Basic Job Description
Ensuring the safe arrival at the correct destinations of any and all Army cargo is the responsibility of the Cargo Specialist. Cargo Specialists load and unload supplies and materials using equipment such as forklifts and cranes, as well as plan and organize loading schedules, creates/reviews ocean cargo manifest and load plans. Cargo Specialists are primarily responsible for transferring or supervising the transfer of passengers, cargo and equipment to and from air, land and water transport by manual and mechanical methods.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
Checks, tallies, and documents cargo utilizing both manual and automated data processing systems. Rigs ships' gear as part of a team. Loads and unloads supplies and equipment from ships, docks, beaches, railheads, boxcars, warehouses, motor vehicles, and aircraft (to include internal and external helicopter loading). Operates and maintains all types and sizes of winches, cranes, and forklifts.
Assigns cargo handlers, signal and winch operators to duty stations. Provides technical guidance to subordinates. Inspects cargo, supervises cargo checking and hatch operations, controls aircraft loading and unloading (to include helicopter external sling loading operations), oversees railhead tie-down crews, directs container stuffing and unstuffing, plans warehouse storage, and manages crane operations. Supervises operator maintenance for cargo handling equipment such as cranes and forklifts. Enforces safety practices and documentation procedures.
Training Information
8 weeks, 0 days, at Fort Eustis, VA
ASVAB Score Required: 90 in aptitude area GM
Security Clearance: None
Strength Requirement: very heavy
Physical Profile Requirement: 211222
Other Requirements
- Color discrimination of red/green
Similar Civilian Occupations
- Material Moving Workers, All Other
