As a Combat Engineer you will become a specialist in bridge-building, minefield clearance, demolition using explosives, field defence systems, water purification as well as road and airfield construction and repair. If you want a rewarding career as part of a highly qualified team experiencing true adventure, this job is for you.
Job Details
The Combat Engineer belongs to the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) Corps. RAE soldiers are known as 'Sappers' and are responsible for assisting our own forces to move whilst also denying mobility to the enemy. Sappers are trained in a broad range of tasks including bridge-building, clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences as well as building, road and airfield construction and repair.
A Sapper, trained as a Combat Engineer, is a combat soldier with a wide range of trade and technical skills. He can wield a chainsaw, build a bridge, clear a minefield, build a road or airfield and use explosives to demolish a target.
The Combat Engineer is a soldier who is a specialist in military field engineering.
Main Job Functions:
- Assists in construction of temporary roads, bypasses and fords.
- Digs drains and constructs culverts.
- Erects bridges using both equipment and non-equipment components.
- Constructs and operates rafts and ferries.
- Constructs field defences and wire obstacles.
- Lays, arms, neutralises, disarms and removes mines and booby traps.
- Conducts demolition tasks.
- Constructs and operates field machines.
- Operates boats.
- Produces potable water using water purification equipment.
- Carries out concreting tasks.
- Uses and maintains power tools.
Following qualification as a Combat Engineer, you may have the opportunity to progress to one of the RAE branch trades such as Plant Operator or Architectural Draughtsman.