WATERCRAFT ENGINEER

JOB DUTIES

• 
  
• Perform daily systems checks
  
• Repair and maintain gasoline and diesel engines
  
• Troubleshoot and repair watercraft propulsion machinery
  
• Repair and service hoisting, lift machinery and engine-related electrical systems
  

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Job training for a watercraft engineer requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 10 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instructions. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.

Some of the skills you ll learn are:

• 
  
• Internal combustion engine theory
  
• Repair of electronic and electrical machinery systems
  
• Service and repair of fuel injection systems
  
• Welding and machine shop fabrication