SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) (Title 32)

MILITARY GRADES: E-1 through E-5 GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience or training that has provided the candidate with the ability to plan, manufacture, and install cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects that have easily constructed fastenings such as single and double-hem edges and single, double or grooved seams. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience or training in planning, layout, and construction skills to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams. Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment. Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material and alloys. Experience demonstrating the use of more complicated mathematical calculations and complicated measuring instruments. At the WG-10 grade level, sheet metal mechanic duties are more complex and difficult to plan and lay out than at the WG-08 grade level. The position's duties and responsibilities involve work requiring various skills in pattern development, assembly, and systems, not just components. This position also requires skill and knowledge of fabrication. Fabricates and fits patches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength.