Inspects,
maintains, packs and adjusts aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets,
oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted
devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments,
aircrew eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological
protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of AFE and aircrew
chemical defense systems. Repairs fabric and rubber components, including
protective clothing, thermal radiation barriers, flotation equipment, and
various parachutes.
Evaluates problems
and determines the feasibility of repair or replacement related to inspecting
and repairing fabric, rubber equipment, and parachutes. Evaluates work orders
for fabrication of authorized items.
Installs and
removes aircraft installed AFE. Uses various types of test equipment such as
altimeters, oxygen testers, leakage testers, radio testers, and other types of
testers to conduct reliability testing on AFE and ACDE. Maintains inspection
and accountability documentation on AFE issued to aircrews or prepositioned on
aircraft.