15F: Aircraft
Electrician
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 level of skill are:
- Skill Levels
- Skill Level 1 MOSC 15F1O. Diagnoses
and troubleshoots malfunctions in electrical and electronic
components, including solid state and transistorized
subsystems. Repairs aircraft instrument systems. Applies
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. Cleans, 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. Prepares forms and records related
to aircraft maintenance.
- Skill Level 2 MOSC 15F2O. Performs
duties described in skill level 1 and provides technical
guidance to subordinate personnel. Participates in maintenance
test flights as required.
- Skill Level 3 MOSC 15F3O. Supervises
and provides technical guidance to subordinate personnel
performing aircraft electrical and instrument system
maintenance. Evaluates 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. Evaluates the technical
training program. Monitors requisition of parts, tools,
and supplies.
Physical demands rating and qualifications for initial
award of MOS. Aircraft electricians (MOS 15F) must be
in grade specialist (E4) (non-promotable) or below unless
they have held a CMF 15 MOS for a minimum of 12 months at
skill level 1 or 2, 18 months at skill level 3, or 24 months
at skill level 4. Waivers and/or exceptions must be approved
by Cdr, USAAVNC, ATTN: ATZO-AP, Ft Rucker, AL 36363-5000.
The aircraft electrician must possess the following qualifications:
(1) Physical Demands Rating:
very heavy
(2) Physical Profile: 222222
(3) Normal color vision.
(4) Minimum score of 105 in aptitude
area MM.
(5) Formal training (completion of a resident MOS 15F course
conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Army Aviation School)
mandatory or meet the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program
(ACASP) criteria listed in AR 601-210. Waiver for formal training
or ACASP criteria must be submitted to Cdr, USAAVNC, ATTN:
ATZQ-AP, Ft Rucker, AL 36362 for approval.
(6) 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 III, 3rd Edition, 1980 (DSM III) is disqualifying.
Cdr, PERSCOM 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
can-nabinoids disclosed involuntary confessions of drug experimentation
documented solely by information obtained from DD Form 1966,
SF 88, or SF 93. (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.
MOS 15F had the alphanumeric designator of 68F prior
to fiscal year 2004.
The major duties, physical demands, physical profile, and
skill levels were obtained from Army Pamphlet 611-21.
MOS List for Aviation
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