More AZ rating info stuff...

[Craig]

(AZ) Aviation Maintenance Administrationman

Aviation Maintenance Administrationmen perform clerical, administrative, and managerial duties necessary to keep aircraft maintenance activities running smoothly. They schedule and coordinate the maintenance workload, including inspections and modifications to aircraft and equipment.
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.


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

A-School (Job School) Information
Meridian, MS -- 96 calendar days

Security Clearance Requirement: Secret

Other Requirements
Must be U.S. Citizen


Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating

• First Sea Tour:42 months
• First Shore Tour: 36months
• Second Sea Tour: 36months
• Second Shore Tour: 48 months
• Third Sea Tour: 36 months
• Third Shore Tour: 48 months
• Fourth Sea Tour: 36 months
• Forth Shore Tour: 48 months

Note: Sea tours and shore tours for sailors that have completed four sea tours will be 36 months at sea followed by 36 months ashore until retirement.

[diane]

My son will be going to BC shortly and his rate will be an AZ. After A school is there any type of schedule they would follow? For example.....sea tour or on base first. Or is it just where they are needed as to where they will go? His recruiters told him A school is 8 weeks, but on the description of an AZ it states it is 96 days. Who is correct? Thanks