Small Arms Repairer

Army National Guard Units • Havre de Grace, MD

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About The Position

This National Guard Title 32 excepted service position is for a Small Arms Repairer, Position Description Number D1227000, with the MD CSMS, National Guard. The position performs maintenance, repair, and inspections on small arms and related devices, with a primary focus on maintaining, repairing, and accurizing national match weapons. Accurization involves selecting, fitting, and altering parts of mass-produced weapons to improve accuracy and reliability beyond factory specifications.

The repairer disassembles, examines, repairs, modifies, and overhauls a variety of small arms and components. Work includes diagnosing mechanical deficiencies; replacing or modifying parts; applying finishes; and conducting test fires or operational checks to verify safety, accuracy, and operation. The position uses technical manuals, specifications, tools, precision gauges, measuring instruments, and test equipment to meet required tolerances and performance standards.

National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard is required before the effective date of placement. The selectee must wear the military uniform, meet applicable military-grade requirements, and be able to obtain a Secret security clearance within one year of appointment. A background investigation is required; a probationary period may be required; and participation in direct deposit is mandatory. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not convey eligibility for conversion to the Competitive Service.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required, including membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard before the effective date of placement; applicants not currently members must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the military grade listed in the announcement.
• Must meet the listed military-grade range of E1–E7 and follow established compatibility criteria and assignments.
• General 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 the use and maintenance of hand tools and equipment.
• WG-08 specialized experience: experience or training disassembling weapons and mechanical systems for repair and inspection, diagnosing mechanical malfunction, wear, or damage, and adjusting levers, gear linkages, and synchronized mechanical systems.
• WG-08 specialized experience: experience applying technical manuals, regulations, specifications, and drawings to determine operation, assembly, and tolerances of weapons, and using and maintaining hand and power tools and gauges.
• WG-09 specialized experience: substantial mechanical skill and experience repairing, overhauling, and rebuilding small arms for conventional use and accurization; inspecting and diagnosing malfunction, wear, or damage; and performing accurization procedures.
• WG-09 specialized experience: basic knowledge of other trades to modify or manufacture weapon parts for accurization, and experience applying technical references and using and maintaining hand and power tools and gauges.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance within one year of appointment.
• Federal employment suitability is subject to a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.

Nice To Haves

• Position may be eligible for recruitment or relocation incentives, subject to available funding and management request.

Responsibilities

• Perform limited accurization of national match pistols, rifles, and light machine guns by selecting, fitting, and altering parts to improve accuracy and reliability beyond factory specifications.
• Disassemble weapons, assemblies, subassemblies, and components; inspect them for defects, misalignment, and malfunctions.
• Replace and modify barrels, firing pins, springs, trigger mechanisms, shell ejectors, and other parts and assemblies.
• Use hand and power tools, precision gauges, test instruments, jigs, and alignment devices to repair, modify, and adjust small arms.
• Apply final finishes and test fire weapons or perform operational checks to confirm safety, accuracy, and ease of operation.
• Overhaul, maintain, and repair a variety of small arms and accessories, diagnosing mechanical deficiencies and malfunctions.
• Use a micrometer to measure altered tolerances and make additional adjustments as required.
• Anneal parts to obtain the proper metal temper and select parts of appropriate hardness using information in technical manuals.
• Apply preset specifications to ensure critical operating tolerances are met and test fire weapons to verify performance requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; eligibility depends on the type of position held, and applicants are directed to contact the hiring agency for details.

What This Job Offers

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