Hundreds of Army missions depend on aircraft for transport, patrol and flight training. Instruments, lights, weapons, ignition systems, landing gear and many other aircraft parts are powered by electricity. It's up to the members of the aircraft electrician team to ensure that the electrical systems on airplanes and helicopters are properly maintained and repaired.

The Aircraft Electrician is primarily responsible for supervising, inspecting and performing maintenance on aircraft electrical systems. Some of your duties as an Aircraft Electrician may include:

-Diagnose and troubleshoot malfunctions in electrical and electronic components
-Repair aircraft instrument systems
-Apply principles of electricity/electronics, hydrostatic motion, pneumatics and hydraulics to the repair of aircraft instrument systems
-Remove, install, repair, adjust and test electrical/electronic elements of assemblies
-Clean, preserve and store electrical/electronic components and aircraft
-Remove, repair, service, install, and troubleshoot nickel-cadmium batteries
-Use and perform operator maintenance on common and special tools
-Requisition and maintain shop and bench stock for repair of aircraft electrical systems
-Prepare forms and records related to aircraft maintenance