Aircraft Rigging Assemblers

Fabricate and assemble aircraft tubing or cable components or assemblies.

Job Task

• Sets up and operates machines and systems to crimp, cut, bend, form, swage, flare, bead, burr, and straighten tubing, according to specifications.
• Assembles and attaches fittings onto cable and tubing components, using hand tools.
• Measures, cuts, and inspects cable and tubing, using master template, measuring instruments, and cable cutter or saw.
• Welds tubing and fittings, and solders cable ends, using tack-welder, induction brazing chamber, or other equipment.
• Fabricates cable templates.
• Verifies dimensions of cable assembly and position of fittings, using measuring instruments, and repairs and reworks defective assemblies.
• Marks identifying information on tubing or cable assemblies, using electro-chemical etching device, label, rubber stamp, or other methods.
• Cleans, lubricates, and coats tubing and cable assemblies.
• Tests tubing and cable assemblies for defects, using pressure testing equipment and proofloading machines.
• Selects and installs accessories in swaging machine, using hand tools.
• Reads and interprets, blueprints, work orders, data charts, and specifications to determine operations, and type, quantity, dimensions, configuration, and finish of tubing, cable and fittings.
• Marks location of cutouts, holes, and trim lines of parts and relationship of parts, using measuring instruments.
• Forms loops or splices in cables, using clamps and fittings, or reweaves cable strands.
• Swages fittings onto cable, using swaging machine.

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