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Career Details : Avionics Technicians

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Description

Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile-control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

  • Assembles components, such as switches, electrical controls, and junction boxes, using hand tools and soldering iron.
  • Installs electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, and soldering iron.
  • Fabricates parts and test aids as required.
  • Tests components or assemblies, using circuit tester, oscilloscope, and voltmeter.
  • Interprets flight test data to diagnose malfunctions and systemic performance problems.
  • Lays out installation of assemblies and systems in aircraft, according to blueprints and wiring diagrams, using scribe, scale, and protractor.
  • Adjusts, repairs, or replaces malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools and soldering iron.
  • Connects components to assemblies, such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refueling systems, using hand tools and soldering iron.
  • Sets up and operates ground support and test equipment to perform functional flight test of electrical and electronic systems.

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    Frequent Work Context

    • Consequence of Error
    • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
    • Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
    • Degree of Automation

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