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Hayden Idaho

Honolulu, Hawaii

Spokane International Airport

Spokane International Airport

Sheppard AFB, Texas

• Authored upgrade training materials for 4 career fields, maintained 21 course volumes impacting over 2,300 personnel worldwide.
• Subject-matter expert for avionic equipment and technical content.
• Advised course development requirements at Utilization & Training Workshops.
• Developed End of Course examinations, ensured trainees achieved learning objectives.

Fairchild AFB, Washington

• Focal point for large scale strategic force, air base operability, natural disaster, hazmat & terrorist WMD exercises
• Develops and executes a comprehensive long-range exercise schedule to assess all facets of the readiness mission
• Organizes, trains, and directs efforts of 200+ Exercise Evaluation Team members assigned to Fairchild AFB
• Reports, tracks, validates & trends discrepancy items & corrective actions.
• Provides oversight for the Defense Readiness Reporting System

Fairchild AFB, Washington

• Managed shift manpower distribution and made necessary adjustments.
• Performed scheduling, record keeping and document handling.
• Equitably distributed all levels of supervision based on manning and workload to supervise all duty periods.
• Managed additional duties, leaves, ancillary training, and assigned personnel to balance workload and minimize negative impacts on the work force.
• Enforced strict adherence to technical data and management procedures.

Fairchild AFB, Washington

• Subject matter expert for all avionic issues within the organization.
• Represented all avionics maintenance personnel to unit leadership.
• Monitored repair processes to ensure safe, effective repair of unit assets.
• Evaluated trends and indicators of troubleshooting effectiveness and efficiency.
• Ensured tools and special equipment utilized by personnel was serviceable and met requirements.
• Enforced strict adherence to technical data and repair procedures.

Fairchild AFB, Washington

• Assessed personnel proficiency and adherence to directives of over 650 technicians
• Supervised training of 15 Inspectors, managed over 500 items with 99% training efficiency.
• Developed inspection trends spread sheets for the Maintenance Group Commander.
• Instituted new assessment data base, streamlined tracking and reduced user input time.
• Served as the Office of Primary Responsibility for wing maintenance policy, advising supervisors and employees on both general policy and specific maintenance matters.
• Utilized data collection techniques and procedures for evaluation, inspection, and audit programs, evaluated the results and determined the appropriate and effective method and format for presentation to higher-level.

Fairchild AFB, Washington

• Inspects, maintains, repairs, operates, modifies, and analyzes malfunctions of analog and digital guidance systems and components, electronic and electro-mechanical instrument systems, automatic flight control systems.
• Successfully led a team of 6 people to isolate and repair a malfunction that caused unsafe rudder movement on an aircraft.
• Performed and supervised avionics maintenance and general aircraft servicing and handling.
• Diagnosed malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, integrated test systems and other test equipment.
• Removed, replaced, and repaired faulty system wiring, electrical connectors, antennas, transmission lines, and multi-conductor cables.
• Planned, organized and directed aircraft maintenance activities.

Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

• Performed organizational-level maintenance on avionics systems.
• Maintained aircraft avionics and associated support equipment.
• Maintained inspection and data records.
• Diagnosed malfunctions using schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Planned, organized and directed aircraft maintenance activities.

Offutt A F B, Nebraska