Basic Job Description
Construction equipment repairers are responsible for maintaining trucks, bulldozers, power shovels and other heavy equipment that are needed for construction operations.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
- Maintain and replace brake actuators, batteries, starter motors, mechanical fuel pumps and hydraulic cylinders/pumps/control valves
- Service drive shafts, universal joints, service brake shoes, water pumps and turbochargers
- Maintain and replace cylinder heads, high-pressure fuel injection pumps and road wheels
- Adjust engine speed of governor/valves, carburetors, steering brakes, fuel injector racks and steering unit brake levers
- Charge suspension accumulators, transmission shift accumulators and main
hydraulic accumulators
Training Information
Job training for a construction equipment repairer requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and eight weeks of Advanced Individual Training, where you spend part of this time in the classroom and part in the field.
Some of the skills you’ll learn are:
- Engine repair and tune-up
- Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical problems
- Repair and replace body panels, fenders and radiators
- Troubleshoot hydraulic systems
ASVAB
Score Required: 92 in aptitude area Mechanical Maintenance OR
87 in aptitude area Mechanical Maintenance (MM) and 85 in aptitude area General
Technical
Security Clearance: None
Strength Requirement: heavy
Physical Profile Requirement: 222222
Other Requirements
- Normal color vision required
Similar Civilian Occupations
- The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career at service stations, auto and construction equipment dealers, farm equipment companies and state highway agencies. You can also consider a future as a garage mechanic, carburetor mechanic, transmission mechanic, construction equipment mechanic or endless track vehicle mechanic.
