Matthew Eade

Air force career breakdown:

Initial trade training as follows:

Jan - Apr 2011: Nelson Marlborough Insititute of Technology,

Certificate of Aeronautical engineering fundamentals completed as a prerequisite to joining the RNZAF.

Introductory course to aeronautical engineering, theory and practical training in the following:

• Aviation workplace safety including first aid and human factors.
• Trade science and administration including Metallurgy, Engineering drawings and maths.
• Engineering processes - Tooling and workshop machinery use, precision measuring, disassembly/reassembly and manufacture processes.

May - Aug 2011:Recruit course - RNZAF Command and Recruit training school.

12-week training basic military skills course - theory and practical training in RNZAF customs and protocol, dress and bearing, first aid & search and rescue techniques, self-discipline & teamwork, physical fitness , Military field and weapons training. - gained rank of AC (Aircraftsman).

Sept 2011 - May 2012: Aircraft maintenance technician course - Phase 1 - RNZAF Logistics Training school.

9-month trade training course, theory and practical training in Human factors, technical administration - policy, maintenance documentation and computerised maintenance management system (SAP), Aircraft structure, Airframe systems, Propulsion systems, aircraft component replacement, aeronautical component maintenance, flightline/operational and scheduled maintenance.

June 2012 - June 2014: Apprenticeship/On the Job training. - RNZAF Base Auckland.

Apprenticeship made up of 12 months working at 40 Squadron Maintenance working on the C130H Hercules and Boeing 757-200 carrying out flightline/operational maintenance and servicing. 4 months working at Aircraft maintenance Squadron on scheduled phase servicing's and A-checks on the C130H Hercules and Boeing 757-200,

remaining 8 months of Apprenticeship working at Aircraft component maintenance flight, in the Aircraft engine and propeller bay, Aircraft wheel and brake bay, Aircraft structure bay and Aircraft corrosion control bay. During this time, I gained the Level 3 National Certificate in Aircraft servicing.

June - July 2014: Aircraft technician consolidation course - RNZAF Logistics Training School.

6-week Consolidation course of all training with a focus on fault finding/identification and rectification, technical administration and human factors.

On successful completion I was qualified as an RNZAF Aircraft technician and promoted to LAC (Leading Aircraftsman).

Qualified Aircraft technician employment at RNZAF Base Auckland:

Aug 2014 - Aug 2017: - Aircraft Technician - Aircraft maintenance Squadron.

Employed as part of the Scheduled servicing team completing Phase servicing's (400 flying hour service) on the C130H Hercules and A-check servicing's (61-day interval services) on the Boeing 757-200.

My duties included detailed visual inspections, fault finding, rectification, scheduled servicing on Aircraft Engines, Landing Gear, Flight controls, Aircraft Fuselage and Structure (minor structural repairs), Hydraulic Systems, Fuel tank repair and fuel systems, Bleed air systems, APU power systems, Potable water and lavatory systems, and the use of specialist equipment such as hydraulic test rigs, elevated work platforms.

Sept 2017 - June 2021: Aircraft Technician - 40 Squadron Maintenance - Promoted to Corporal

Employed as part of the flightline/operational servicing team, in this role I travelled with the aircraft as maintenance crew operationally throughout Australasia, Pacific, Asia, Antartica and North America on the C130H Hercules and Boeing 757-200 as well as completing day to day maintenance in Auckland.

My duties included Pre-flight and after flight servicing, aircraft refuelling, aircraft push-back and towing, as well as fault finding and rectification on Aircraft Engines, Landing Gear, Flight controls, Aircraft Fuselage and Structure (minor structural repairs), Hydraulic Systems, Fuel tank repair and fuel systems, Bleed air systems, APU power systems, Potable water and lavatory systems, the use of elevated work platforms.

In this role I was responsible for leading and supervising small teams of technicians and apprentices to achieve tasks, mentoring and training of junior technicians and apprentices.

Engine ground running and testing on B757-200 (RB211-535-E4B engines)

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July 2021 - Present: Aircraft Technician Supervisor/Lead hand - 40 Squadron Maintenance. - Promoted to Seargent.

Employed as part of the flightline/operational servicing team as a Supervisor/Lead hand. As above I continue to travel with the aircraft as maintenance crew operationally.

My duties include maintaining all the systems listed above on the C130H Hercules and Boeing 757-200 but as a Supervisor/Lead hand.

In this role I am responsible for production management on Aircraft by leading multiple teams of technicians to service, maintain and prepare aircraft for flight.

This includes supervision and certification of technicans work, releasing aircraft for flight, completing independent quaility inspections of other technicans and supervisors work on aircraft systems vital for flight safety, assessing technican's for comptency on technical tasks, writing performance appraisals and making promotion recommendations for technicians,

training technicians for engine ground running on the B757-200.

Specialist Trade training as follows:

Oct 2012: Confined space entry course - required for entry into aircraft fuel tanks, annual medical screening untaken to ensure fit for fuel tank entry.

Feb 2015: C130H Hercules airframe systems course - 2-week full time theory course studying the airframe systems

March 2015 : C130H Hercules engine systems - 3-week theory course studying engines system on a T56-A-15 engine

Apr: Boeing 757-200 airframe systems - 2-week full time theory course studying the airframe systems.

Aug 2017: Boeing 757-200 engine systems course - 1-week full time theory course studying engine systems on a RB211-535-E4B

Aug 2017: Boeing 757-200 Engine running/operating course - 3-day theory followed by practical simulator training.

Dec 2018 - Corporal Tech Supervision Course - 1-week introductory theory course for becoming an aircraft maintenance supervisor

Mar 2021 - NCO Technical Administration course - 1.5-week course for technical administration at the aircraft maintenance supervisor level, focusing on Maintenance documentation, Computerised Maintenance management system (CMMS on SAP) and engineering change such as deferrals, concessions, anticipations, extensions and cannibalisation processes.

Boeing 757-200 Engine ground test runner/operator,

Low power/Idle power authorised - Sept 2017 - Apr 2019,

High power/Idle to take off power authorised - May 2019 - Present.

Practical training in a 757-200 Cat D full flight simulator to maintain currency and diagnostic fault identification, practise immediate actions and emergency drills.

Training carried out at:

Boeing training & Professional Services - Miami Campus, Florida USA.

Sept 2017, Mar 2018, Apr 2019, Sept 2020, July 2021

Canadian Aviation Electronics (CAE) London Gatwick Simulator facility, United Kingdom.

Apr 2022