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141st Maintenance Squadron

SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)

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An Aircraft or A & P Mechanic maintains and repairs different types of aircraft such as planes, jets or helicopters. Provides scheduled maintenance and inspections. May specialize in working on the frame, engine, electrical systems or other parts of an aircraft, or specialize in certain types of aircraft.

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SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 141 MXS Summary This is a Washington Air Nional Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Unit Technician position:
SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT)
Locion:
141st Maintenance Squadron Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011
Air Nional Guard Units Appointment Type:
Temporary, indefinite, excepted service Advertised as:
ENLISTED
May be used to fill one or more vacancies.
  • Ensure you read this announcement in its entirety, complete all applicion requirements, and your USA Jobs profile name is accure
  • Learn more about this agency Summary This is a Washington Air Nional Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Unit Technician position:
SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT)
Locion:
141st Maintenance Squadron Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011
Air Nional Guard Units Appointment Type:
Temporary, indefinite, excepted service Advertised as:
ENLISTED
May be used to fill one or more vacancies.
  • Ensure you read this announcement in its entirety, complete all applicion requirements, and your USA Jobs profile name is accure
  • Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fairchild
AFB, WA 1
vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $29.85
  • $34.81 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
  • You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary
  • Indefinite Appointment, Excepted Service Occupions and job series 3806 Sheet Metal Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance .
The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
WA-13045571-AF-26-0342 OUF
Control number 882041000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency 1. Washington Air Nional Guard Permanent or Indefinite Employees. 2. Washington Air Nional Guard Traditional Guard members and Washington Air Nional Guard Active Guard Reserves. 3. All other current military members willing to become Washington Air Nional Guard members. 4. All other individuals eligible and willing to become military members of the Washington Air Nional Guard and wear the military uniform. Duties Help
A WG-3806-10, SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT): ndependently inspects aircraft and determines the nure and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines. Works directly on the aircraft and its components, fulfilling such tasks as removal, repair, modificion and installion of parts and assemblies, such as frames, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skin, cowling, brackets, faring, access doors, panels and other reled items. May be required to clear red "X" conditions. Repairs cracks in aircraft skin. Fabrices and fits pches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength. Fits and trims components to aircraft such as landing gear doors, control surfaces, flaps access doors and other assemblies. Seals structures to make them pressure, wer and weher tight. Troubleshoots aircraft structural repair situions in such areas as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers. Removes, forms, fits, and installs highly stressed and double contoured skins, using hand or powered drilling and cutting tools and other metal working equipment. Determines shear and bearing load factors during rivet replacement. Installs heads up, regular, he treed, high shear, and blind type aircraft rivets and fasteners, using pneumic riveters, special tools and bucking bars. Removes damaged or broken fasteners and receptacles. Aligns and balances component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels. Performs metal-to-metal bonding where delaminion of surfaces and core merial occurs in control surfaces. Inspects damage or deteriorion and determines repair or replacement of plastic, fiberglass, composites, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies using powered and nonpowered tools and equipment. Repairs or replaces retaining frames and installs plastic lamined blanks. Designs and constructs forming fixtures. Manufactures and ensures th metal tubing, conduits and cables are fabriced and tested in accordance with drawings and specificions. Fabrices and repairs flexible control cables. Performs fabricion of local manufactured items requited for aircraft and equipment. Work includes layout, bending, cutting, forming and assembling. Devise and calcules pterns employing the principles of triangulion, radial and parallel line development. Sets up and operes power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable powered tools, specific detection and measuring equipment, and other metal working equipment, including use of other tools of the trade. Requisitions necessary supplies and equipment for the activity. Prepares and designs layout, dies, jigs, and temples necessary to carry out fabricion repair or modificion of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment. Works from blueprints, technical orders diagrams, and work orders. Identifies metal corrosion. Performs necessary testing to identify type corrosion present by examinion with magnifying equipment, chemical and mechanical methods and tres aircraft engines, in accordance with applicable technical publicions. Ensures th work assignments received from supervisor or maintenance control are accomplished in a timely manner. Removes corrosion by mechanical and chemical procedures to include use of portable powered (electric and pneumic) sanders, buffers, brushes, bead blasters, vacuum cleaners, scrapers, grinders, acids, caustics, solvents, alcohols and other agents used in corrosion control processes Applies protective coings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and trement of metals. Uses conventional paint spray equipment, electrostic spray equipment, brushes and special applicors when applying primers and surface coings. Identifies, blends, stores, controls, and disposes of hazardous merials such as acids, caustics, alcohols, solvents, cleaners, primers and surface coings used for corrosion removal, trement and protection in accordance with applicable directives. May opere the wash rack. Accomplishes corrosion and washing inspections within schedule provided to ensure compliance with the monthly and weekly maintenance plan. May conduct training on proper methods and procedures of wash rack operions. May assist in training of drill stus guard members and in maintenance of publicion files of applicable technical orders, regulions, manuals and local directives. Prepares for and participes in various types of readiness evaluions such as MEI, ORI, IG and UE inspections mobility and command support exercises. Other duties as assigned. (temporary, minor, or incidental tasks) Requirements Help Conditions of employment
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
:
Military Grades :
E2
  • E5
Desired Military Assignments :
2A7X3
  • Applicants need not be assigned to the position or possess the AFSC to apply or be considered for selection. Selected applicant must be assigned to a compible Military position and tain AFSC within 1 year of appointment action.
  • May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
  • Participion in direct deposit is mandory.
  • Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • Must maintain membership in the WA Air Nional Guard for continued employment.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position.
  • This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
  • Position requires ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
  • May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
  • The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment.
You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dicted by legal and regulory requirements, your organizion, and its changing mission. Qualificions
GENERAL EXPERIENCE
: Experience or training th has provided the candide with the ability to plan, manufacture, and install cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects th have easily constructed fastenings such as single and double-hem edges and single, double or grooved seams.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Must have least 18 months 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 compliced shop tools and equipment. Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb merial and alloys. Experience demonstring the use of more compliced mhemical calculions and compliced measuring instruments.
Educion Educion Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED Degree Required:
N/A Degree Required to qualify with Educion Only (No Specialized Experience): N/A You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. If you are selected for a vacancy th requires a specific degree and/or coursework you required to provide official transcripts prior to appointment. Substitution of Educion for
Specialized Experience:
Not Applicable. Additional informion
  • Certain incentive(s) may be available pending funding and approval but are not guaranteed.
  • If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ).
  • Military Technicians are ineligible for enlistment, retention, and student loan repayment bonuses. Acceptance of a Technician position will termine these incentives.
  • Military Technicians in the excepted service will wear the approprie uniform while performing as a Technician.
  • Veteran's preference does not apply to Nional Guard Technician positions in accordance with Title 32 USC 709 (f).
  • May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
  • This is an indefinite position.
If an individual employed in the excepted civil service accepts this position, he/she will receive an indefinite appointment. If a Reduction-In-Force occurs the indefinite appointee will have no reemployment rights to his/her former position or any other position. If funding level and employee manning levels permit, incumbent may be converted to permanent technician stus without further competition . •
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
: The WA Nional Guard is an equal opportunity employer and does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor.
REEMPLOYED ANNUITANT
: In accordance with Section 9902(g) of Title 5, United Stes Code (U.S.C.), annuitants reemployed in the DoD will receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They will not be eligible for retirement contributions, participion in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired in accordance with Section 8336(d)(1) or Section8414(b)(1)(A) of Title 5, U.S.C.) appointed to the DoD may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as approprie. If you are unable to upload a document online please send the document via email to our WA HRO Distro Box . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. You may also be excluded from considerion if you indice th you are unwilling to accept the lower grade and a determinion is made th you are not qualified the higher grade. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Verbiage displayed on your resume or applicion must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, as well as the general and specialized experience loced within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applicions received in verbim will not be In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving des (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This informion is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics).
NOTE:
You do not have to respond to the KSA's separely but your resume should contain sufficient informion to demonstre possession of the KSA's. Knowledge of aircraft design and structure as well as testing procedures and prevention of metal corrosion. Skilled in the use of various compliced tools and equipment. Knowledge of metal strength characteristics (annealing, tempering and normalizing) in the selection of the proper merials for repair. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you are required to submit a complete applicion package. If you fail to provide this documents/informion, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and will not be considered any further.
A complete applicion package includes:
Resumes must be in you r own words. Resumes th are verbim, from this announcement, will not be Resume must NOT exceed two (2) pages, IAW Merit Hiring Plan and must include: Contact informion Full Name Address Phone Number Relevant work history th demonstres specialized experience for the position you are applying to Position Title Organizion/Department/Unit Hours worked per week Des (form must include Month and Year) you were/are employed and physically performing the work. Omit extended leave from your employment history. For example, if you hold a federal job but were on military leave for two years , do not list those two years under th position. Duties performed Series and grade for federal positions, if held Resumes exceeding 2 pages will not be For more guidance please see new resume guidance . If your resume includes the below listed content, it will not be used to make an eligibility/qualificion determinion, and you will not be considered for this vacancy. Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Mil Form 174 Mil Form 174 is required. Applicions without the Mil Form 174 will not be considered If you do not have prior military service, please indice so on the form. (This position requires Military membership in the Washington Ste Air Nional Guard). Other support documention (optional or required based on the vacancy announcement) Cover Letter
DD-214 SF-50
(lest non-award SF-50) Transcript (s)
  • For current Guard/Reserve members, please document your military work experience as follows: (You may adjust the form, so th you do not exceed the two (2) page resume limit, as long as your resume clearly reflects your military employment history.
