DLM Attachment 2 - Trade Specialties.docx

N68520-21-R-0007 Attachment 2 Trade Specialties

The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel as detailed in the Labor Categories listed below with minimum education and relevant experience requirements. All labor categories that require a degree shall be obtained from an accredited college or university as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. All qualification requirements and additional training associated with each Labor Category at contract award shall be the responsibility of the Contractor and shall be maintained for the duration of this contract. Any new qualifications and/or training requirements identified by the Government that were not required at the initial time of contract award, will be provided by the Government. As a minimum, the contractor shall furnish personnel with the capabilities, skills, and experience to perform the SOW requirements in accordance with the contract. The following lists the minimum labor category education and experience requirements, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Department of Labor (DOL) Service Contract Act (SCA) code and functional descriptions for key categories only.

Professional employee experience and education level definitions. Note: If required, specialized experience and associated years of that particular experience are specified under the applicable labor category qualifications.

Junior. A junior level person within a labor category has less than three (3) years of experience and a bachelor’s degree or a qualifying substitution, if identified. Experience may exceed three (3) years if performing a junior level function. A junior level person is responsible for assisting more senior positions and/or performing functional duties under the oversight of more senior positions.

Journeyman. A journeyman level person within a labor category has three (3) to ten (10) years of experience and a bachelor’s degree or a qualifying substitution if identified. A journeyman level person typically performs all functional duties independently.

Senior. A senior level person has at least ten (10) years of relevant experience and a master’s degree, or a qualifying substitution if identified. A senior level person typically works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently. A senior level person may oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.

Aircraft Maintenance Helper (Aircraft Equipment Cleaner Worker)

Description: The person assists Aircraft Mechanic in servicing, repairing and overhauling aircraft and aircraft engines, performing any combination of the following duties: adjusts and replaces parts such as control cables, fuel tanks, spark plugs, tires, batteries and filters, using mechanic's tools, removes inspection plates, cowling, engine covers, floor boards and related items to provide access for inspection and repair, and replaces items when work is completed, assists in towing and jacking aircraft, and disconnects instruments, ignition systems, and fuel and oil lines. This mechanic assists in dismantling, repairing, overhauling or replacing parts and assemblies such as engines, plumbing and hydraulic systems, and aircraft structural sections, performs routine duties such as furnishing materials, tools and supplies to mechanic; lifting and holding materials in place during operation; cleaning work areas and machines, tools and equipment, cleans aircraft, interior and exterior parts and assemblies with solvents or other cleaning solutions, assists in jacking and towing aircraft; Inflates tires, fills gasoline tanks and oil reservoirs, and greases aircraft, using grease gun, and may assist flight line mechanic, worker, or servicer in servicing and repairing aircraft prior to flight.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Electronic Technician III (Aircraft Electrical Mechanic) Description: The Electronics Technician Maintenance III applies advanced technical knowledge to solve complex problems that typically cannot be solved solely by referencing manufacturers' manuals or similar documents. Examples of such problems include determining the location and density of circuitry, evaluating electromagnetic radiation, isolating malfunctions, and incorporating engineering; changes. Work typically requires an understanding of the interrelationships of circuits, exercising independent judgment in performing such tasks as making circuit analyses, calculating wave forms, and tracing relationships in signal flow, using complex test instruments such as high frequency pulse generators, frequency synthesizers, distortion analyzers, and complex computer control equipment. Work may be reviewed by supervisor for general compliance with accepted practices. This position may provide technical guidance to lower level technicians.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Electroplater:

