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Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Currently Employed: Not Available

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• Align and fit structural assemblies manually, or signal crane operators to position assemblies for joining.
• Assemble prefabricated parts to form subassemblies.
• Assemble, install, and connect parts, fittings, and assemblies on aircraft, using layout tools, hand tools, power tools, and fasteners such as bolts, screws, rivets, and clamps.
• Position and align subassemblies in jigs or fixtures, using measuring instruments and following blueprint lines and index points.
• Cut, trim, file, bend, and smooth parts, and verify sizes and fitting tolerances in order to ensure proper fit and clearance of parts.
• Read and interpret blueprints, illustrations, and specifications to determine layouts, sequences of operations, or identities and relationships of parts.
• Align, fit, assemble, connect, or install system components, using jigs, fixtures, measuring instruments, hand tools, or power tools.
• Join structural assemblies, such as wings, tails, or fuselage.
• Set, align, adjust, or synchronize aircraft armament or rigging or control system components to established tolerances or requirements using sighting devices and hand tools.
• Layout and mark reference points and locations for installation of parts or components, using jigs, templates, or measuring and marking instruments.

• Guide jig
• Rivet tools
• Specialty wrenches
• Templates
• Torque wrenches

• Computer aided design CAD software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Industrial control software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software