Job Details
JOB DESCRIPTION: AIRCRAFT SHEET METAL INSTRUCTOR
SALARY SCHEDULE: HOURLY/PART-TIME$25-$35 an hour depending on experience and qualifications
DEPARTMENT: MDTC - TINKER TECHNOLOGY CENTER
FLSA STATUS: NON-EXEMPT
SAFETY-SENSITIVE: YES
POSITION SUMMARY
Instruct and demonstrate to students basic to advanced level aircraft mechanic skillsand knowledge through theory and demonstration. The employee must be a highlyskilled professional who excels in the repair, fabrication, and installation of various sheetmetal components for aircraft. Must have experience with precision fabrication, blueprintinterpretation, and mathematical expertise. The employee must also have experiencewith various hand and power tools; slip roll forming machines, box and pan brakes, aswell as beading and tubing machines for fabrication and repair. Must have knowledgeof safety practices and compliance with OSHA guidelines.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Be proficient with using all aircraft structural repair power and hand tools such asdrill, shears, snips, etc.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, assemble and install sheet metal partsframes and panels on aircraft structures, repair or replace damaged sheet metalparts using hand and power tools.
- Strong understanding of aircraft structures and systems as well as fabricationand repair techniques
- High School diploma or GED. Minimum of five years of journeyman aircraftmechanic experience.
- Prior teaching experience with strong verbal skills preferred.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Instruct aircraft structural repair technology with an organized lesson plan.
- Demonstrate system repair procedures and use all shops, hand tools and equipment.
- Demonstrate sheet metal fabrication techniques, including hammer forming, riveting,and layout design.
- Demonstrate metal shaping and forming using power and hand tools. You will shapeand form metal into aircraft parts and components.
- Demonstrate repairing and replacing damaged metal parts or components within theaircraft, assembling, and joining of fabricated parts using rivets, bolts, etc.
- Complete all paperwork, reports and CBTs as needed.
- Monitor and inventory the use of sheet metal and all supplies needed for class.
- Must be able to use Microsoft Word, Power Point, and other software programs.
- Maintain cleanliness in the classroom, instructor office, TO library as well as lab andshops areas.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the immediate supervisor or above.
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR SKILLS
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.
To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee's eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee's supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.
DISCLAIMER
Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions