Local Area 4 – South Central

Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians

Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:

TASK DUTIES
Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.
Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
Exchange cooling system components in various vehicles.
Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.
Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.
Identify required data, data acquisition plans, and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.
Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.
Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.
Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
Design electrical and mechanical systems for avionic instrumentation applications.
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*Note: Not all occupations will have a full list of Task Duties or associated programs

Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.

INSTITUTION NAME	CITY	INSTITUTION TYPE	PROGRAM TITLE	AWARDS	HOURS
Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology	Wichita	Public	AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY	Associate Degree - AAS	62
Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology	Wichita	Public	ASSEMBLY MECHANIC	Less Than One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	18
Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology	Wichita	Public	AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY	One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	31