Contractor personnel will rack parts for electroplating operation; remove wax from aircraft parts and fixtures; store racks; and perform baking operations.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Contractor personnel shall perform repair(s) on aircraft components such as fuel cell, propeller blade, life raft, seat pan and other rubber or rubberized equipment parts. Contractor personnel shall set up and operate all types of conventional machinery and related equipment in the rubber shop; disassemble, modify, repair, and reassemble complex aircraft components; and perform work based on work orders, blueprints, and specifications, and plan and lay out the work. Contractor personnel shall examine, install and repair all type of propeller de-icers, and manufacturer parts from rubber, cork, and other assorted gasket materials. Contractor personnel shall utilize basic hand tools, drawing equipment and power tools, such as pneumatic power drills, buffers, belt sanders, band saws and high speed grinders, and operate devices such as exhaust blowers and breathing apparatus. Contractor personnel shall use ovens, other heat controlling devices, and vacuum pumps. Contractor personnel will work with hazardous chemicals such as decon, epon, epoxy cements, resins, and accelerators, and manufacture close tolerance templates, gaskets, and seals.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Contractor personnel shall have thorough knowledge of the installation, operation, and repair of gas turbine aircraft engines and accessory systems, and have a thorough knowledge of engine repair practices. Contractor personnel must be skilled in the use of measurement and test instruments such as vibration analyzer, pyrometer, and various test benches. Contractor personnel must be skilled in the interpretation and use of technical orders, specifications, manufacturers’ catalogs, maintenance bulletins, conversion tables, graphs, blueprints and various technical manuals. Contractor personnel will observe instrument readings, make tentative diagnosis, and disassemble the engine or accessory system to locate the defect, and determine the cause and extent of repair work required.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Aircraft Machinist (Machinist) Description: The Machinist, Maintenance produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of metal parts of mechanical equipment. Work involves most of the following: interpreting written instructions and specifications, planning and laying out of work, using a variety of machinist's hand tools and precision measuring instruments, setting up and operating standard machine tools. This incumbent is responsible for the shaping of metal parts to close tolerances, making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work, tooling, feeds, and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties of the common metals, selecting standard materials, parts, and equipment required for this work; and fitting and assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinist's work normally requires a rounded training in machine-shop practice, usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Contractor personnel shall set up and operate all types of conventional machines, computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines and related equipment in the manufacture, rework, and repair of aircraft parts and components. Contractor personnel shall set up and perform machining operations on conventional and CNC machine tools such as grinders, milling machines, lathes, and drills. Contractor personnel shall set up and operate 2, 3, 4, and 5 axis machining centers, electrical discharge machines, electron beam welders, electrolytic chemical grinders, and CNC grinders. Contractor personnel shall use a variety of machine tool attachments or related equipment to perform precision machine work; maintain accuracy in accordance with requirements of blueprints, drawings, sketches, work documents, aircraft technical documents, manuals, bulletins, and directives; produce assigned work in accordance with established standards; and perform all work in compliance with all safety rules and regulations in the production shop environment.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Contractor personnel shall assemble staging, scaffolds and work stands necessary to perform the full function of the paint shop. Contractor personnel shall prepare aircraft, engines, support equipment, and components for finish using various chemicals, detergents, and solvents in conjunction with high pressure steam and water. Contractor personnel shall apply chemical conversion coating to bare substrate, sand and featheredge existing coatings using various grits of abrasives. Contractor personnel shall apply protective and decorative coating and paint finishes to aircraft, engines, ground support equipment and components; and paint insignias, lettering and designs on aircraft and components. Contractor personnel shall apply decals transfer and stencils to identify and decorate aircraft, engines, ground support equipment and components; perform high finish and critical tolerance painting on aircraft, engines, ground support equipment and components; apply sophisticated coating materials such as, but not limited to, waterbornes, elastomeric, and low volatile organic compounds materials to aircraft, engines, ground support equipment, and components; apply radiation-reflecting coatings to cockpit and canopy enclosures; mix primers sealers and topcoat material to required viscosity for individual job or entire paint shop; treat corrosion; and perform wet and dry tape tests. Contractor personnel shall have skills in the use of measuring devices and gauges used to determine thickness, viscosity, surface smoothness and gloss of the applied coatings. Contractor personnel shall prepare the substrate for coating using a variety of pretreatment methods using chemicals, detergents and solvents in conjunction with high-pressure steam and water. Contractor personnel shall perform sanding and featheredging to existing coatings and shall select proper grit abrasives necessary to ensure adequate substrate smoothness prior to the finish application. Contractor personnel shall mask and protect surfaces not to be finished by the use of masking tape, discs, fixtures, plugs and/or covers. Contractor personnel shall use and maintain conventional, electrostatic, and high volume low pressure (HVLP) paint equipment and shall use a variety of materials such as lacquers, enamels, sealers, urethanes, waterbornes, epoxies, elastomerics, and ceramic coatings. Contractor personnel shall manufacture and maintain stencils, patterns, layouts and apply national and foreign insignias, special markings and designs required by military specifications and individual activities.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Contractor personnel shall be able to use precision measuring devices; optical instruments, microscopes, vernier height and depth gauges, air gauging equipment, profilometers, micrometers, and dial indicators and shall be able to read, record, and calculate tolerances of .0001 inch and surface finishes of one Root Mean System (RMS). Contractor personnel shall be able to use pressure and differential pressure indicators, fuel flow meters, RPM indicators, temperature indicators, volt meters, ampmeters, and water or mercury manometers.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Contractor personnel shall remove paint, scale, rust, corrosion and other surface imperfections from iron, steel, aluminum and other metals and non-metal surfaces. Contractor personnel shall examine and evaluate surfaces to identify the composition of metal and determine the proper method of treating and types of material to be used. Contractor personnel shall be proficient in adjusting sandblasting machines. Contractor personnel shall be able to follow oral and written instructions, read and interpret blue prints and all technical data determining extent of cleaning required and various techniques used to arrive at the finished product.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Contractor personnel shall perform a full range of aircraft sheet metal duties including, but not limited to, disassemble, modify, repair, and reassemble complex aircraft metal items and systems, e.g., bulkheads, airframes, spars, air scoops, wings, flaps, pylons, sponsons, fuselages, skins, ribs, gussets and fuel tanks. These items and systems have combined straight and curved edges and irregular curves and planes. Contractor personnel shall analyze and evaluate structural damage to metal systems and items; develop patterns using a combination of parallel and radial line development; fabricate, install, and repair a variety of items and systems made from a wide variety of metals, e.g., stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb, alloys, aluminum; replace sections and patch old systems; cut, bend, shape, and form metals for items that have numerous irregular angles, planes, and curves with varying pitch and circumference; use a variety of assembly joints, complex fastening systems, riveted or welded joints, drill or punch holes; and assemble or repair items by seaming, soldering, bolting, screwing, riveting, tacking, and spot welding. Assembly methods shall meet appearance and strength standards, as well as critical tolerances. As a condition of employment Contractor personnel will be required to pass a FRCSW administered certification skills examination.

