AMT 151: Airframe Mechanic I

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:

1. Service and repair wood structures
2. Identify wood defects
3. Inspect wood structures
4. Select and apply fabric and fiberglass covering material
5. Inspect, test and repair fabric and fiberglass
6. Apply trim, letters, and touchup paint
7. Identify and select aircraft finishing material
8. Apply finishing materials
9. Inspect finishes and identify defects
10. Select, install and remove special fasteners for metallic, bonded, and composite structure.
11. Inspect bonded structures
12. Inspect, test, and repair fiberglass plastics, honeycomb, composite, and laminated primary and secondary structures
13. Inspect, check, service, and repair windows doors, and Interior furnishings
14. Inspect and repair sheet-metal structures
15. Install conventional rivets
16. Form, lay out, and bend sheet metal
17. Rig rotary-wing aircraft
18. Rig fixed-wing aircraft
19. Check alignment of structures
20. Assemble aircraft components, including flight controls surfaces
21. Balance, rig, and inspect movable primary and secondary flight control surfaces
22. Jack aircraft
23. Perform airframe conformity and airworthiness inspection