Aviation Safety Technician is most certainly NOT a full-blown Safety Inspector position.
Serves as an Aviation Safety Technician in a Flight Standards field office by providing technical support to the aviation safety inspectors and the public. Performs and assists in performing a range of certification, surveillance, investigation and accident prevention activities. Provides technical assistance to the public in areas such as certificate requirements for airmen and aircraft. Assists in the replacement of lost or mutilated certificates by verifying airmen and aircraft certificate status. Extracts and analyzes Aviation Safety Analysis System (ASAS) data to identify trends for items that affect aviation safety. Conducts investigations as assigned, such as complaints, occurrences, incidents, accidents and violations.
Sounds to me like a non-flying SME (system matter expert) type position, combined with a fair amount of paper-pushing and data analyzing.