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General Info: GSEs operate, repair and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on electrical components of gas turbine engines, main propulsion machinery, auxiliary equipment, propulsion control systems, and assigned electrical and electronic circuitry up to the printed circuit and alarm warning circuitry.

What They Do: The duties performed by GSEs include: operating electric plant main and propulsion control equipment; locating circuit failures and replacing parts; measuring current, voltage and resistance; testing for shorts, grounds and continuity; testing protective circuitry; testing, servicing and replacing batteries; performing preventive maintenance on digital data equipment and control and monitoring circuits; measuring insulation resistance; repairing electrical/electronic cables, wiring and connectors; maintaining alarm, indicating and warning systems; maintaining and repairing gas turbine engines and auxiliary equipment; working with blueprints, schematics and charts; performing administrative procedures related to gas turbine propulsion system operation and maintenance; performing work area inspections; operating standard test equipment; stopping engines and checking for proper performance; replacing and adjusting operating tolerance of contacts, microswitches, relay switches, pressure switches and temperature switches.

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ASVAB Score Requirements: VE+AR+MK+MC=209

Other Requirements: Must have normal color perception

Technical Training Information: Enlistees are taught the fundamentals of this rating through formal Navy schooling. Advanced technical and operational training is available in this rating during later stages of career development. Temporary assignments to general duty, sometimes aboard ship, may be required while awaiting advanced training assignment.

Introduction to technical documentation, basic mechanical theory, safety precautions and programs, alignment and operation of piping systems and equipment, hand tools, precision instruments, lubricants, bearings, couplings, gears, valves, pumps and the Maintenance Material Management System (3M) Group instruction and practical application GS

Introduction to technical documentation, basic watch standing procedures, alignment and operation of piping systems and equipment, hand tools, precision instruments, lubricants and lubricating systems, bearings, couplings, gears, valves, the Maintenance Material Management System (3M), gas turbine engine theory, propulsion theory, digital logic control system, electromechanical and electrohydraulic servo devices, electrical power and generative distribution

CPR, electrical math, basic schematics, AC/DC circuits, solid state characteristics, logic systems Group instruction Console Operator Training Great Lakes, Ill. 2 weeks Operation of engineering

Advance technical training on a specific gas turbine platform All GSEs except FFG-7, "C" School taught in electronic classroom. All instruction is computer-based.

During a 20-year period in the Navy. GSE-ATFs spend about 65 percent of their time assigned to fleet units and 35 percent to shore stations.

Working Environment: Gas turbine systems technicians usually work in engine rooms or shops that may be hot and noisy aboard many types of modern ships. At shore they may work at major repair or training facilities. Work is physical and analytical (trouble-shooting) for electronic components.

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Above Information Courtesy of United States Navy

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