Contractor personnel shall use precision measuring instruments such as calipers, protractors, snap ring, height, depth, dial and screw pitch gauges, squares, rulers, trammel points, and sine bars. Contractor personnel will also be required to use oxyacetylene cutting torches and electric arc welding machines.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description

These items and systems have combined straight and curved edges and irregular curves and planes. Contractor personnel shall fabricate composite materials to form composite skin panels or repair composite parts. Contractor personnel shall be able to interpret/read engineering instructions, blueprints, drawings, technical manuals, etc. and shall have the ability to layout work and coordinate related work processes. Contractor personnel shall develop and fabricate individual ply flat patterns and accurately position and orient each lamina within the laminate; use these flat patterns to cut individual plies from a variety of unidirectional advanced composite prep; and cure layup panels utilizing ovens, autoclaves, localized heat blankets, vacuum bags and restraining fixtures under various controlled temperature and pressure cycles. Contractor personnel shall develop and coordinate repair mylars for each replacement ply of a laminate to be repaired.

Contractor personnel shall operate production shop equipment such as band saw, drill press, high speed router, sander, heat cure oven, electronic temperature controller, autoclave, automated honeycomb core carver, specimen cutting machine, ultrasonic measuring equipment, and vacuum system, as well as various types of gauges and meters. Contractor personnel shall have thorough knowledge of bonding and high pressure laminating techniques to repair, and/or fabricate aircraft structures comprised of composite materials. Contractor personnel shall have thorough knowledge of mixing adhesives and applying proper adhesives to maintain proper thickness.

