Quality Assurance Technician

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Gregory a. LaFourcade

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FAA certified Airframe and Powerplant rated mechanic with nine years of

technical and leadership experience. Six years of aircraft maintenance and

flight line experience. Honorably discharged from active duty in the United

States Navy after five years of service as an aviation structural mechanic

(egress). servicing and troubleshooting numerous environmental, egress and

airframe systems. Three years of production experience in drawn tubing,

MIG/TIG welding, machine tooling, carbide cutting, custom tooling

fabrication, receiving, storing, issuing and inspecting of over three

thousand pieces of tooling and inspection equipment.

Employment experience

United States Navy Reserve

2010-Present

NIRR SW

San Diego CA

Student at NIRR SW San Diego. Currently re-enlisted for six years in the

United States Navy Reserve.

Aviation Structural Mechanic, Egress & Environmental, Lead Technician

2009-Present

VSE Corporation

Oxnard CA

Experienced aircraft technician, with over 6 years of egress, environmental

and line division duties on S-3B Viking naval aircraft. As work center

supervisor responsibilities include managing work load and coordinating

maintenance on multiple aircraft, maintaining aircraft emergency escape,

air conditioning, cabin pressurization, aviators breathing oxygen, and

aircraft de-ice systems. Primary inspector for all company flight line

marshaling, and corrosion control discrepancies.

Quality Assurance Representative inspector for all egress and environmental

systems. Responsibilities include inspection of installation and removal of

all aircraft emergency and ejection system explosive devices on Douglas

Escapac ejection seats. Inspection of all installations, removal, and

functional operational checks of all aircraft environmental systems.

Collateral Duty Inspector for all S-3 flight line operations.

Responsibilities include coordinating the aircraft launch, recovery, and

turnaround/ refueling operations. Also qualified as a Egress System

Instructor, S-3B Plane Captain, Aircraft Tractor Driver, Fuel Surveillance,

Brake Rider, TMU 70 (LOX Cart), and TMU 27 (LOX Cart).

Maintenance versatility. Assist Airframe and Powerplant work centers with

system troubleshooting, removal and replacement for critical system

components. Assisted in the removal and installation of TF-34 GE Turbo Fan

engines and system components such as generators, starters, fuel manifolds

and bleed air augmenting/check valves. Experience with removal and

installation of hydraulic components such as pumps, servos, and flight

control surfaces.

Department Lead

2007-2009

Veridiam Inc.

El Cajon CA

Experienced production employee who coordinates the daily placement of

employees, on equipment to meet required monthly production and shipping

requirements. Responsible for the coordination and prioritization of up to

thirty different customer products and thirty employees.

Working with internal and external resources on lean production management.

Coordinating and supporting several production process improvements.

Streamlining production and operational processes with work cell function

work areas contributing to a faster and more efficient throughput time on

six different product lines.

Training employees on machinery set up, tooling, metal drawing, CNC

electrolytic cutting, annealing, swaging, de-burring, engineer drawing

specifications, inspection and measuring. Working with department personnel

on achieving department production qualifications and constant improvement

of skills.

Tooling Coordinator

2006-2008

Veridiam Inc

El Cajon, CA

Receive, store, and issue carbide draw dies, steel mandrel rods, carbide

draw plugs, and any other equipment for the Drawn Products area. Project

and assess tooling needs for the department, and provide employees with

required equipment.

Fabricate and service custom tooling to meet production schedule and new

product development. TIG and MIG weld drawn tubing plug shafts, tubing

fixtures and other various machine tooling and new process development

prototypes.

Works with various internal departments and external vendors to secure and

ensure proper ordering and repair of tooling to meet production

requirements. Performing receipt inspection on newly received tooling

equipment, to ensure tooling is made to engineering prints.

Maintained and reviewed computerized records and inventories in Microsoft

Excel, Microsoft Word, Synergy 2000 Operator Statistical Process Control,

and internal product run log on internal network.

Aviation Structural Mechanic E (Safety Equipment)

2001-2006

United States Navy-VS-33

NAS North Island CA

Collateral Duty Inspector. Inspected over 200 maintenance actions

encompassing over 1,400 man-hours. Significantly contributing to VS-33's,

98 percent sortie completion rate during Global Deployment 2005.

Strong Knowledge of S-3B Escape Systems, significantly contributing to the

removal and reinstallation of well over 75 Escape Pac 1E1 ejection seats.

Contributed to many 308/616 day ordnance removal, inspection, and

reinstallation as an ordnance team member.

Meritoriously advanced to the rank of 3rd Class Petty Officer for superior

inspection and troubleshooting. Devotion to duty and personal motivation

during three deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and

Operation Iraq Freedom.

Vast knowledge of S-3B Environmental Control Systems, Escape/Egress

Systems, LOX Systems and all flight line operations. Qualified as a S-3B

13B (AME) CDI, Troubleshooter/Final Checker, Auxiliary Power Unit turn

operator, Plane Captain, Egress System Checkout Instructor, Wing/Fin Fold,

TMU-70 Liquid Oxygen Cart SE License, Tow Tractor SE License, Brake Rider

and many more aircraft and flight line qualifications.

EDUCATION

AIRFRAMES AND POWERPLANTS 2010

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University NAS Pt. Mugu, CA

Received FAA Airframes and Powerplants certification September 2010

PROFESSIONAL AERONUATICS 2010

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University NAS Pt. Mugu, CA

Currently in freshman year of Professional Aeronautics Undergraduate

Program

WELDING ROP 2008

El Cajon Valley High School El Cajon, CA

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN - FIRST RESPONDER 2005

Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA

Completed 54 semester hours.

AVIATION STRUCTURAL MECHANIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT 2001-2002

Naval Air Technical Training Center Pensacola, FL

Completed AME Common Core and Strand Egress/Environmental training

INTRODUCTORY MILITARY TRAINING 2001

Naval Recruit Training Center Great Lakes, IL

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