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Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
$74.41K Median Salary 1.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.4% Job Growth
About This Career
Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.
Reported Job Titles
Avionics Installation Technician, Avionics Technician, Avionics Test Technician, Engineering Technician, Engineering Test Technician, Flight Test Instrument Technician, Instrumentation Technician, Systems Test Technician, Test Technician
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Abilities
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Problem Sensitivity
Written Expression
Flexibility of Closure
Perceptual Speed
Visualization
Category Flexibility
Control Precision
Selective Attention
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Finger Dexterity
Fluency of Ideas
Manual Dexterity
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Knowledge
Mechanical
Engineering and Technology
Mathematics
Production and Processing
Customer and Personal Service
English Language
Administrative
Physics
Computers and Electronics
Education and Training
Skills
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Troubleshooting
Monitoring
Science
Time Management
Writing
Active Learning
Mathematics
Operation and Control
Repairing
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Technology Skills
Program testing software
Presentation software
Operating system software
Object or component oriented development software
Data base user interface and query software
Computer aided design CAD software
Analytical or scientific software
Project management software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Development environment software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Enterprise application integration software
Transaction server software
Office suite software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Word processing software
Data base management system software
Graphical user interface development software
Web platform development software
Inventory management software
Industrial control software
Process mapping and design software
Tools
Punches or nail sets or drifts
Calipers
Welder torch
Vibration testers
Taps
Screwdrivers
Respirators
Magnetic particle examination equipment
Compasses
Squares
Thickness measuring devices
Height gauges
Force or torque sensors
Profiling and duplicating milling machine
Hole gauge
Gage block set
Go or no go gauge
Mainframe console or dumb terminals
Manipulators
Hex keys
Power screwguns
Thread repair kits
Track cranes
Round file
Mill saw file
Wire twister
Flowmeters
Paint application system
Micrometers
Eddy current examination equipment
Drill press or radial drill
Cold chisels
Infrared imagers
Speed sensors
Half round file
Fall protection lanyard
Rivet tools
Hammers
Compression testers
Liquid penetrant examination equipment
Horizontal turning center
Pressure indicators
Soldering iron
Farmers own file
Form tools or toolbits
Gantry milling machine
Rulers
Sockets
Explosive initiators
Ultrasonic examination equipment
Goggles
Specialty wrenches
Flat taper file
Precision file
Turret lathe
Pneumatic drill
Strain gauges
Torque wrenches
Safety harnesses or belts
Traveling column milling machine
Ball peen hammer
Borescope inspection equipment
Torx keys
Spanner wrenches
Telescoping gauge
Metal cutters
Thread counters or gauges
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
IR 192 radiography examination equipment
Straight edges
Voltage or current meters
Offset screw driver
X ray radiography examination equipment
Shot peen machine
Wire lug crimping tool
Gyroscopic instruments
Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine
Vacuum ovens
Leak testing equipment
Tinners snips
Flat hand file
Hacksaw
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Depth gauges
Impact hammers
Mallets
Fire extinguishers
Bench vises
Scaffolding
Countersinks
Scribers
Forklifts
Combination wrenches
Theodolites
Mass spectrometers
Box end wrenches
Telescopes
Thermocouples
Open end wrenches
Protractors
Lasers
Adjustable wrenches
Personal computers
Accelerometers
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