Parachute Rigger Specialist

4 days ago

Birmingham AL United States Army National Guard Full time

As a Parachute Rigger with the Army National Guard, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety of personnel and equipment during airdrop operations. Your attention to detail and technical expertise will be essential in packing and maintaining parachutes, as well as inspecting and testing airdrop equipment. You will also be responsible for inventorying, cleaning, and storing airdrop equipment, and using and maintaining machines and tools for fabrication, modification, and repair of parachutes and other airdrop equipment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Rig supplies, equipment, and vehicles for airdrop
  • Perform technical, routine, and in-storage rigger-type inspection on cargo, extraction, and personnel parachutes, as well as other airdrop equipment before, during, and after each use
  • Inventory, clean, receive, store, and issue all airdrop equipment used in airdrop operations
  • Use and maintain machines and tools for fabrication, modification, and repair to parachutes and other airdrop equipment
  • Inspect, test, and install extraction and release systems
What You'll Learn
  • Maintenance of air-sea rescue equipment
  • Repair of inflatable rafts and other survival equipment
Requirements
  • High attention to detail
  • Interest in contributing to the safety of others
  • Knowledge of shop mechanics and science

Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career with parachute rigging and supply companies, commercial parachuting schools, some government agencies, and survival equipment manufacturing firms. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.

Job training for a Parachute Rigger consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and 16 weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.

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