Contractor personnel shall have knowledge of and shall be familiar with processes in carbon, boron, aramid (Kevlar), glass, fiber, aluminum, titanium, steel, and metallic honeycomb. Contractor personnel shall be experienced in structural adhesive bonding (metal to metal) and composite structural repair in accordance with SAE AIR4938. Contractor personnel shall verify this experience and make available documentation of experience upon request of the COR.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description

by welding codes and specifications. The Aerospace Structural Welder determines the sequence of welding in order to prevent or reduce the amount of warp to the weld, designs and fabricates weld holding fixtures as necessary to perform individual welding projects, performs pre-heat and post weld stress relief operations, maintains weld records. The incumbent may perform duties as a Qualified Weld Inspector by inspecting own welds and those of less qualified welders, and may perform duties such as training and re-certification in the various welding processes Contractor personnel will perform basic skills involved in the field of metal spraying processes including plasma, thermo, wire and various fusing processes to build up or coat metal assemblies, parts and components. Formal classroom training and testing will be required.

Contractor personnel shall have the ability to operate tools such as grinders and sanders. Must be able to read and interpret blueprints, work orders, technical data and simple drawings.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description

The Aircraft Mechanic Helper assists higher graded workers and mechanics with the simple routine repair and maintenance tasks. Contractor personnel shall remove and disassemble aircraft components of a routine nature under the guidance of a higher graded employee. Contractor personnel shall repair and replace aircraft components following detailed instructions or established written procedures. Contractor personnel shall clean and visually inspect aircraft components/parts and inspect components for damage as directed. Contractor personnel shall use basic knowledge of the trade to obtain the required tools, equipment and materials to accomplish the job. Contractor personnel shall ensure work area is maintained in a clean and safe manner. Contractor personnel shall sweep and cleanup work area daily. Contractor personnel shall assist higher graded employees in troubleshooting tasks of the aircraft mechanic trade by carefully following oral or written instructions and detailed written procedures. Contractor personnel shall comply with regulations and procedures such as, Hazardous Material (HAZMAT), Foreign Object Damage (FOD), and Tool Control.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description

Aircraft System Ordnance Mechanic (Aircraft Mechanic II) Description: This mechanic maintains repairs and modifies aircraft structures and structural components of moderate difficulty, maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components, applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems in determining equipment malfunctions and applies required expertise in restoring equipment condition and or operation, and applies comprehensive technical expertise to solve moderate to complex problems by interpreting technical documentation such as; blueprints or manufactures' manuals. Job requirements: must have a thorough knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair procedures and replacement of parts, requires broad knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modifications and repair, must have basic knowledge of electrical theory, must have thorough knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, sheet metal brakes and sheers. This job requires working knowledge of technical publications. The incumbent receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher-level technician, will occasionally be required to lead teams through more complex aircraft relevant tasks, and may be required to make entries in aircraft logs and records. Must be able to prioritize workload to maintain schedules on assigned projects.

Contractor personnel will be required to service or inspect egress systems, ejection seat pan assembly, ejection seats or explosive system devices. Contractor personnel will render safe egress/explosive system devices which have been involved in mishaps and dispose of according to instructions.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Aircraft Mechanic II (Aircraft Launch and Arresting Gear Mechanic)

Description: This mechanic maintains repairs and modifies aircraft structures and structural components of moderate difficulty, maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components, applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems in determining equipment malfunctions and applies required expertise in restoring equipment condition and or operation, and applies comprehensive technical expertise to solve moderate to complex problems by interpreting technical documentation such as; blueprints or manufactures' manuals. Job requirements: must have a thorough knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair procedures and replacement of parts, requires broad knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modifications and repair, must have basic knowledge of electrical theory, must have thorough knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, sheet metal brakes and sheers. This job requires working knowledge of technical publications. The incumbent receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher-level technician, will occasionally be required to lead teams through more complex aircraft relevant tasks, and may be required to make entries in aircraft logs and records. Must be able to prioritize workload to maintain schedules on assigned projects.

