Engineering and manufacturing
Survival equipment fitter
Maintaining military aircraft and personal survival equipment.
Summary
The Survival Equipment Fitter will maintain aircraft, and personal survival equipment. It is a skilled, complex and specialist role, maintaining survival equipment according to approved requirements and work instructions, using specific tools and equipment. They must comply with regulatory and organisational requirements. They must be able to research data sources, ensuring that on completion of a task all aircraft documentation is accurately filled in. They will be expected to work both individually and as part of a larger maintenance team.
Typical job titles include
- Military Equipment Fitter | Military Survival Equipment Fitter | Survival Equipment Fitter
Knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs)
K1:
Understand the fundamentals of basic engineering hand skills, electrical hand skills and maintenance practices, including the basic use of measuring or testing equipment
K2:
Understand the structure, properties and characteristics of materials used in the construction, maintenance and repair of survival equipment
K3:
Understanding and complying with statutory, quality and organisational requirements for aviation including safety, documentation, occupational health and safety and policy while carrying out aircraft maintenance techniques
K4:
Human Factors in aviation – developing an understanding of attitudes and behaviours to ensure aviation safety
K5:
Understand how and why Standard Operating Procedures are produced for maintaining survival equipment and the importance of using them
Technical Educational Products
- ST0015: Survival equipment fitter (Level 3) Approved for delivery
- Reference:
- OCC0015
- Status:
Approved occupation
- Average (median) salary:
- £40,514 per year
- SOC 2020 code:
- 3113 Engineering technicians
- SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 3113/01 Aerospace technicians
- 5234/00 Aircraft maintenance and related trades
S1:
Safe selection and use of hand and mechanical tools and equipment while carrying out maintenance of survival equipment
S2:
Use of ground support equipment, including gaseous cylinders and charging equipment
S3:
Survival equipment functional checks and fault diagnosis
S4:
Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems using the appropriate processes and understand the limits of their authority/approval
S5:
Reading, interpreting and understanding engineering data, drawings, specifications, maintenance manuals, computer generated information and aircraft documentation
S6:
Carry out maintenance of survival equipment pyrotechnics
S7:
Carry out maintenance of quick release fittings, inertia reels and restraining harnesses
S8:
Carry out maintenance and repair of life rafts
S9:
Carry out maintenance of covert emergency locator beacons
S10:
Carry out maintenance of night vision goggles
S11:
Carry out maintenance of parachutes
S12:
Undertake deployed operations training
S13:
Carry out maintenance of aircrew equipment assemblies and repairs
S14:
Carry out maintenance of life preservers
Technical Educational Products
- ST0015: Survival equipment fitter (Level 3) Approved for delivery
- Reference:
- OCC0015
- Status:
- Approved occupation
- Average (median) salary:
- £40,514 per year
- SOC 2020 code:
- 3113 Engineering technicians
- SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 3113/01 Aerospace technicians
- 5234/00 Aircraft maintenance and related trades
B1:
Strong work ethic: motivated, proactive, committed
B2:
Dependability and responsibility: punctual, reliable
B3:
Positive attitude: constructive thinking; motivated to succeed, committed to diversity and environmental, social & economic sustainability.
B4:
Team player: able to work and interact effectively within a team
B5:
Effective communication: spoken, listening, body language, presentation, written
B6:
Adaptability: able to adjust to change
B7:
Honesty and integrity: truthful, sincere
B8:
Self-motivation: self-starter; pro-active approach to tasks, able to make appropriate decisions and lead their own development
B9:
Personal commitment: prepared to make a personal commitment to the industry
Technical Educational Products
- ST0015: Survival equipment fitter (Level 3) Approved for delivery
- Reference:
- OCC0015
- Status:
- Approved occupation
- Average (median) salary:
- £40,514 per year
- SOC 2020 code:
- 3113 Engineering technicians
- SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 3113/01 Aerospace technicians
- 5234/00 Aircraft maintenance and related trades