- Position Title
- SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) (Title 32)
- Agency
- Air National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- IL-12754270-AF-25-030 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, June 27, 2025 to Friday, June 26, 2026
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Eligibilities
1.
US Citizens. Are you a US Citizen?
2.
Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised?
3.
Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
4.
Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
Preferences
1.
Would you accept a temporary appointment?
Conditions of Employment
This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions.
1.
I have a valid, current state driver's license or I am able and willing to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
2.
This position requires membership in the IL Air National Guard (IL ANG). If you are not willing or are ineligible to join the IL ANG, please do not apply to this announcement. If selected, you MUST be or become a member of the Selected IL ANG.
Do you possess an IL ANG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ANG?
Do you possess an IL ANG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ANG?
3.
Please type your current RANK, AFSC/MOS, and UNIT in the space provided below.
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
Civilians should type "N/A".
(limit 20 characters)
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
Civilians should type "N/A".
(limit 20 characters)
Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Do you possess specialized experience for the WG-10 Level which includes experience or training in planning, layout, and construction skills to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams; Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment; Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material and alloys; Experience demonstrating the use of more complicated mathematical calculations and complicated measuring instruments?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Inspect aircraft and determine nature and extent of repairs using technical orders.
3.
Perform inspection of damage or deterioration on plastic, fiberglass, and bonded structures.
4.
Identify and treat corrosion using mechanical and chemical testing procedures.
5.
Conduct corrosion and washing inspections to ensure compliance with scheduled plans.
6.
Use hand or powered drilling and cutting tools to remove and install contoured skins.
7.
Set up and operate brakes, rolls, shears, dimpling machines, drill presses, and saws.
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Use portable powered sanders, buffers, scrapers, grinders, and bead blasters.
9.
Maintain and requisition supplies and equipment necessary for structural repairs.
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Perform removal, repair, and installation of structural parts like spars, ribs, and skins.
11.
Seal structures to make them pressure, water, and weather tight.
12.
Install aircraft fasteners including heat-treated, high-shear, blind-type rivets.
13.
Treat metal surfaces using passivation and pickling procedures to prevent oxidation.
14.
Devise and calculate patterns using triangulation, radial, and parallel line development.
15.
Prepare and design layouts, jigs, dies, and templates for fabrication or modification.
16.
Perform layout, bending, cutting, and forming of local manufactured items.
17.
Work from blueprints, technical orders, diagrams, and work orders for structural fabrication.
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Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.