Small Arms Repairer (T32)

Army National Guard Units • Alexandria, AL

12d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position with the Alabama Army National Guard, AL UTES 1, in Alexandria, Alabama. The position performs overhaul, maintenance, and repair of a variety of small arms and accessories, including pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, grenade launchers, machine guns, rocket launchers, and mortars. Work involves diagnosing mechanical problems, inspecting and disassembling weapons, replacing or modifying parts, making precision adjustments, applying finishes, and test firing or conducting operational checks to verify safety and function.

The repairer uses hand and power tools, precision gauges, test instruments, jigs, and alignment devices. The role also includes maintaining accountability, storage, and security of weapons and other sensitive items held for repair, typically in restricted-access vaults. The employee may serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluations or participate on a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team, and performs other duties as assigned.

National Guard membership in a compatible Alabama Army National Guard military assignment is required before placement. The selectee must wear the military uniform and may be required to complete a probationary period. Direct deposit is mandatory. Work outside normal duty hours and overtime may occasionally be required. A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval.

Requirements

• Membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Army National Guard is required before the effective date of placement; applicants not currently members must be eligible for immediate membership.
• Must be eligible for a military grade between PVT and CW2.
• Experience or training demonstrating the ability to read and interpret instructions, repair manuals, specifications, and drawings.
• Knowledge of shop mathematics sufficient to use testing devices and measuring instruments.
• Proficiency in using and maintaining hand tools and equipment.
• Experience or training diagnosing mechanical malfunctions, wear, or damage through inspection and disassembly of weapons and mechanical systems.
• Experience adjusting levers and gear linkages and synchronizing interrelated mechanical systems.
• Experience applying technical manuals, regulations, specifications, and drawings to determine weapon operation, assembly, and tolerances.
• Experience using and maintaining a variety of hand and power tools and gauges, including precision measuring instruments.
• Skill in repairing, rebuilding, adjusting, and inspecting complicated small arms and interrelated mechanical systems.
• Skill in using precision gauges and instruments such as micrometers, optical comparators, ultrasonic checkers, magnaflux machines, or borescopes to identify worn or damaged parts.
• Skill in using simple machine tools to alter parts.
• Must wear the military uniform.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• May occasionally be required to work outside normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
• Applicants subject to the Military Selective Service Act must be registered if required for appointment.

Responsibilities

• Overhaul, maintain, and repair a variety of small arms and accessories.
• Diagnose mechanical deficiencies and malfunctions in weapons.
• Disassemble weapons, assemblies, subassemblies, and components; inspect for defects, misalignment, and malfunctions.
• Replace or modify weapon parts and assemblies, including barrels, firing pins, springs, trigger mechanisms, shell ejectors, sights, safety devices, bolts, and stocks.
• Apply finishing agents and modification work orders, and test fire or perform operational checks to verify safety, accuracy, and ease of operation.
• Use hand and power tools, precision gauges, test instruments, jigs, and alignment devices to make repairs, modifications, and adjustments.
• Maintain accountability, storage, and security of arms and other sensitive items held for repair.
• May serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluations or as a member of a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available, subject to position type and eligibility.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed