AIRCRAFT SURVIVAL FLIGHT EQUIPMENT REPAIRER (Title 32)

Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repairer

As an Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repairer (Title 32) with the Texas National Guard, your duties will include, but will not be limited to:

• Ensures all aircrew flight equipment meets strict airworthiness criteria and that it will sustain combat operations/readiness by inspecting, testing, calibrating, certifying, etc
• Aircrew Flight Equipment includes the following items: Specialized Flying Helmets with sophisticated Helmet-Mounted devices such as Flying Helmet-Mounted Display Unit with a built in electronics Heads-up-Display System which requires diagnostic evaluations, calibrations and inspections on the entire system to ensure daily mission and combat readiness is sustained.
• Utilizes a variety of complex state of the art diagnostic testers/systems/specialty tools to include: Helmet Head-Up Display Unit Test Set; Combined Aircrew System Test Set, etc
• Performs precision soldering on flexible circuit boards ensuring serviceability of Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, Helmet Mounted Display Units, Night Vision Goggles, etc.
• Conducts in-depth and quality control inspections to diagnose the nature and extent of equipment malfunction and to determine whether equipment may be economically repaired or declared unserviceable.
• Complies with safety, fire, security, and housekeeping regulations. Ensures material and equipment are properly stored, protected and maintained.
• Performs inspections and recharges compressed oxygen and CO2 cylinders in excess of 1800 pounds per square inch. Exposed to extremely high level of noise when performing maintenance on oxygen and CO2 cylinders.
• Performs required inspections and repair on all parachutes, survival equipment, flotation equipment, fabric leather, and rubber and aircrew personal flying equipment as prescribed in appropriate technical publications.
• Cleans, repairs, and packs complicated multiple personnel, cargo and deceleration parachutes. Inspects and determines asset serviceability according to comprehensive technical inspections. Drop-tests cargo parachutes from aircraft. Observes opening time, rate of decent, and stability.
• Operates, repairs and maintains sewing machines, punch presses and other related equipment. Inspects, cleans and tests safety belts and restraint harnesses.
• Performs technical order compliance and modifications on parachutes. Assists in scheduling and performance of technical order compliance and modifications on all other survival equipment. Performs inspections including life rafts and emergency escape slides. Installs equipment on aircraft and removes for inspection and repair.
• Conducts formal academic classroom and technical instruction for all pilots, aircrew, passengers on: Global Survival, Combat Search and Rescue Training; Water Survival Training; High Risk Isolation.
• Incorporates Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape field instruction for pilots/aircrew members into all survival training. The incumbent plans, organizes, develops, directs, implements, evaluates, and conducts SERE Training activities. Utilizes curriculum, functional structure, and procedures for SERE and Code of Conduct Training.
• Utilizes, maintains, and updates multiple computer main frame programs/data bases to analyze, troubleshoot, schedule, and maintain inspection and accountability reports/documentation on all aircrew/aircraft life support and aircrew chemical-biological defense equipment.
• Utilizes Equipment and Financial Processing Systems. Reviews Allowance Source Codes and Fed log and initiates and sends supply documents.
• Orders Technical Orders, receives/updates T.O. changes, files and distributes T.O.'s, performs inventories and checks, orders compliance and modification items, performs Interim Time Compliance Technical Order, etc
• Inventories and monitors Precision Maintenance Equipment Laboratory equipment, prepares equipment for pick up and delivery, prepares appropriate documentation, coordinates with inspection or maintenance activities, picks up and drops off equipment, unloads and loads vehicle, performs acceptance inspection, and annotates equipment record.
• Manages, monitors, and conducts inventories of all Aircrew Flight Equipment munitions/ammunition assets, forecasts time change requirements, removes and installs all munitions, and transports via Military/Commercial Aircraft and/or vehicles.
• Maintains certification and remains proficient in handling, shipping, storing, and ordering multiple hazardous materials.
• Manages a comprehensive Aircrew Flight Equipment mobility package required to sustain bare base operations under surge type conditions.
• May be required to perform additional duties such as structural fire fighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue duty, security guard, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy equipment operation, maintenance of facilities and equipment, or serve as a team member on boards to cope with natural disasters or civil emergencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.