AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL REPAIRER

JOB DUTIES

• Repair/replace aircraft structural components according to drawings, blueprints, directives, technical manuals and safety procedures
• Fabricate structural parts using metal-forming techniques and fiberglass materials
• Make repairs to transparent plastic windows and enclosures
• Balance fixed-wing aircraft controls and apply primers/paints on aircraft surfaces
• Maintain facilities for storage of flammable/hazardous materials

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Job training for an aircraft structural repairer requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 15 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and in the field.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Engine disassembly and repair
• Repair of aluminum, steel and fiberglass airframes/coverings
• Fix hydraulic, fuel and electrical systems

We offer over 150 different jobs and offer to pay for college. We area self sustaining organization that would love to have you be apart of the team