Summary
An MO4A repair technician is required to perform professional repair work involving considerable independence in approach, demanding a considerable degree of originality, ingenuity and judgment, and knowledge of more than one field of, or expertise (for example, acts as his/her organization’s technical reference authority) in a particular field of professional repair within your organization.
Responsibilities
- Initiates or participates in both short-range and long-range planning, making independent decisions on repair policies and procedures within an overall program.
- Gives technical advice to management and operating departments.
- May take detailed technical responsibility for product development and provision of specialized engineering systems, facilities and functions.
- Coordinates work programs.
- Direct or advise on use of equipment and material.
- Fabricate, assemble, form and inspect composite parts, tools and assemblies.
- Work from blueprints, work orders, documents, verbal and electronic information.
- Verify work performed is per work instructions and meets process and/or engineering specifications.
- Work within a team and independently to build composite structure details and assemblies using carbon and other composite materials
- Perform multi-tasking and multi-machine operation where applicable
- Work on platforms up to ten feet above the ground
- Work in confined spaces
- Work overhead
- Use hand pressure and small tools to form and contour lay-up
- Ability to use tools such as scissors, knives, pushing tools, markers, and other small tools
- Maintain a clean working environment and clean as you go
- May be required to perform touch-up and finishing applications.
- Ensure equipment and tool certification occurs per procedure.
- Use shop mathematics and precision measuring instruments to complete work assignments.
- Sand utilizing pneumatic air tools and/or bond assembly tools to obtain smooth surfaces.
The MO4A repair technician makes responsible decisions not usually subject to technical review, decides courses of action necessary to expedite the successful accomplishment of assigned projects, and may make recommendations involving large sums or long-range objectives.
Duties are assigned only in terms of broad objectives and are reviewed for policy, soundness of approach, accomplishment and general effectiveness while engaging in complex repair applications.