Arresting Gear – sheaves banks, cross heads, MEC accumulators, and CRO valves and drive system, anchor dampers, sheave dampers, fairlead system, wire support system, barricade system and retractable sheave assemblies. Installs service changes, tests hydraulic cylinders, heat exchangers; repairs various valves and automatic controls and safety devices such as meters, safety valves, and automatic alarms. Performs and assists with onsite machining of parts using portable lathes or boring mills, and milling machines. Connects machinery and steam fuel lines, hydraulic systems, cooling and lubricating lines.

Assists with jobs normally assigned to trades in ALRE program, such as pipefitting, rigging, sheet metal and electrician.

The contractor personnel must have the ability to work from shop sketches, work documents, diagrams, specifications, service change bulletins, NAVAIR publications, written and oral instructions, engineering instructions and blueprints; use drafting instruments and other measuring devices to lay out templates for a variety of parts. In most cases, the finished product must meet plus or minus .001 inch. The contractor personnel must have broad trade knowledge of mechanical principles, standard shop methods and general shop mathematics as it pertains to complex machinery of various types; and have the ability to improvise jigs, fixtures, forms, and dies in order to manufacture, rework or alter metal parts and subassemblies.

The contractor personnel must also have the ability to set up, adjust and operate various types of machine tools, powered tools, and equipment; the capability of laying out machine operations from blueprints and sketches; ability to apply handbooks formulas in computing precise dimensions; capability to use precision measuring instruments such as torque wrenches, calipers, depth micrometers, gage blocks, height blocks, squares and straight edges.

The contractor personnel must also have the knowledge of the Machinist trade to fabricate, modify and assemble various component parts, and the knowledge of the Pipefitter to cope with high pressure steam and hydraulic systems.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.

Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrator (Instrument Mechanic) Description: The Instrument Mechanic installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, telemetering, and controlling instruments used to measure and control variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition, using hand tools and precision instruments. This worker disassembles malfunctioning instruments, examines and tests mechanism and circuitry for defects; troubleshoots equipment in or out of control system and replaces or repairs defective parts, reassembles instrument and tests assembly for conformance with specifications, using instruments, such as potentiometer, resistance bridge, manometer, and pressure gauge; inspects instruments periodically, and makes minor calibration adjustments to insure functioning within specified standards. This mechanic may adjust and repair final control mechanisms, such as automatically controlled valves or positioners, and may calibrate instruments according to established standards.

Analyzing circuits and preparing or interpreting detailed programs and schematics to effectively calibrate and certify a variety of complex electronic precision measurement equipment, instruments, and standards; applying tolerance accuracy ratio calculations to determine suitability of calibration; and evaluating the results of uncertainty analysis and calculations, fully documenting the uncertainty parameters in accordance with national or international standards.

Setting up system tests and various types of test equipment such as frequency meters, RF power meters, time frequency work stations, oscillators, voltmeters, electronic counters, oscilloscopes, attenuators, and other physical-mechanical and electronic tests.

In addition, the contractor personnel will use various precision measurement instruments and standards such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, pulse generators, frequency counters, voltmeters, and oscilloscopes, deadweight tester, mercury manometers, optical fixtures, proving rings, and laminar flow meters.

The contractor personnel must have the ability to apply a comprehensive knowledge of: electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and /or hydraulic principles; operating electronic principles related to equipment which is: integrated with other devices and complicated by a variety of multi-component assemblies and devices with intricate functional relationships. In addition, calibrators apply knowledge and skills to: determine appropriate measurement tolerances; converts measurements between systems of units such as SI to English; use scientific notation for very large or small quantities lyse statistics to calculate measurement uncertainty; and use logarithmic decibel rations to compare two measurements with a reference quantity.

Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.