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Job Description

Overview

The Iowa Army National Guard is seeking a Sheet Metal Mechanic (Aircraft) for a Title 32 Excepted Service Position, restricted to current military members. The role is based at AASF 1 in Boone, IA and involves inspecting, troubleshooting, and repairing aircraft structures.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and troubleshoot aircraft structures such as fuselage, tail, wings, and stabilizers.
  • Determine the nature and extent of repairs using applicable Technical Manuals.
  • Remove, fabricate, repair, modify, and install parts and assemblies using hand or powered tools.
  • Fit and trim components to aircraft such as loading gear doors, ailerons, and flaps.
  • Perform fabrication of locally manufactured items for facility support.
  • Align component structures and airframe using precision optical measuring instruments.
  • Repair cracks in aircraft skin and fabricate patches to retain original strength.
  • Install various types of aircraft rivets and fasteners using special tools.
  • Perform metal to metal bonding where delamination occurs.
  • Inspect for corrosion and eliminate conditions through treatment or replacement.
  • Set up, operate, and maintain metal working equipment and tools.
  • Work from blueprints, technical manuals, diagrams, and work orders.
  • Prepare and design layout, dies, jigs, and templates for fabrication.
  • Maintain knowledge of ferrous and nonferrous metal and shop mathematics.
  • Participate in the safety program for the sheet metal function.
  • Perform on-the-job training and evaluate training effectiveness.
  • Assist in requisitioning and identifying stock material and parts.
  • Review and maintain applicable technical manuals and publications.
  • Maintain records and log book entries.
  • Assist in other functions within the Component Repair Shop as needed.
  • Assist authorized firefighters in fire/crash/rescue duties as required.

Additional Information

  • This position is restricted to current Military members of the Iowa Army National Guard.
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How this job compares in Boone, IA

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 32% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Iowa — toward the top of a $22–$35/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Boone, IA

Boone, IA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Iowa as a whole we're tracking 32 other active welding openings from 30 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Iowa.

Army National Guard Units currently has 2 other openings live in Iowa, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Iowa at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Army National Guard Units (2) and FLSmidth (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.