1. JAMES G. CRAWFORD
759 Ginger Mill RD • Jacksonville, Florida 32259 • AviationCrawford@Gmail.com. • 904-625-6986
AVIATION STRUCTURAL AND HYDRAULIC MECHANIC
Versatile, accomplished Aviation Structures and Hydraulic Mechanic offering over 15 years’ experience in aviation
maintenance on multiple aircraft platforms. Dedicated employee with flawless work ethic maintaining a
professional attitude at all times. Strong communication skills and ability to, lead others while working well with
Supervisors and Coworkers.
CORE COMPETENCIES
♦ Aviation Structures ♦ Quality Assurance ♦ Advanced Corrosion
♦ Aviation Hydraulics ♦ Fuel Cell Maintenance ♦ Maintenance Management
♦ Aviation Power Plants ♦ Aircraft Painter
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
- Aviation Sheet Metal Mechanic- 15 years’ experience at precision drilling close tolerance holes, reaming,
countersinking and spot-facing. Capable of cold working aluminum, steel, stainless, and other various metals.
Skilled professional using, rivet guns, cherry pullers, huck bolt pullers, 45 and 90 drill motors. Can use drill
press, disk sander, brake, power shear and power roller. Can fabricate/install repair parts using templates, hole
finders, jigs, clamps and clecos. Can locate/drill up large fittings and forgings. Understands engineering
repairs, blueprints and drawings including flag notes, symbols and general notes. Strong working knowledge of
micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, dial depth gauges, telescoping gauges, ball gauges, hole gauges, radius
gauges, feeler gauges and tensiometers. Have flight control operation/rig experience, capable of flight control
rigging.
- Aircraft Hydraulic Mechanic- 15 years' experience on aircraft hydraulic systems. Determined maintenance
procedures and performance characteristics using technical publications. Inspected, operated, troubleshot,
removed, repaired, overhauled, and installed aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic systems and components.
Identified and isolated malfunctions, serviced, bleed, bench checks, rigged, and performed adjustments to
aircraft hydraulic components, power systems, landing gear, nose wheel steering, brakes, flight controls, and
cargo door systems, hoist and winch systems, engine start systems, recovery systems, arresting gear, air
induction systems, and canopy systems. Inspected and pressure tested hydraulic lines and tube assemblies,
Drains and flushes hydraulic systems. Overhauled, repaired, adjusted, aligned, and tested hydraulic system and
sub-system components. Fabricated and pressure tested hose assemblies. Operated and maintained shop
equipment. Understands and utilized hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic principles and fundamentals,
technical labels, and disposes of hazardous materials and waste according to federal OSHA and local
environmental standards.
- Aviation Maintenance Manager- 5 years' Experience, Directed the production/maintenance operations for
multiple large military units. Planned, coordinate and supervised over 110+ military and civilian mechanics
and technicians, while supporting a myriad of complex governmental assets (aircraft/support equipment) valued
at more than 500 million dollars. Directly responsible for oversight, management and auditing a nine million
dollar operational budget for multi-level aviation units and aircraft facilities, while managing aircraft
maintenance priorities and workload, the dissemination of funds, trend analysis, procurement of assets and
tracking data.

2. - Quality Assurance Supervisor/ Inspector- 10 years' experience, C-130T Hercules full systems inspector,
and Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk aircraft Airframes and Power Plants inspector. Proactively led numerous teams
achieving superior results during major organizational, announced and unannounced maintenance/safety audits.
Introduced safety and operational risk management strategies throughout each command. Efficiently interprets
all facets of International Standards of Operations (ISO 9000 1400), Code of FederalRegulations (CFR), State
and local OSHA regulations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HSL-60/ HS-75 / VR-62 MAYPORT, FLORIDA
H60 B/R Seahawk Airframe structural & hydraulic Mechanic 2005― present
• Maintained, modified aircraft airframe structure, hydraulics, landing gear, and flight controls.
• Repaired metallic and nonmetallic aircraft components.
• Maintained, troubleshot, and repaired aircraft hydraulic systems, components, hoses and lines.
• Maintained, troubleshot, and repaired fuel cells and fuel systems.
• Maintained, troubleshot, and repaired T700-GE-701C power power plant systems.
• Maintained troubleshot, and repaired Allison T-56 turbo shaft power plant, and propeller systems.
• Full Systems Quality Assurance Inspector.
• Aviation Maintenance Control and Management.
• Aircraft Painter.
AVIATION INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FT. WORTH, TEXAS
AVIATION STRUCTURAL / SHEET METALMECHANIC 2000 - 2005
• Manufactured, modified, and repaired aircraft metallic components.
• Heat treated fabricated aircraft components.
• Repaired aircraft flight control components.
• Performed advanced aircraft composite repair.
• Aircraft and Component Painter.
• Plastic Media Blasting.
• Mig, Tig, Stick, and Oxy/Acetylene welder.
• Aircraft Wheel and Tire break down and assembly.

3. CERTIFICATIONS
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, PLUMBING & HYDRAULICS JOURNEYMAN
U.S. Department of Labor March 2010 – Present
AIRFRAME MECHANIC JOURNEYMAN
U.S. Department of Labor March2005 – Present
MILITARY EDUCATION
Aviation Structures And Hydraulics Course- Naval Aviation Technical Traning Center, Pensacola, Florida
Respirator Protection Program Management Course - A-493-0072 Naval Safety Center, San Diego, California
Advanced Corrosion Control Course- C-600-3183 0046 Center For Naval Aviation Training, Jacksonville, Florida
Aircraft Paint And Final Finish Course- C-600-3182 Center For Naval Aviation Training, Ft.Worth, Texas
Naval Aviation Maintenance Control Management- C-555-0053 Center For Naval Aviation Training, Jacksonville, Florida
Aviation Quality Assurance Course- C-555-0046 Center For Naval Aviation Training, Jacksonville, Florida
REFERENCES
Russell E. Hawkins 20 Whitby Dr, Douglasville, Ga 30134 C: (404)509-7980 W: 904-270-6894
BRUCE D. GRIMES 7283 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DR. JACKSONVILLE FL 32219 C: 850-454-5523 W: 904-270-6909