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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Operate, install, calibrate, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data. | Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions. | |||
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Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms. | ||||
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Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results. | ||||
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Adjust, repair or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment. | ||||
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Identify required data, data acquisition plans and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications. | ||||
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Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications. | ||||
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Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis. | ||||
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Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters. | ||||
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Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments. | ||||
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Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation. | ||||
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Exchange cooling system components in various vehicles. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Computer aided design CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Computerized numerical control CNC software | Computer aided manufacturing CAM software | |||
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Data acquisition software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Inventory software | Inventory management software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Vibration analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Accelerometer sensors | Speed sensors | |||
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Accelerometers | Accelerometers | |||
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Adjustable wrenches | Adjustable wrenches | |||
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Air drills | Pneumatic drill | |||
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Air-supplying respirators | Respirators | |||
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Aligning punches | Punches or nail sets or drifts | |||
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Alignment squares | Squares | |||
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Allen wrenches | Hex keys | |||
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Annealing ovens | Vacuum ovens | |||
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Arc welders | Welders | |||
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Aviation snips | Metal cutters | |||
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Ball peen hammers | Hammers | |||
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Bench vises | Bench vises | |||
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Bleeder wrenches | Specialty wrenches | |||
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Body harnesses | Safety harnesses or belts | |||
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Bore gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Borescopes | Borescope inspection equipment | |||
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Bottoming taps | Taps or dies | |||
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Box end wrenches | Box end wrenches | |||
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Brazing equipment | Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus | |||
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Brazing hearths | Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus | |||
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Bubble emission inspection equipment | Leak testing equipment | |||
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Center punches | Punches or nail sets or drifts | |||
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Combination wrenches | Combination wrenches | |||
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Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines | Milling cutters | |||
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Computerized numerical control CNC lathes | Lathes | |||
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Concentricity gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Coordinate measuring machines CMM | Coordinate measuring machines CMM | |||
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Countersinks | Countersinks | |||
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Depth gauges | Depth gauges | |||
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Depth micrometers | Micrometers | |||
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Dial calipers | Calipers | |||
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Digital calipers | Calipers | |||
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Digital force gauges | Compression testers | |||
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Digital height gauges | Height gauges | |||
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Digital torque wrenches | Torque wrenches | |||
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Dividers | Compasses | |||
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Drill presses | Workshop presses | |||
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Drive punches | Punches or nail sets or drifts | |||
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Dye penetrant inspection equipment | Liquid penetrant examination equipment | |||
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Eddy current inspection equipment | Eddy current examination equipment | |||
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Electronic torque testers | Force or torque sensors | |||
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Fire extinguishers | Fire extinguishers | |||
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Flat files | Files | |||
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Flat screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Flow meters | Flowmeters | |||
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Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment | Magnetic particle examination equipment | |||
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Force transducers | Force or torque sensors | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Gamma ray testing equipment | IR 192 radiography examination equipment | |||
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Gantry mills | Milling cutters | |||
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Gas arc welding equipment | Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus | |||
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Gauge blocks | Gage block set | |||
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Go/no-go gauges | Go or no go gauge | |||
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Gyroscopes | Gyroscopic instruments | |||
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Hacksaws | Saws | |||
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Half-round files | Files | |||
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Hand files | Files | |||
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Hand snips | Tinners snips | |||
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Hook spanner wrenches | Spanner wrenches | |||
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Hydrasets | Manipulators | |||
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Impact hammers | Impact hammers | |||
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Infrared inspection equipment | Infrared imagers | |||
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Knife files | Files | |||
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Lasers | Lasers | |||
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Layout compasses | Compasses | |||
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Magnetic particle inspection equipment | Magnetic particle examination equipment | |||
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Mallets | Mallets | |||
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Mass spectrometers | Mass spectrometers | |||
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Master gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Micrometers | Micrometers | |||
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Mill files | Files | |||
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Multi-axis mills | Milling cutters | |||
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Offset screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Open end wrenches | Open end wrenches | |||
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Overhead cranes | Track cranes | |||
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Paint booths | Spray booths | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Pin punches | Punches or nail sets or drifts | |||
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Planer gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Plug gauges | Go or no go gauge | |||
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Plug taps | Taps or dies | |||
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Power screwdrivers | Power screwguns | |||
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Pressure gauges | Pressure indicators | |||
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Prick punches | Metal stamps or punches | |||
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Protractors | Protractors | |||
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Purifying respirators | Respirators | |||
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Pyrotechnic initiators | Explosive initiators | |||
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Reed and Prince screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Riveting tools | Rivet tools | |||
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Round files | Files | |||
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Safety goggles | Goggles | |||
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Safety lanyards | Fall protection lanyard | |||
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Safety wire pliers | Locking pliers | |||
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Scaffolding | Scaffolding | |||
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Scribers | Scribers | |||
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Shakers | Vibration testers | |||
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Shot peening equipment | Shot peen machine | |||
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Skin mills | Milling cutters | |||
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Small hole gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Snap gauges | Thickness measuring devices | |||
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Socket wrenches | Sockets | |||
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Soft face hammers | Hammers | |||
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Soldering irons | Soldering irons or guns | |||
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Split dies | Taps or dies | |||
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Spring calipers | Calipers | |||
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Steel rules | Rulers | |||
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Straight chisels | Cold chisels | |||
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Straightedges | Straight edges | |||
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Strain gauge balances | Strain gauges | |||
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Taper taps | Taps or dies | |||
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Telescopes | Telescopes | |||
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Telescoping gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Terminal computers | Mainframe console or dumb terminals | |||
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Theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Thermocouples | Thermocouples | |||
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Thickness gauges | Thickness measuring devices | |||
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Thread gauges | Thread counters or gauges | |||
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Torque wrenches | Torque wrenches | |||
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Torx drivers | Torx keys | |||
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Tri-squares | Squares | |||
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Twist drills | Twist drills | |||
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Ultrasonic inspection equipment | Ultrasonic examination equipment | |||
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V blocks | Gage block set | |||
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Vernier calipers | Calipers | |||
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Vertical turret lathes VTL | Lathes | |||
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Vibration tables | Vibration testers | |||
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Vibration testers | Vibration testers | |||
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Vibration transducers | Vibration testers | |||
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Vixen files | Files | |||
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Voltmeters | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Welding torches | Blow torches | |||
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Wire crimpers | Wire lug crimping tool | |||
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X ray inspection equipment | X ray radiography examination equipment | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Required Level of Education | Master's Degree | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 10 years | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Aerographer | |||
Aerospace Mechanic | |||
Aerospace Physiological Technician | |||
Aerospace Technician | |||
Altitude Chamber Technician | |||
Avionics Technician | |||
Avionics Test Technician | |||
Calibration Technician | |||
Communication Technician | |||
Electronics Technician | |||
Engineering Specialist Technician | |||
Engineering Technician | |||
Engineering Test Specialist | |||
Field Service Engineer | |||
Flight Data Technician | |||
Flight Technician | |||
Flight Test Data Acquisition Technician | |||
Instrumentation Technician | |||
Project Engineer | |||
Radar Technician | |||
Research Mechanic | |||
Spacecraft Systems Engineer | |||
Systems Test Technician | |||
Test Equipment Mechanic | |||
Test Technician | |||
Wind Tunnel Mechanic | |||
Wind Tunnel Technician | |||
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