Meeting the Vice President of the USA

Robert Lee Allen
Country of Citizenship: United States of America 
Veteran's Preference: 10 point preference based on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and disability rating of 10%

WORK EXPERIENCE:
As a Cable Technician I Installed cable in homes and businesses, troubleshot problems in system, and aided in the design of new system areas. 
A Ground Radio Technician Installs, maintains, overhauls, repairs, and modifies fixed, mobile, and transportable transmitters, receivers, transceivers, and related equipment. Included are amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, single sideband, and independent sideband radio systems and equipment for point-to-point and ground-to-air communications; facsimile receivers; low frequency, high frequency, very high frequency, and ultra high frequency radio systems; radio frequency amplifiers; recorders; keying and signal devices; generation and display equipment; and base radio systems.
My duties and Responsibilities:  Supervise ground radio maintenance activities. Oversees work in progress and reviews completed repairs for sound maintenance practices. Established requirements for maintenance equipment, support equipment, tools, and spare parts. Requisition, accounts for, and turns in supplies and material. Interpret inspection findings and determine adequacy of corrective action. Reviews and ensure compliance with maintenance management publications and procedures. Administer land mobile radio (LMR) program and ensure compliance with provisions of LMR contracts. Identify maintenance problem areas and recommend corrective action. Recommend methods to improve equipment performance and maintenance procedures. Evaluate justification and practicability of proposed modifications. Develop and enforce safety standards for ground radio maintenance activities.  Inspect ground radio communications activities. Determine equipment operational status. Serve on teams to evaluate ground radio activities. Interpret inspection findings submitted by other inspecting activities, and initiate corrective action. Determine adequacy of corrective action. Check installed and repaired components for compliance with technical publications.  Resolve installation, repair, overhaul, and modification problems associated with ground radio communications equipment. Use layout drawings, schematics, and pictorial diagrams to solve maintenance problems. Analyze construction and operating characteristics of equipment to determine source of malfunction. Perform intricate alignment and calibration procedures to ensure maximum operating efficiency. Determine repair procedures necessary to correct defective equipment.  Install ground radio communications equipment. Consult layout drawings to ensure equipment is properly positioned. Check equipment for serviceability prior to installation. Assemble, connect, secure, and interconnect components such as transmitters, power supplies, and antenna assemblies. Test installed equipment for proper assembly of components and compliance with technical orders. Place in operation and tunes, adjusts, and aligns components to obtain maximum operating efficiency.  Deploy and activates mobile and transportable ground radio communications equipment. Refer to plans and equipment specifications to conduct site and equipment surveys, and established equipment systems interface. Unpack, inspect, and position communications equipment; erect antennas; and interconnect communications facilities.  Perform preventive maintenance on ground radio communications systems and related equipment. Inspects equipment at specified intervals to determine operational status. Replaces defective components. Performs operational checks.  Repairs, overhauls, and modifies ground radio communications and related equipment. Isolate malfunctions using system checking procedures, required test equipment, analyzing voltage and waveform measurements, schematic diagrams, and equipment operating characteristics. Repair equipment, including transmitters, receivers and transceivers, and radio teletype and facsimile devices. Tune and adjust ground radio components. Adjust, align, and calibrate equipment for maximum operating efficiency. Fabricate and connect various types of antenna systems and transmission lines. Test repaired components using bench mockups and related test equipment. Perform corrosion control. Maintain inspection and maintenance records. Posts entries on maintenance and inspection records. Records meter readings and other pertinent data in equipment logs. Complete maintenance data collection forms. 
   Knowledge in : electricity and radio theory, including transistors, solid-state components, and digital techniques applying to air/ground radio communications, RADAR, navigation equipment  and related equipment maintenance; and interpretation of management information data, technical orders, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and schematic drawings. 
A Com/Nav Avionics specialist Inspects, maintains, and monitors malfunctioning units. Tunes, adjusts, and aligns components for operating efficiency. Diagnoses malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, mock-ups, and test equipment. Tests repaired equipment using bench mock-ups and related test equipment. Removes, maintains, modifies, and checks out communication and navigation systems. Removes faulty line replaceable units. Checks line replaceable unit operation to determine scope of repair required. Disassembles unserviceable units. Assembles units after repair, performs alignment, and makes final shop check. Maintains and reviews maintenance data collection and inspection records. 

Duties and Responsibilities: Advises on communication and navigation systems problems. Uses layout drawings, schematics, and logic and pictorial diagrams to diagnose maintenance problems. Advises on aligning and calibrating procedures to ensure optimum operating efficiency. Analyzes data received from testing and troubleshooting procedures to determine necessary repair. Identifies maintenance problem areas, and recommends corrective action. Develops methods to improve maintenance efficiency.  Inspects, maintains, and monitors malfunctioning units. Tunes, adjusts, and aligns components for operating efficiency. Diagnoses malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, mock-ups, and test equipment. Tests repaired equipment using bench mock-ups and related test equipment.  Removes, maintains, modifies, and checks out communication and navigation systems. Removes faulty line replaceable units. Checks line replaceable unit operation to determine scope of repair required. Disassembles unserviceable units. Assembles units after repair, performs alignment, and makes final shop check. Maintains and reviews maintenance data collection and inspection records.  Specialty Qualifications:  Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: electronic principles including theory of transistors and solid-state components, integrated circuits, and digital techniques applied to communication and navigation equipment and components; interpreting technical orders, wiring diagrams, and schematic drawings; concepts and application of maintenance directives; and proper handling, use and disposal of hazardous waste and material. 

As an office machine repairman on government contract I repaired / maintained Ricoh, Canon and Savin copiers, shredders, typewriters and printers.  

Early on in my career, (late 1980's), I specialized in computers, I manufactured "clone" computers out of new sub assemblies, repaired under warranty; Packard Bell computers, and upgraded computers that where brought to the shop.

I graduated with full honors from Keesler AFB AETC in the following:
  Ground Radio Systems, Avionics      
  Electronic Principles

Was in the top ten of my class in:

COM/NAV AVIONIC Electronics GPA: 3.5 

Ground Radio Electronics GPA 3.85

Electronic Principals: GPA 4.0

Full honors also in:
AETC Aberdeen Proving grounds   2T355 Auto body