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Demographics

Males: 1783

Females: 376

Total: 2159

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Duties and Responsibilities

Inspects, maintains, packs, and adjusts AFE such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of AFE and ACBRN systems.

Repairs thermal radiation barriers, flotation equipment, and various parachutes. Evaluates problems and determines feasibility of repair or replacement related to inspecting rubber equipment and parachutes.

Evaluates work orders for fabrication and repair of AFE. Installs and removes aircraft-installed AFE.

Uses various types of test equipment such as altimeters, oxygen testers, leakage testers, radio testers, and other types of testers to conduct reliability testing on AFE and ACBRN equipment. Tracks monitors, and updates equipment inspection records, item manufacturer details, and serviceability status of AFE equipment issued to aircrews or prepositioned on aircraft.

Forecasts supply and manages stock levels for component replacement requirements. Operates, maintains, and inspects machinery, test equipment, and tools.

Performs operator maintenance and service inspections on shop equipment. Stores, handles, uses, and disposes of hazardous waste and materials based on environmental standards.

Requisitions, stores, forecasts, handles, and transports ammunition, aircrew survival pyrotechnic devices, and other explosives such as actuated cartridges.

Conducts aircrew continuation training; instructs aircrews on equipment use, operation, and capabilities. Conducts ACBRN training; instructs aircrew on ACBRN donning, doffing, and ACAA contamination mitigation procedures.

Plans, directs, organizes, and evaluates operational aspects such as equipment accountability, personnel reliability, mobility readiness, and other activities necessary to meet operational readiness. Maintains associated databases to ensure equipment accountability.

Establishes performance standards, improves work methods, and advises on inspection, repair, and repack of aircrew flight equipment. Ensures serviceability based on required specifications and technical publications.

Prepares checklists and complies with operating instructions. Develops lesson plans for aircrew training, safety, and other required programs. Assigns, trains, and prepares AFE personnel for deployment. Procures, maintains, stores, and prepares equipment for deployment.

Determines facilities, funding, and mobility of AFE assets to support operational taskings. Develops and submits budget requirements.

Requisitions equipment and supplies. Maintains custodial files for accounts such as supply and equipment, munitions, and test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment. Obtains assistance from other agencies to support AFE programs.

Manages unit and staff agency AFE programs. Provides unit and staff agency assistance to subordinate units to ensure AFE planning, and training have been accomplished, and directives are being followed. Analyzes training and deficiencies preventing accomplishment of wartime tasks.

Conducts quality assurance inspections to ensure compliance with policies and directives. Identifies and documents equipment and personnel training discrepancies and recommends corrective action. Evaluates and critiques instructors' effectiveness, and ensures presentations are accurate and current.

Advises and assists agencies whose functions affect AFE activities. Evaluates data involving equipment development and sustainment and resolves problems.

Conducts aircraft mishap safety investigations and analysis where aircrew- issued and aircraft- installed life- sustaining equipment is involved. Conducts assessments and provides operational risk analysis in matters affecting AFE.

Establishes, coordinates, and distributes exposure and contamination mitigation procedures. Monitors associated requirements and procedures. Ensures assigned personnel take safety precautions. Prepares wartime and contingency response plans.

Coordinates actions to ensure prompt response to enable and sustain operations in a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear environment with minimal degradation of combat capability.

Coordinates actions to continue or restore vital functions and operations. Prepares guidance annexes, appendices, supplements, and other supporting documents to support operations plans.

Advises leadership on mission impact and recovery activities following an attack; coordinates ACCA requirements. Supervises contamination control operations teams.

Specialty Qualifications

Knowledge is mandatory of: 

• Inspection and maintenance procedures.
• Parachute construction; temperature and humidity effects on parachutes and other fabrics.
• Characteristics of rubberized items.
• Solvent, heat, and pressure effects on rubber.
• Proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous waste, materials, and pyrotechnics.
• Aircrew flight and ACBRN equipment inspections, fitting, and maintenance procedures.
• Supply procedures.
• Principles of contamination control.
• Related technical information, policies, procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Contingency planning, training, operations, equipment supply procedures, directives and policy.
• Conducting aircrew continuation and ACBRN training.

• 1P051X. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1P031 as well as experience in equipment inspections, and instructing aircrews in continuation training and ACBRN procedures.
• 1P071X. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1P051. Also, experience supervising and performing functions such as inspections, quality assurance, specialist training programs, and aircrew instruction.
• 1P091. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1P071. Also, experience managing and directing AFE operations and training functions as well as evaluating, planning, and organizing AFE readiness activities.

• Must possess a valid state driver’s license to operate government motor vehicles (GMV) in accordance with AFI 24-301, Ground Transportation.
• See all items listed in Attachment 4 for entry requirements.
• Passing color vision, as defined by correctly identifying at least 10 or 14 Ishihara Plates.
• For entry, award, and retention of this specialty:
• Ability to speak clearly and distinctly.
• Distance and Near visual acuity correctable to 20/20.
• No record of claustrophobia or claustrophobic tendencies.
• For award and retention of these AFSCs, must maintain local network access IAW AFI 17-130, Cybersecurity Program Management and AFMAN 17-1301, Computer Security.
• Specialty requires routine access to Secret material or similar environment. For award and retention of AFSCs 1P0XX, completion of a current National Agency Check, Local Agency Checks and Credit (NACLC) according to DoDMAN5200.02_AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program.

Civilian Career Options

High Salary: $115,640

Low Salary: $25,020

• Accountants and Auditors: $73,560
• Administrative Services Managers: $98,890
• Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians: $66,440
• Aviation Inspector: $78,400
• Budget Analysts: $78,970
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary: $55,620
• Compliance Managers: $116,350
• Emergency Management Directors: $76,250
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants: $63,110
• File Clerks: $34,090
• Financial Risk Specialists: $83,660
• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairer: $70,240
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: $58,450
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: $62,850
• General and Operations Managers: $103,650
• Geothermal Technicians: $42,480
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers: $45,270
• Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists: $88,950
• Human Resources Specialist: $63,490
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: $40,460
• Instructional Coordinators: $66,970
• Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers: $25,020
• Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: $40,850
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners: $51,560
• Quality Control Analysts: $52,460
• Quality Control Systems Managers: $108,790
• Riggers: $50,850
• Sewers, Hand: $30,000
• Sewing Machine Operators: $28,230
• Stockers and Order Fillers: $29,190
• Supply Chain Managers: $96,390
• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: $29,910
• Training and Development Managers: $115,640
• Training and Development Specialists: $62,700

***This information was retrieved from Veterans Job Matcher at CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

Shreadouts

- 1P0X1A - Ejection Seat Aircraft

- 1P0X1B - Non-Ejection Seat Aircraft

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