WG-3806-10, SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT):
- Independently inspects aircraft and determines the nature and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines.
- Works directly on the aircraft and its components, fulfilling such tasks as removal, repair, modification and installation of parts and assemblies, such as frames, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skin, cowling, brackets, faring, access doors, panels and other related items.
- May be required to clear red "X" conditions.
- Fabricates and fits patches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength.
- Fits and trims components to aircraft such as landing gear doors, control surfaces, flaps access doors and other assemblies.
- Seals structures to make them pressure, water and weather tight.
- Troubleshoots aircraft structural repair situations in such areas as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers.
- Removes, forms, fits, and installs highly stressed and double contoured skins, using hand or powered drilling and cutting tools and other metalworking equipment.
- Determines shear and bearing load factors during rivet replacement. Installs heads up, regular, heat treated, high shear, and blind type aircraft rivets and fasteners, using pneumatic riveters, special tools and bucking bars.
- Removes damaged or broken fasteners and receptacles.
- Aligns and balances component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels.
- Performs metal-to-metal bonding where delamination of surfaces and core material occurs in control surfaces.
- Inspects damage or deterioration and determines repair or replacement of plastic, fiberglass, composites, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies using powered and nonpowered tools and equipment.
- Repairs or replaces retaining frames and installs plastic laminated blanks. Designs and constructs forming fixtures.
- Manufactures and ensures that metal tubing, conduits and cables are fabricated and tested in accordance with drawings and specifications.
- Fabricates and repairs flexible control cables.
- Performs fabrication of local manufactured items requited for aircraft and equipment.
- Work includes layout, bending, cutting, forming and assembling.
- Devise and calculates patterns employing the principles of triangulation, radial and parallel line development.
- Sets up and operates power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable powered tools, specific detection and measuring equipment, and other metal working equipment, including use of other tools of the trade.
- Requisitions necessary supplies and equipment for the activity.
- Prepares and designs layout, dies, jigs, and templates necessary to carry out fabrication repair or modification of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment.
- Works from blueprints, technical orders diagrams, and work orders.
- Performs necessary testing to identify type corrosion present by examination with magnifying equipment, chemical and mechanical methods and treats aircraft engines, in accordance with applicable technical publications.
- Ensures that work assignments received from supervisor or maintenance control are accomplished in a timely manner.
- Removes corrosion by mechanical and chemical procedures to include use of portable powered (electric and pneumatic) sanders, buffers, brushes, bead blasters, vacuum cleaners, scrapers, grinders, acids, caustics, solvents, alcohols and other agents used in corrosion control processes.
- Treats metal with chemical procedures, such as acids and caustics for passivation and etching, to protect metal from oxidation.
- Performs such functions as pickling of metals to prepare for good bonding with primer coat of protective materials.
- Applies protective coatings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and treatment of metals.
- Identifies, blends, stores, controls, and disposes of hazardous materials such as acids, caustics, alcohols, solvents, cleaners, primers and surface coatings used for corrosion removal, treatment and protection in accordance with applicable directives.
- May conduct training on proper methods and procedures of wash rack operations.
- May assist in training of drill status guard members and in maintenance of publication files of applicable technical orders, regulations, manuals and local directives.
- Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations such as MEI, ORI, IG and UE inspections mobility and command support exercises.
- May be required to perform such additional duties as structural fire fighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue/duty, security guard, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy equipment operator, maintenance of facilities and equipment, or serve a member of a team to cope with natural disasters or civil emergencies.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS:
Military Grades: E3-E5
Compatible Military Assignments: 2A7X3
- Applicants need not be assigned to the position or possess the AFSC to apply or be considered for selection. Selected applicant must be assigned to a compatible Military position and attain AFSC within 1 year of appointment action.
- Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Must maintain membership in the WA Air National Guard for continued employment.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
- This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
- Position requires ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
- May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
- The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
Qualifications
GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
- Experience or training that has provided the candidate with the ability to plan, manufacture, and install cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects that have easily constructed fastenings such as single and double-hem edges and single, double or grooved seams.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
-Must have at least 18 months of experience or training in planning, layout, and construction skills to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams. Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment. Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material and alloys. Experience demonstrating the use of more complicated mathematical calculations and complicated measuring instruments.
Education
Education Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED.
Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:
Not Applicable.
To receive credit for Education, you must provide transcripts or other documentation of proof to support your Educational claims.
Benefits
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. You may also be excluded from consideration if you indicate that you are unwilling to accept the lower grade and a determination is made that you are not qualified at the higher grade. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.
Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, as well as the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics). NOTE: You do not have to respond to the KSA's separately but your resume should contain sufficient information to demonstrate possession of the KSA's.
- Knowledge of aircraft design and structure as well as testing procedures and prevention of metal corrosion.
- Skilled in the use of various complicated tools and equipment.
- Knowledge of metal strength characteristics (annealing, tempering and normalizing) in the selection of the proper materials for repair.
- Responsibilities involve work requiring various skills in pattern development, assembly, and systems, not just components.
- skills and knowledge of fabrication.
Required Documents
To apply for this position, you are required to submit a complete application package. If you fail to provide this documents/information, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and will not be considered any further.A complete application package includes:
- Resume must include:
- Your own words. Resumes that are verbatim, from this announcement, will not be considered.
- Hours worked per week
- Dates (format should include Month and Year) of employment
- Duties performed.
- Resumes exceeding 15 pages will not be considered
- If your resume includes the below listed content, it will not be used to make an eligibility/qualification determination, and you will not be considered for this vacancy.
- Classified or government sensitive information
- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Photos of yourself
- Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
- Mil Form 174 Mil Form 174 is required. Applications without the Mil Form 174 will not be considered
- If you do not have prior military service, please indicate so on the form. (This position requires Military membership in the Washington State Air National Guard.
- Other support documentation (optional or required based on the vacancy announcement)
- Cover Letter
- DD-214
- SF-50
- Transcript (s)
***For current Guard/Reserve members, please document your military work experience as follows:
List month joined (to/from) based on your enlistment contract (DD4) or (Oath) for Officers. If you have gaps in service, list them separately.
Example:04 Sep 2019 to 03 Sep 2023
Washington Air National Guard
Traditional Member
20 hours per month
POSITIONS TITLE MOS/AFSC
Personnel Superintendent 3S091
Duties
Military Orders During this period: (list multiple periods if everything else is the same: Order Type, Duties, & Purpose
04 Nov 2019 to 03 Dec 2019, 40 hours per week
15 Mar 2020 to 14 May 2020, 40 hours per week
Type of Order: ADOS/AT/ST/AGR
Order Purpose:
Duties:
***If there are multiple purposes on a single order (ie. BMT then Tech Training/AIT), list specific periods. Example: Order cover 02 Sep 2020 to 12 Mar 2021:
List 02 Sep 2020 to 01 Nov 2020 as BMT and 02 Nov 2020 to 12 Mar 2021 as Tech Training/AIT
For access to Required Documents please refer to: http://mil.wa.gov/federal-human-resources
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 11/04/2024 to receive consideration. Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date will result in disqualification.
To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/
Next steps
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. You are encouraged to reach out to our office to verify that all required application materials have successfully been uploaded prior to the announcement closing. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.
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