DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
U S	42,940	2,276	$27.55/hr	$0.77/hr	$15.79/hr	$19.59/hr	$26.44/hr	$35.24/hr	$41.40/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

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	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2022 - 2032
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	710	$26.38/hr	6.3%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	100	$29.88/hr	10.0%
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	10	$27.51/hr	N/A
Electro-Mechanical Technicians	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tool and Die Makers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mechanical Door Repairers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	N/A	N/A	N/A

• Installs units, parts, equipment, and components in structural assembly, according to blueprints and specifications, using hand tools and power tools.
• Locates and marks reference points and holes for installation of parts and components, using jigs, templates, and measuring instruments.
• Aligns structural assemblies.
• Positions and aligns subassemblies in jigs or fixtures, using measuring instruments, following blueprint lines and index points.
• Inspects and tests installed units, parts, and equipment for fit, performance, and compliance with standards, using measuring instruments and test equipment.
• Cuts, trims, and files parts, and verifies fitting tolerances to prepare for installation.
• Bolts, screws, or rivets accessories to fasten, support, or hang components and subassemblies.
• Drills holes in structure and subassemblies, and attaches brackets, hinges, or clips to secure installation or to fasten subassemblies.
• Aligns, fits, and assembles system components, such as armament, structural, and mechanical components, using jigs, fixtures, measuring instruments, hand tools, and power tools.
• Tests systems and assemblies for functional performance, and adjusts, repairs, or replaces malfunctioning units or parts.
• Installs mechanical linkages and actuators, and verifies tension of cables, using tensiometer.
• Reworks, replaces, realigns, and adjusts parts and assemblies according to specifications.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, illustrations, and specifications to determine layout, sequence of operations, or identity and relationship of parts.
• Measures, drills, files, cuts, bends, and smoothes materials to ensure fit and clearance of parts.
• Cleans, oils, assembles, and attaches system components to aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring instruments.
• Examines parts for defects and for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
• Lays out location of parts and assemblies, according to specifications.
• Assembles and installs parts, fittings, and assemblies on aircraft, using layout tools, hand tools, power tools, and fasteners.
• Sets up and operates machines and systems to crimp, cut, bend, form, swage, flare, bead, burr, and straighten tubing, according to specifications.
• Swages fittings onto cable, using swaging machine.
• Marks location of cutouts, holes, and trim lines of parts and relationship of parts, using measuring instruments.
• Reads and interprets, blueprints, work orders, data charts, and specifications to determine operations, and type, quantity, dimensions, configuration, and finish of tubing, cable and fittings.
• Selects and installs accessories in swaging machine, using hand tools.
• Tests tubing and cable assemblies for defects, using pressure testing equipment and proofloading machines.
• Marks identifying information on tubing or cable assemblies, using electro-chemical etching device, label, rubber stamp, or other methods.
• Cleans, lubricates, and coats tubing and cable assemblies.
• Verifies dimensions of cable assembly and position of fittings, using measuring instruments, and repairs and reworks defective assemblies.
• Fabricates cable templates.
• Forms loops or splices in cables, using clamps and fittings, or reweaves cable strands.
• Welds tubing and fittings, and solders cable ends, using tack-welder, induction brazing chamber, or other equipment.
• Assembles and attaches fittings onto cable and tubing components, using hand tools.
• Measures, cuts, and inspects cable and tubing, using master template, measuring instruments, and cable cutter or saw.