Avionics Technicians

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

Job Task

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

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