Quality Assurance Representative. Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment. Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications. Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required. Assembler cables wire hardness. Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded. Installed components on printed circuit boards. Mark items with details such as grade or acceptance-rejection status. Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems. Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications. Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models. Write test or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.

Aviation ordnancemen are aircraft armament (weapons) specialists in charge of storing, servicing, inspecting and handling of all types of weapons and ammunition carried on Navy aircraft. The duties performed by AOs include:Inspect, maintains and repair aircraft mechanical and electrical armament/ordnance systems;Service aircraft guns and accessories;Stow, assembles and load aviation ammunition including aerial mines, torpedoes, missiles and rockets;Service bomb, missile and rocket releasing and launching devices;Load supplementary munitions;Assemble, tests and maintain air-launched guided missiles;Supervise operation of aviation ordnance shops, armories and stowage facilities;Working EnvironmentAOs perform their duties at sea on flight decks and ashore in hangars, on flight lines at air stations, or in shops under various environmental conditions.