) List month joined (to/from) based on your enlistment contract (DD4) or (Oh) for Officers. If you have gaps in service, list them separely.
Example:
04 Sep 2019 to 03 Sep 2023 Washington Air Nional Guard Traditional Member 20 hours per month
POSITIONS TITLE MOS/AFSC
Personnel Superintendent 3S091 Duties Military Orders During this period: (list multiple periods if everything else is the same: Order Type, Duties, & Purpose) 04 Nov 2019 to 03 Dec 2019, 40 hours per week 15 Mar 2020 to 14 May 2020, 40 hours per week
Type of Order:
ADOS/AT/ST/AGR
Order Purpose:
Duties:
  • If there are multiple purposes on a single order (ie.
BMT then Tech Training/AIT), list specific periods.
Example:
Order cover 02 Sep 2020 to 12 Mar 2021: List 02 Sep 2020 to 01 Nov 2020 as BMT and 02 Nov 2020 to 12 Mar 2021 as Tech Training/AIT For access to Required Documents please refer to: http://mil.wa.gov/federal-human-resources If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM ( EST ) on 09/24/2026 to receive considerion. Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in disqualificion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ Agency contact informion WA HRO Staffing Section Phone 253-512-8260 ng.wa.waarng.list.hro-staffing@army.mil Address 141st Maintenance Squadron 10 S Grant Street Fairchild
AFB, WA 99011 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. You are encouraged to reach out to our office to verify th all required applicion merials have successfully been uploaded prior to the announcement closing. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you are required to submit a complete applicion package. If you fail to provide this documents/informion, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and will not be considered any further.
A complete applicion package includes:
Resumes must be in you r own words. Resumes th are verbim, from this announcement, will not be Resume must NOT exceed two (2) pages, IAW Merit Hiring Plan and must include: Contact informion Full Name Address Phone Number Relevant work history th demonstres specialized experience for the position you are applying to Position Title Organizion/Department/Unit Hours worked per week Des (form must include Month and Year) you were/are employed and physically performing the work. Omit extended leave from your employment history. For example, if you hold a federal job but were on military leave for two years , do not list those two years under th position. Duties performed Series and grade for federal positions, if held Resumes exceeding 2 pages will not be For more guidance please see new resume guidance . If your resume includes the below listed content, it will not be used to make an eligibility/qualificion determinion, and you will not be considered for this vacancy. Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Mil Form 174 Mil Form 174 is required. Applicions without the Mil Form 174 will not be considered If you do not have prior military service, please indice so on the form. (This position requires Military membership in the Washington Ste Air Nional Guard). Other support documention (optional or required based on the vacancy announcement) Cover Letter
DD-214 SF-50
(lest non-award SF-50) Transcript (s)
  • For current Guard/Reserve members, please document your military work experience as follows: (You may adjust the form, so th you do not exceed the two (2) page resume limit, as long as your resume clearly reflects your military employment history.
) List month joined (to/from) based on your enlistment contract (DD4) or (Oh) for Officers. If you have gaps in service, list them separely.
Example:
04 Sep 2019 to 03 Sep 2023 Washington Air Nional Guard Traditional Member 20 hours per month
POSITIONS TITLE MOS/AFSC
Personnel Superintendent 3S091 Duties Military Orders During this period: (list multiple periods if everything else is the same: Order Type, Duties, & Purpose) 04 Nov 2019 to 03 Dec 2019, 40 hours per week 15 Mar 2020 to 14 May 2020, 40 hours per week
Type of Order:
ADOS/AT/ST/AGR
Order Purpose:
Duties:
  • If there are multiple purposes on a single order (ie.
BMT then Tech Training/AIT), list specific periods.
Example:
Order cover 02 Sep 2020 to 12 Mar 2021: List 02 Sep 2020 to 01 Nov 2020 as BMT and 02 Nov 2020 to 12 Mar 2021 as Tech Training/AIT For access to Required Documents please refer to: http://mil.wa.gov/federal-human-resources If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM ( EST ) on 09/24/2026 to receive considerion. Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in disqualificion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion WA HRO Staffing Section Phone 253-512-8260 ng.wa.waarng.list.hro-staffing@army.mil Address 141st Maintenance Squadron 10 S Grant Street Fairchild
AFB, WA 99011 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. You are encouraged to reach out to our office to verify th all required applicion merials have successfully been uploaded prior to the announcement closing. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fairchild
AFB, WA 1
vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $29.85
  • $34.81 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
  • You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary
  • Indefinite Appointment, Excepted Service Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a .
The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
WA-13045571-AF-26-0342 OUF
Control number 882041000