WG-3806-10 SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT)

Federal Employment Opportunities with the California Military Department

Are you looking for a rewarding career serving both the state and nation? The California Military Department offers unique and exciting federal employment opportunities through two distinct programs: Title 5 USC (Civilian Employee) and Title 32 USC (Dual-Status Technician).

This SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) position, is located in the Component Repair Shop of an Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) and is part of the CA AASF Stockton.

Duties

• THIS IS A T32 EXCEPTED SERVICE, PERMANENT POSITION The primary purpose of the SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), WG-3806-10, is to perform sheet metal maintenance on aircraft and components. May make additional selections within 90 days of eligible(s) issuance.

Education

N/A

How You Will Be Evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Qualifications

• General Experience: Possess experience or training that has provided the candidate with the ability to plan, manufacture, and install cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects that have easily constructed fastenings such as single and double-hem edges and single, double or grooved seams
• SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT), WG-3806-10: Must have at least 18 months of experience or training in planning, layout, and construction skills to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams
• Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment
• Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material and alloys
• Experience demonstrating the use of more complicated mathematical calculations and complicated measuring instruments
• Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies: Ability To Inspect Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprint reading) Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Technical Problem Solving

Requirements:

• CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is an excepted service position that requires membership in the California National Guard
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment
• If you are interested in joining the California National Guard, please contact a California National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position
• Compatible Military Assignment and Grade are required
• Military technicians must be assigned to a military position in the same unit which they are employed or, in a unit that is supported by the employing activity
• Military technicians must hold the military grade specified for the position
• Priority Areas(s) of Consideration: Priority consideration is first given to the areas below
• AREA I= Current California National Guard employees who are serving on a Permanent/Indefinite/Temporary appointment
• AREA II= Current California National Guard members
• Military Grades: E-4 through E-7 or Enlisted Eligible Recruitment/Relocation Recruitment/Relocation Incentive IS NOT authorized
• PCS Relocation Costs IS NOT authorized based on determination that Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move is not in the Government best interest
• Must maintain appropriate level of security clearance
• May be required to successfully complete a one or two year trial period
• Must wear appropriate military uniform including required grooming standards
• Must maintain a compatible military unit, grade and job assignment as required by current directives
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory
• Security Clearance: at a minimum a National Agency Check is required

This is a federal job announcement. You must apply on USAJOBS before it closes on 2026-10-19 — https://www.usajobs.gov/job/887389500. Contact your Veteran Staffing Consultant below for help with the application, but applying through USAJOBS is what puts you in front of the hiring agency.

Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for California Military Department- FedTech T5/T32 is Tracey Huerta.