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151A Aviation Maintenance Technician (Nonrated)

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Overview

Aviation maintenance technicians supervise shops, teams, sections, or platoons that maintain and repair Army rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. They assign work, oversee inspections and testing, manage maintenance facilities and personnel, develop procedures, and advise pilots and flight crews on required crew maintenance.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Final inspection and aircraft testing oversight
  • Crew guidance on required aircraft maintenance
  • Aircraft maintenance technical material interpretation
  • Supply and maintenance procedure development

Civilian Career Paths

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Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor

Assigning aircraft repair work, organizing maintenance resources, and overseeing final inspections directly support maintenance-shop supervision.

How to prepare: Prepare a work portfolio showing how you assigned repairs, coordinated personnel and equipment, and verified completed maintenance against technical standards.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Project

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Oversight of aircraft component repair, final testing, and technical-manual interpretation transfers directly to civilian aircraft maintenance work.

How to prepare: Gather records documenting your practical airframe and powerplant work for FAA evaluation of military experience. Air carriers often require a mechanic certificate for hiring, although it is not an FAA regulatory requirement for every airline mechanic job.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect completed work to certify that maintenance meets standards and that aircraft are ready for operation.
  • Read and interpret maintenance manuals, service bulletins, and other specifications to determine the feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.
  • Maintain repair logs, documenting all preventive and corrective aircraft maintenance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Access Software AIRPAX

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Mechanic (Airframe & Powerplant)

    Earn FAA airframe and powerplant ratings to support entry into civilian aircraft mechanic positions.

    Eligibility and preparation: Applicants must be at least 18 and able to read, write, speak, and understand English. The experience route requires 18 months of appropriate practical experience for one rating or 30 months concurrently performing duties appropriate to both ratings, with military documentation evaluated by the FAA. Alternatives include graduation from an FAA-approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School or completion of the Joint Service Aviation Maintenance Technician Certification Council training course. Knowledge, oral, and practical tests are required.

    For: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

  • ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    Develop foreign-object prevention knowledge in housekeeping, tool accountability, and material handling for aircraft maintenance work.

    Eligibility and preparation: The exam is open regardless of age, career field, training, education, or experience; AET certification is not required.

    For: Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor, Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (6 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 151A Aviation Maintenance Technician (Nonrated)

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 151A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank warrant_officer, authority codeType warrant_officer

    Supports: Final inspection and aircraft testing oversight, Crew guidance on required aircraft maintenance, Aircraft maintenance technical material interpretation, Supply and maintenance procedure development, Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00), Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  3. O*NET: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00)

  4. FAA: Become an Aviation Mechanic

    [4] Requirements and mechanic experience requirements

    Supports: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00), Mechanic (Airframe & Powerplant)

    [5]COOL credential mapping: Mechanic (Airframe & Powerplant) · 151A cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Mechanic (Airframe & Powerplant)

  5. COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [6] 151A cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [7]SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: ASTM NCATT certification information, exam list, and FAQ · Background; Exams Offered (Aircraft Electronics Technician, AET Endorsements, Other ASTM NCATT exams); Frequently Asked Questions; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

  6. ASTM NCATT FOE Elements of Basic Awareness Study Guide (PDF, copyright 2022 ASTM International NCATT)

    [8] Scope (sec. 1) and Significance and Use (sec. 3); retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

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