Avionics Technicians
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
What you’d do
- Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
- Lay out installation of aircraft assemblies and systems, following documentation such as blueprints, manuals, and wiring diagrams.
- Keep records of maintenance and repair work.
- Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
- Connect components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refueling systems, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.
- Coordinate work with that of engineers, technicians, and other aircraft maintenance personnel.
- Set up and operate ground support and test equipment to perform functional flight tests of electrical and electronic systems.
Skills that matter
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Critical Thinking
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
How to get there
Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree
Also called
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Specialist
- Avionics Electronics Technician (Avionics Electronics Tech)
- Avionics Installer
- Avionics Repair Technician (Avionics Repair Tech)
- Aircraft Technician (Aircraft Tech)
- Aviation Electrical Technician (Aviation Electrical Tech)
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