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Aircraft Metals Technology

Performs structural repair, welding, and fabrication of aircraft metal components. Manufactures replacement parts and performs structural modifications on Air Force aircraft using machining, welding, and sheet metal techniques.

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You'll repair and fabricate aircraft structural components — welding, machining, sheet metal work — using skills that translate to aerospace manufacturing, aircraft MRO, and industrial fabrication careers. Metals technology is a genuinely skilled trade that civilian aerospace manufacturers and MRO facilities recruit for specifically.

What it's actually like

Aircraft metals technology is precision fabrication work in an aviation environment — you're repairing structural components and fabricating parts to dimensions that are measured in thousandths of an inch. The welding certifications and machining skills transfer to aerospace manufacturing, MRO facilities, and industrial fabrication careers. The work requires attention to detail that aviation safety demands and the documentation requirements reflect that. The aerospace manufacturing career path — Boeing, Lockheed, GE Aviation — actively recruits from military metals technology backgrounds.

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