AMT

Description

Aviation Maintenance Technician’s (AMT) service and maintain rotary and fixed wing aircraft, propellers, drive systems and power plants. Perform periodic and special inspections on aircraft, engines, and related systems; removes, installs, and rigs engines, propeller components, accessories, control surfaces and controls; preserves and depreserves engine propellers and accessories; maintains air conditioning, pressurization, and hydraulic systems and components, landing gear, wheels and tires, brakes, fire extinguishing systems plumbing, and related systems; maintains and adjusts helicopter drive trains and flight controls; repairs fuel systems; conducts non-destructive testing using dye penetrant and zyglo methods; performs electric arc and gas welding procedures; performs corrosion control procedures; makes minor repairs to aircraft skin; uses computers to prepare reports and presentations, manage data, and to organize and maintain records; and applies basic electrical principles and troubleshooting techniques. AMTs also fill aircrew positions such as flight engineer, flight mechanic, loadmaster, dropmaster, sensor-systems operator and basic aircrewman.