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DOT Code: 621.261-022

Industry: aircraft mfg.
Alternate Titles: experimental aircraft and engine mechanic, field and hangar; experimental flight test mechanic; experimental preflig

Inspects, tests, repairs, maintains, services, and modifies experimental and prototype aircraft, engines, accessories, and components according to governmental, company, and customer requirements: Assembles and installs aircraft electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and structural accessories and components, such as ejection seats, hatch mechanisms, and safety belts, using handtools and power tools. Installs, operates, and adjusts test apparatus, such as recorders, oscillographs, limit switches, inverters, thermocouples, instruments, cameras, timing devices, and photo recorders. Operates aircraft engines and systems, such as hydraulic, air-conditioning, pressurization, fuel, controls, and landing gear, to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment, such as hydraulic test bench, pressure ratio bench, water injection test cart, and ground power unit. Repairs, adjusts, aligns, and calibrates aircraft systems. Modifies aircraft structure or components following drawings, engineering orders, and other technical publications, as required. Services and maintains gaseous, liquid oxygen, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems on aircraft. May specialize in testing and modifying spacecraft systems and be designated Experimental Mechanic, Spacecraft (aircraft mfg.).

GOE: 05.05.09 STRENGTH: M GED: R4 M3 L4 SVP: 7 DLU: 89