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Aircraft Maintenance Inspector

Aviation Inspectors
Description
Inspect aircraft, components, and maintenance activities to ensure airworthiness and compliance with FAA regulations, manufacturer instructions, and company quality standards; review records, perform functional checks, document findings, and authorize return to service when appropriate.
Knowledge
Business and Management
  • • Administration and Management
  • • Administrative
  • • Customer and Personal Service
Manufacturing and Production
  • • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
  • • Computers and Electronics
  • • Engineering and Technology
  • • Design
  • • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
  • • Mathematics
  • • Physics
Arts and Humanities
  • • English Language
Law and Public Safety
  • • Public Safety and Security
  • • Law and Government
Communications
  • • Telecommunications
Skills
Content
  • • Reading Comprehension
  • • Active Listening
  • • Writing
  • • Speaking
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Active Learning
  • • Monitoring
Social Skills
  • • Social Perceptiveness
  • • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
  • • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
  • • Operations Monitoring
  • • Operation and Control
  • • Troubleshooting
  • • Quality Control Analysis
Systems Skills
  • • Judgment and Decision Making
  • • Systems Analysis
Resource Management Skills
  • • Time Management
Abilities
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
  • • Far Vision
  • • Visual Color Discrimination
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Hearing Sensitivity
  • • Auditory Attention
  • • Speech Recognition
  • • Speech Clarity
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
  • • Written Comprehension
  • • Oral Expression
  • • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Fluency of Ideas
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Deductive Reasoning
  • • Inductive Reasoning
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
  • • Flexibility of Closure
  • • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
  • • Visualization
Attentiveness
  • • Selective Attention
  • • Time Sharing
Fine Manipulative Abilities
  • • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • • Manual Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
  • • Control Precision
Interview options
Interview options
Interviewee gender
Interviewee accent
Interview time
Related Pathways
Supply Chain & Transportation View
Source
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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