MOS 15F—Aircraft Electrician
Qualifications for initial award of MOS 15F, Aircraft Electrician:
PULHES:
222221
Physical
Demands Rating: very heavy
Required
ASVAB Score: MM: 104
Enlistment
Bonus: None
Security Clearance: None
U.S. Citizenship: Not Required
AIT Length / Location: 18 Weeks, 4 Days at Ft Eustis,
Virginia
Other Requirements
Aircraft Electrician (MOS 15F) Description / Major Duties:
The aircraft electrician supervises, inspects and performs aviation unit (AVUM), intermediate (AVIM) and depot electrical maintenance on aircraft electrical systems.
Duties for MOS 15F at each skill level are:
MOSC 15F1O. Diagnoses and troubleshoots malfunctions in electrical and electronic components, including solid state and transistorized subsystems. Repairs aircraft instrument systems. Apply principles of electricity/electronics, hydrostatic motion, pneumatics and hydraulics applicable to repair aircraft instrument systems. Removes, installs, repairs, adjusts and tests electrical/electronic elements of assemblies and components according to technical manuals, directives and safety procedures. Clean, preserves and stores electrical/electronic components and aircraft instruments. Remove, repair, services, installs, and troubleshoots nickel cadmium batteries. Uses and performs operator maintenance on common and special tools. Requisitions and maintains shop and bench stock for repair of aircraft electrical systems. Prepare forms and records related to aircraft maintenance.
MOSC 15F2O. Performs duties described in paragraph (1) and provides technical guidance to subordinate personnel. Participate in maintenance test flights as required.
MOSC 15F3O. Supervises and provides technical guidance to subordinate personnel performing aircraft electrical and instrument system maintenance. Evaluate maintenance operations and facilities for compliance with directives, technical manuals, work standards, safety procedures, and operational policies. Performs maintenance trend analysis and applies production control, quality control and other maintenance management principles and procedures to aircraft electrical and instrument system maintenance, and shop operations. Instructs personnel and conducts technical training in aircraft electrical and instrument system maintenance, supply and safety techniques. Evaluate the technical training program. Monitors requisition of parts, tools, and supplies.
Other Requirements for Award of MOS 15F:
(1) Normal color vision.
(2) Formal training (completion of a resident MOS 15F course conducted
under the auspices of the U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center) mandatory
or meet the ACASP criteria per paragraph (a) below. Waiver for formal
training or ACASP criteria must be submitted to Cdr, USAAWC, ATTN: ATZQ-AP,
Ft Rucker, AL 36362-5000 for approval.
(a) ACASP qualification criteria. Must have 1 year aircraft electrician
experience, and proper FCC certificate for repair, overhaul of aircraft
electrical systems and components.
(3) Alcohol and drug abuse as defined below will disqualify any Soldier
or potential enlistee from this MOS. This disqualification will not be
waived, even though the Soldier/potential enlistee satisfactorily completes
the Army Alcohol or Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Program or a civilian equivalent,
except as specified below:
(a) A medically diagnosed history of alcohol abuse as defined in the substance
use disorder section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th Edition,
1980 (DSM IV) is disqualifying. Cdr, HRC may waive this disqualification
after a Soldier/potential enlistee in this MOS successfully completes
the Army Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program (ADAPCP)
Track I, II or III, or its civilian equivalent, based on the recommendations
of the chain of command and the Cdr, USA Aeromedical Center. A Soldier/potential
enlistee who completes any aspect of the ADAPCP program and is involved
in an additional offense involving alcohol or alcohol abuse will be immediately
reclassified or denied enlistment in this MOS as a high risk.
(b) Except as provided in (e) below, a wrongful or improper use of narcotic
or other controlled substance or dangerous drug as defined by 21 USC 801,
et seq, is disqualifying.
(c) A positive result of urine test administered per AR 600-85 that leads
to medical evaluation and a finding of "no diagnosis apparent, improper
use" is disqualifying.
(d) Except as provided in (e) below, a documented instance of the use,
sale, transfer, possession, or manufacture of any narcotic or other controlled
substance or dangerous drug as defined by 21 USC 801, et seq, is disqualifying.
A documented instance includes conviction by any courts martial or any
civilian court. Convictions include juvenile adjudication, non judicial
punishment under Article 15, UCMJ, or voluntary confession after proper
rights warning according to Article 31(b), UCMJ.
(e) A Soldier or potential enlistee will not be disqualified for teenage
civilian experimentation with marijuana or other cannabinoids disclosed
in voluntary confessions of drug experimentation documented solely by
information obtained from SF 2808 or SF 2807-2. (Experimentation is defined
as one time use or casual use over a short period of time resulting from
peer pressure.) The use disclosed must have occurred prior to the individual's
18th birthday, and prior to enlistment in any armed force.
Additional Skill Identifiers for MOS 15F:
A2—Aviation Safety
A9—CH-47F Helicopter/UH-60M Helicopter Qualification
Article Last Modified: May 10, 2011
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