(AZ) Aviation Maintenance Administrationman

	Aviation Maintenance Administrationman	AZ
	Aviation maintenance administrationmen (AZ) perform a variety of clerical, administrative, and managerial duties necessary to keep aircraft maintenance activities running efficiently. The rating requires close communication with all other aviation maintenance ratings.

Aviation Data and Systems Technician perform technical, managerial, and support duties required by the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program; prepare aircraft and maintenance related correspondence; maintain directive control and custody records, control forms and reporting requirements; maintain files on departmental organization, manning, personnel TAD and transfers, and training requirements; plan, program, and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks and the incorporation of changes and modifications on/to aircraft and aeronautical equipment and support equipment.

They coordinate squadron/activity maintenance reporting requirements and recommend changes to maintenance policies and procedures; organize, maintain and operate Navy Aeronautical Technical Publications Library, oversee dispersed libraries, audit and train dispersed librarians; operate and administer the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS); input, verify, and validate and provide statistical analysis for data pertaining to the history, operation, maintenance, configuration, receipt, and transfer of naval aircraft, related aeronautical equipment, and components installed in those equipment.

They also maintain operations department flight data historical files and aviator data; provide support/assistance to organizational, intermediate, and depot maintenance staff areas; and perform other duties, as required, when attached to organizational, intermediate, and depot maintenance activities or aviation staff commands.

The duties performed by AZs include:

• scheduling aircraft inspections;
• keeping charts that show trends in aircraft system reliability;
• organizing and operating libraries of technical publications, reports and related maintenance data;
• issuing aircraft inspection and work orders;
• performing clerical and administrative duties such as filing and typing;
• preparing reports and correspondence;
• performing computer data base and system analysis;
• maintaining engine logbooks and associated aircraft records.

Working Environment

Aviation maintenance administrationmen usually work in a clean, comfortable office environment. Places of work vary depending on whether they are assigned to sea or shore duty. The tasks they perform are mostly mental and require close cooperation with fellow workers. AZs may be assigned to an aircraft or helicopter squadron that may deploy on Navy ships. Opportunities also exist to work in squadrons based at overseas sites or within the continental United States.

Qualifications and Interests

Applicants must be U.S. citizens eligible for a security clearance.
Applicants should have an interest in aviation and working with or around aircraft. They should be interested in detailed paperwork to maintain accurate records. Applicants should be interested in being effective members of a team. They should possess better-than-average abilities in arithmetic, writing and record keeping.
They should be able to perform repetitive tasks with a high level of accuracy. Other helpful qualities include speaking skills, resourcefulness and good memory.

AZ - Aviation Administrator

Aviation Data and Systems Technician perform technical, managerial, and support duties required by the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program; prepare aircraft and maintenance related correspondence; maintain directive control and custody records, control forms and reporting requirements.

Maintain files on departmental organization, manning, personnel TAD and transfers, and training requirements; plan, program, and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks and the incorporation of changes and modifications on/to aircraft and aeronautical equipment and support equipment; coordinate squadron/activity maintenance reporting requirements and recommend changes to maintenance policies and procedures.

Organize, maintain and operate Navy Aeronautical Technical Publications Library, oversee dispersed libraries, audit and train dispersed librarians; operate and administer the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS); input, verify, and validate and provide statistical analysis for data pertaining to the history, operation, maintenance, configuration, receipt, and transfer of naval aircraft, related aeronautical equipment, and components installed in those equipment; maintain operations department flight data historical files and aviator data; provide support/assistance to organizational, intermediate, and depot maintenance staff areas; and perform other duties, as required, when attached to organizational, intermediate, and depot maintenance activities or aviation staff commands.

110129-N-7488A-371 INDIAN OCEAN (Jan. 29, 2011) Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Airman Recruit Samantha Grigorovich, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, logs aircraft status information in the VFA-22 ready room. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Rosa A. Arzola/Released)

101208-N-5361G-011 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 8, 2010) Aviation Maintenance Admistrationman 2nd Class Theresa Buchanan, from Stuarts Draft, Va., sets up DUI handouts for a DUI fair aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The DUI fair is part of a re-deployment education program for the crew with topics covering DUI awareness and prevention, family reunion, suicide and domestic violence awareness and prevention among others. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David Giorda/Released)

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