James Plachinski

Background

About James Plachinski

AM1/E-6 US Navy – Airframer (July 2004 – April 2015) • Supervise 15 work center personnel, production, quality control, and aviation programs. • Communicate with other work centers and leaders in assessing personnel and upcoming maintenance. Multiple program leader for the command. • Supervise personnel in the use and maintenance of worth of hand tools. • Detect and assist in correction of corrosion. Prepare, prime, and paint aircraft surfaces and correction of corrosion. • Trouble shoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic system components. Bleed and test hydraulic fluids. • Fabricate and assemble metallic and non-metallic parts. Perform minor repair to aircraft skin. • Implement aviation safety provisions. • Maintain aircraft landing gear systems. Rig aircraft and aircraft systems. • Perform periodic and non-scheduled inspections on 139 F/A-18 A-F aircraft. • Order aircraft parts, equipment, and tools. • Ensure a safe working environment. • Supervise the work assignment of subordinates, hydraulic, and pneumatic system repair and assembly of aircraft systems. • Manufacture flexible and rigid tube assemblies. • Perform quality assurance on all maintenance repairs, follow work flow to ensure compliance with all maintenance schedules. • Conduct safety brief and manage scheduled maintenance. Conduct quality assurance inspections and perform ORM briefs. • Plan for future aviation operations. • Maintain aircraft airframe and structural components flight surfaces and controls, hydraulic and pneumatic control and actuating systems and mechanisms, landing gear systems, and other utility systems. Navy Education NEC – 8341 (Apprentice and Journeyman) NEC – 8342 (Apprentice and Journeyman) N-701-0013 – Aircraft Corrosion Control N-701-0014 – Aircraft Paint Touch Up and Markings USMAP – Airframe Apprentice Certification