Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Speed sensors (Accelerometer sensors)
• Accelerometers
• Adjustable wrenches
• Pneumatic drill (Air drills)
• Respirators (Air-supplying respirators)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Aligning punches)
• Squares (Alignment squares)
• Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
• Vacuum ovens (Annealing ovens)
• Welders (Arc welders)
• Metal cutters (Aviation snips)
• Hammers (Ball peen hammers)
• Bench vises
• Specialty wrenches (Bleeder wrenches)
• Safety harnesses or belts (Body harnesses)
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Bore gauges)
• Borescope inspection equipment (Borescopes)
• Taps or dies (Bottoming taps)
• Box end wrenches
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing hearths)
• Leak testing equipment (Bubble emission inspection equipment)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Center punches)
• Combination wrenches
• Milling cutters (Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines)
• Lathes (Computerized numerical control CNC lathes)
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Concentricity gauges)
• Coordinate measuring machines CMM
• Countersinks
• Depth gauges
• Micrometers (Depth micrometers)
• Calipers (Dial calipers)
• Calipers (Digital calipers)
• Compression testers (Digital force gauges)
• Height gauges (Digital height gauges)
• Torque wrenches (Digital torque wrenches)
• Compasses (Dividers)
• Workshop presses (Drill presses)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Drive punches)
• Liquid penetrant examination equipment (Dye penetrant inspection equipment)
• Eddy current examination equipment (Eddy current inspection equipment)
• Force or torque sensors (Electronic torque testers)
• Fire extinguishers
• Files (Flat files)
• Screwdrivers (Flat screwdrivers)
• Flowmeters (Flow meters)
• Magnetic particle examination equipment (Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment)
• Force or torque sensors (Force transducers)
• Forklifts
• IR 192 radiography examination equipment (Gamma ray testing equipment)
• Milling cutters (Gantry mills)
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Gas arc welding equipment)
• Gage block set (Gauge blocks)
• Go or no go gauge (Go/no-go gauges)
• Gyroscopic instruments (Gyroscopes)
• Saws (Hacksaws)
• Files (Half-round files)
• Files (Hand files)
• Tinners snips (Hand snips)
• Spanner wrenches (Hook spanner wrenches)
• Manipulators (Hydrasets)
• Impact hammers
• Infrared imagers (Infrared inspection equipment)
• Files (Knife files)
• Lasers
• Compasses (Layout compasses)
• Magnetic particle examination equipment (Magnetic particle inspection equipment)
• Mallets
• Mass spectrometers
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Master gauges)
• Micrometers
• Files (Mill files)
• Milling cutters (Multi-axis mills)
• Screwdrivers (Offset screwdrivers)
• Open end wrenches
• Track cranes (Overhead cranes)
• Spray booths (Paint booths)
• Personal computers
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Pin punches)
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Planer gauges)
• Go or no go gauge (Plug gauges)
• Taps or dies (Plug taps)
• Power screwguns (Power screwdrivers)
• Pressure indicators (Pressure gauges)
• Metal stamps or punches (Prick punches)
• Protractors
• Respirators (Purifying respirators)
• Explosive initiators (Pyrotechnic initiators)
• Screwdrivers (Reed and Prince screwdrivers)
• Rivet tools (Riveting tools)
• Files (Round files)
• Goggles (Safety goggles)
• Fall protection lanyard (Safety lanyards)
• Locking pliers (Safety wire pliers)
• Scaffolding
• Scribers
• Vibration testers (Shakers)
• Shot peen machine (Shot peening equipment)
• Milling cutters (Skin mills)
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Small hole gauges)
• Thickness measuring devices (Snap gauges)
• Sockets (Socket wrenches)
• Hammers (Soft face hammers)
• Soldering irons or guns (Soldering irons)
• Taps or dies (Split dies)
• Calipers (Spring calipers)
• Rulers (Steel rules)
• Cold chisels (Straight chisels)
• Straight edges (Straightedges)
• Strain gauges (Strain gauge balances)
• Taps or dies (Taper taps)
• Telescopes
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Telescoping gauges)
• Mainframe console or dumb terminals (Terminal computers)
• Theodolites
• Thermocouples
• Thickness measuring devices (Thickness gauges)
• Thread counters or gauges (Thread gauges)
• Torque wrenches
• Torx keys (Torx drivers)
• Squares (Tri-squares)
• Twist drills
• Ultrasonic examination equipment (Ultrasonic inspection equipment)
• Gage block set (V blocks)
• Calipers (Vernier calipers)
• Lathes (Vertical turret lathes VTL)
• Vibration testers (Vibration tables)
• Vibration testers
• Vibration testers (Vibration transducers)
• Files (Vixen files)
• Voltage or current meters (Voltmeters)
• Blow torches (Welding torches)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimpers)
• X ray radiography examination equipment (X ray inspection equipment)

Technologies Include:

• Analytical or scientific software

• Data acquisition software
• Vibration analysis software

• Computer aided design CAD software

• Computer aided design CAD software

• Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

• Computerized numerical control CNC software

• Inventory management software

• Inventory software

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Word processing software

• Microsoft Word

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)