Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Acetylene welding equipment)
- Adjustable wrenches
- Air compressors
- Pneumatic drill (Air drills)
- Jacks (Aircraft lifting jacks)
- Integrated maintenance information systems (Aircraft maintenance management systems)
- Lifts (Aircraft test stands)
- Alignment jig (Aligning jigs)
- Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
- Ammeters
- Welders (Arc welders)
- Sockets (Aviation spark plug sockets)
- Hammers (Ball peen hammers)
- Files (Bastard files)
- Borescope inspection equipment (Borescopes)
- Workshop presses (Brakes)
- Punches or nail sets or drifts (Brass punches)
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
- Rivet tools (Bucking bars)
- Cable splicing kits (Cable splicing knives)
- Calipers
- Punches or nail sets or drifts (Center punches)
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Hold down clamps (Cleco pliers)
- Cold chisels
- Squares (Combination squares)
- Combination wrenches
- Compasses
- Tinners snips (Compound leverage snips)
- Circuit tester (Continuity meters)
- Power drills (Cordless drills)
- Desktop computers
- Diagonal cut pliers (Diagonal cutting pliers)
- Gauges or inspection fixtures (Dial indicators)
- Digital testers (Digital diagnostic equipment)
- Compasses (Dividers)
- Drill bits
- Workshop presses (Drill presses)
- Flat nose pliers (Duck bill pliers)
- Power drills (Electric drills)
- Voltage or current meters (Electrical current meters)
- End cut pliers (End cutters)
- Box end wrenches (End wrenches)
- Ground power units for aircraft (External power units)
- Feeler gauges
- Files
- Screwdrivers (Flat blade screwdrivers)
- Cold chisels (Flat chisels)
- Forklifts
- Go or no go gauge (Go/no-go gauges)
- Saws (Hacksaws)
- Hammers
- Hand clamps
- Power drills (Hand drills)
- Nibblers (Hand nibblers)
- Hand trucks or accessories (Hand trucks)
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Handheld computers)
- Ear muffs (Hearing protectors)
- Heat guns
- Hoists
- Microprocessors (Ignition analyzers)
- Specialty wrenches (Ignition wrench sets)
- Magnifiers (Inspection mirrors)
- Integrated maintenance information systems (Integrated maintenance and inventory systems)
- Ground power units for aircraft (Internal power units)
- Ladders
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Laser printers
- Lathes
- Integrated maintenance information systems (LTB/400 maintenance management system)
- Scribers (Machinists' double point scribers)
- Magnetic particle examination equipment (Magnetic inspection equipment)
- Magnetic tools (Magnetic pickup tools)
- Integrated maintenance information systems (Maintenance and engineering information systems)
- Integrated maintenance information systems (Maintenance planning systems)
- Mallets
- Manlift or personnel lift (Manlifts)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Lifts (Mechanical lifts)
- Micrometers
- Multimeters
- Integrated maintenance information systems (MxManager)
- Needlenose pliers
- Metal cutters (Offset left aviation snips)
- Metal cutters (Offset right aviation snips)
- Ohmmeters
- Open end wrenches
- Oscilloscopes
- Paint sprayers
- Personal computers
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Punches or nail sets or drifts (Pin punches)
- Hammers (Plastic tip hammers)
- Rivet tools (Pneumatic riveters)
- Pneumatic impact wrenches (Pneumatic wrenches)
- Integrated maintenance information systems (Portable maintenance access terminals)
- Wearable computing devices (Portable maintenance aids mobile computing devices)
- Rectifiers (Portable rectifiers)
- Power grinders
- Lifts (Power lifts)
- Shears (Power shears)
- Pressure indicators (Pressure gauges)
- Putty knives
- Pyrometers
- Screwdrivers (Ratcheting screwdrivers)
- Ratchets
- Calibrated resistance measuring equipment (Resistance meters)
- Respirators
- Diagonal cut pliers (Reversible safety wire pliers)
- Rivet tools (Rivet guns)
- Rulers
- Integrated maintenance information systems (S.M.A.R.T aircraft maintenance tracking)
- Safety glasses
- Locking pliers (Safety wire pliers)
- Scaffolding
- Scales
- Screw extractors (Screw extractor sets)
- Scribers
- Metal cutters (Sheet metal breakers)
- Slip or groove joint pliers (Slip joint pliers)
- Socket sets (Socket wrench sets)
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering equipment)
- Specialty wrenches (Speed wrenches)
- Pull spring balances (Spring balance scales)
- Squares
- Cold chisels (Straight chisels)
- Metal cutters (Straight cut aviation snips)
- Tablet computers
- Punches or nail sets or drifts (Taper punches)
- Templates
- Speed sensors (Timing lights)
- Torque wrenches
- Touch pads (Touch screens)
- Aircraft pushback or tow tractors (Tow vehicles)
- Ultrasonic examination equipment (Ultrasonic inspection equipment)
- Utility knives
- Calipers (Vernier calipers)
- Vibration testers (Vibration analyzers)
- Locking pliers (Vise grip pliers)
- Voltage or current meters (Voltmeters)
- Wearable computing devices (Wearable computers)
- Portable data input terminals (Wearable data input systems)
- Wearable computing devices (Wearable point and click devices)
- Goggles (Welding goggles)
- Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimpers)
- Wire cutters (Wire cutting tools)
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
- X ray radiography examination equipment (X ray inspection equipment)
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- DatcoMedia Ebis
- Analytical or scientific software
- CaseBank SpotLight
- CynapSys Virtual DER
- Engine analysis software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Metis Systems MainTrack
- Mxi Technologies Maintenix
- Pentagon 2000SQL
- Sacramento Sky Ranch Mechanic's Toolbox
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Tracware AeroTrac
- Facilities management software
- Access Software AIRPAX
- Maintenance information databases
- Maintenance planning software
- Maintenance record software
- Information retrieval or search software
- Computerized aircraft log manager CALM software
- Technical manual database software
- Inventory management software
- Supply system software
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
