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88L: Watercraft
Engineer
Major Duties: The watercraft engineer supervises
or performs unit, direct support (DS) and general support
(GS) maintenance. Services Army watercraft, amphibians and
auxiliary equipment on marine vessels. Duties for MOS 88L
at each level of skill are:
- Skill Levels
- Skill Level 1 MOSC 88L1O. Stands
engine room and throttle watch while the vessel is underway.
Stands anchor watch and ramp discharge watch during
sea and anchor details and while the vessel is in port.
Performs daily systems checks and posts all instrument
and gage readings to the engineer log book. Positions
fuel control racks and adjusts throttle controls to
maximize engine efficiency. Inspects, troubleshoots,
tests, services, adjusts, repairs, and replaces batteries,
electrical system components, fuel system elements,
propellers and propeller shafts, pumping assemblies
and parts, and other marine engine equipment. Cleans,
performs surface preparation, and paints engineer space
equipment.
- Skill Level 2 MOSC 88L2O. Provides
supervision and technical expertise for subordinates
performing their duties. Prepares marine vessel equipment
for operation. Starts, operates, troubleshoots, and
secures vessel engines. Inspects, services, adjusts,
replaces, repairs, and overhauls engine components,
throttle controls, accessory drives, boiler and piping
systems, vessel steering mechanisms, electrical and
wiring assemblies, cooling and lubrication systems,
and vessel hulls for general upkeep. Computes fuel requirements
and documents vessel fuel usage. Compiles and maintains
the engine room records.
- Skill Level 3 MOSC 88L3O. Supervises
fire fighting, damage control, sanitation, and pollution
control procedures aboard a vessel. Establishes and
enforces engine department safety practices, supervises
shipboard watches. Oversees, instructs, and provides
technical advice in the maintenance of engines, electrical
systems, cooling systems, lubrication systems, refrigeration
systems, fuel systems, pneumatic systems, power and
drive trains, steering systems, boilers and piping,
hydraulics, and general vessel upkeep. Conducts crew
or section drills and training. Prepares maintenance
SOPs and organizes the work of the maintenance shop.
- Skill Level 4 MOSC 88L4O. Instructs
and supervises marine engine department personnel in
all systems maintenance. Oversees posting of vessel
log books, forms, and records. Assigns personnel to
duty positions. Schedules equipment for calibration.
Establishes maintenance priorities. Prepares and reviews
shipyard specifications. Prepares marine vessel historical
reports and records, preventive maintenance schedules
and records, materiel readiness reports, equipment improvement
recommendations, and unsatisfactory/faulty equipment
reports. Records required and completed modifications.
Physical demands rating and qualifications for initial
award of MOS. The watercraft engineer must possess the
following qualifications:
(1) Physical Demands Rating:
very heavy
(2) Physical Profile: 222221
(3) Uncorrected distant visual acuity of not more than 20/200
in each eye, that corrects with spectacle lenses to 20/20
in one eye and 20/40 in other eye.
(4) Normal color vision based on no more than four errors
in reading the pseudoisochromatic plate test.
(5) Minimum score of 105 in aptitude
area MM.
(6) MOSC qualifications per AR 56-9, at each level of skill.
(7) MOS qualification may be attained by meeting the civilian
acquired skills criteria listed in AR 601-210.
The major duties, physical demands, physical profile, and
skill levels were obtained from Army Pamphlet 611-21.
MOS
List for Transportation Corps
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