MH60R Aviation Maintenance Technician Instructor (AO-Type)

Description

The Aviation Maintenance/Ordnance Technician Instructor (AO-Type) will provide exceptional academic and on-the-job training (OJT) to foreign military students (with varying degrees of experience and knowledge) on ordnance operations and maintenance on the MH-60R. All training conducted in accordance with naval aviation maintenance programs, publications and governing instructions. Work will predominantly be conducted in the classroom and lab environment at CNATTU North Island, with additional instruction conducted in squadron hangar spaces and flight line. 

Essential Functions of the Position: 

• All typical Navy E-5/6 Aviation Ordnanceman (AO) O-level loading, unloading, arming, de-arming, release & control checks, troubleshooting, unscheduled, and scheduled maintenance functions on an MH-60R. 
• Specifically, to receive, inspect, package, store, handle, and process for shipment: airborne weapons, air launched torpedoes, sonobuoys, pyrotechnics and ammunition; maintain, test, assemble, load, download, arm, and de-arm all airborne weapons, aircraft gun systems, targets, sonobuoys, and pyrotechnics for aircraft carriage; receive, inspect, inventory, configure, test, and maintain Armament Weapons Support Equipment (AWSE), Ordnance Handling Equipment (OHE), Aircraft Armament Equipment (AAE) and Materials Handling Equipment (MHE); test and maintain aircraft armament release and control systems; and manage ordnance accounting systems. 
• Maintenance, inspection, and all ordnance activities in compliance with directives and reports applicable to Notice of Ammunition Reclassification (NAR), Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO), weapons certification program, and explosive handling certification program.
• Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance/essential flight services in support of flight schedules.
• Handling and servicing of aircraft.
• Proper documentation, in accordance with applicable procedures, on all maintenance activities conducted, via paper logs and records, and electronic logs and records systems such as NALCOMIS OOMA recordkeeping or other alternatives.
• Attending classroom and lab activities as a student (under instruction) and successfully completing a course of instruction in order to become a fully qualified instructor.
• Documenting all training activities in accordance with established procedures at hosting command and company requirements via paper and/or electronic recordkeeping.
• Preparing a personalized instructor guide (IG).
• If required, conducting maintenance tasks along with proper documentation on MH-60R in support of OJT training for foreign students.
• Safely conducting lab instruction.
• Acting as safety observer for the lab instruction provided by instructor colleagues.
• Maintaining a clean workspace, lab, and classroom environment.
• Assisting the lead maintenance instructor with necessary administrative tasks including preparation for student arrival.
• Assisting in other administrative duties including student and instructor scheduling and tracking training.
• Assisting the IMSO as required for support of student movement through the training program.
• Assisting with other administrative and non-administrative duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Journeyman-Level technical knowledge of MH-60R ordnance systems and weapons loading.
• Journeyman-Level technical knowledge of ordnance systems operations, troubleshooting, and repair.
• MH-60R O-level experience working as an AO. MH-60R experience required.
• Journeyman-Level knowledge of CNAFINST 4790.2 Series, applicable Naval Aviation Maintenance Program Standard Operating Procedure (NAMPSOPs), Maintenance Requirement Cards (MRCs) and local NAMSOP instructions.
• Journeyman-Level knowledge of Naval Aviation Logistics Command Information System (NALCOMIS) OOMA, automated maintenance documentation system.
• Comfortable and effective communicator, presenter, instructor, trainer.

 Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Prior instructor experience/tour preferred. Prior maintenance instructor strongly preferred.
• Navy Instructor NEC qualification or Navy Master Training Specialist (MTS) preferred.