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Other Ranks (Technical)

The Marine Technician :  specialising in engineering systems operation and maintenance.

Marine Technician (MT) sailors are required to be adept at operating, monitoring and maintaining equipment in a wide and diverse range of platforms both in a seagoing and shore-based environment. As maintainers and operators, MT's are required to operate equipment and monitor performance to identify trends which have the potential to impact on the operational capability of a ship and to initiate corrective action if required. As part of their maintenance function, they are required to conduct periodic (eg: hourly, weekly, monthly, annual etc) routine planned maintenance, attend to breakdown maintenance, and assist contractors in higher level maintenance.

The MT sailor is responsible for the operation and maintenance of various machinery and associated systems throughout the ship including, but not limited to:

• The ships' main propulsion machinery (gas turbine and / or diesel / diesel electric plants);
• Associated propulsion control and monitoring systems;
• Electrical power generation and distribution including High Power (33 Kv , 440v), Domestic Power (110-240 Volts), Low Voltage (24 volts and below), and milli volt control systems;
• Auxiliary systems including Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Refrigeration and Davits;
• Liquid and cargo handling systems;
• Hull structures and fittings;
• Ship's boats;
• Basic fault finding and diagnostics on all aforementioned systems including control circuits, 110, 240, 440 V power supplies;
• In situ repair and component change out of pumps, motors and ancillary system equipment; and
• Manufacture/supply/install components to systems as part of a Fleet Support Unit work team.

Maintenance activities regularly require the use of a wide range of skills including mechanical, electrical, hull, fluid power and electronics. As such, MTs are trained to be multi-skilled and competent in undertaking their role as maintainer/operators. Once MT sailors achieve competence through on-the-job experience and completion of competency elements (competency log), they are able to undertake maintenance activities under limited supervision.

Following trade completion and the award of Certificate 111 in Engineering - Mechanical Trade and dependant on aptitude for a higher skill set, the MT sailor may be placed on an Applied Skills and Technology Course (ASTC) or Equipment Application Course (EAC). On completion of this training, the sailor can return to the ship or establishment and perform maintenance duties relating to a specific system or skill set.

ASTC examples include Diesels, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Fabrication, Turning, Fluid Power (Hydraulics), Electrical (High Power), Welding, GRP (Fibreglass) and Electronics. Completion of the associated ASTC competency task journal results in the award of a 'Certificate IV in Engineering'  for the relevant specialisation.

Qualified, Other Ranks (Technical) (Reserve)

The Marine Technician (MT) sailor's employment requires them to be adept at operating, monitoring and maintaining equipment in a wide and diverse range of platforms both in a seagoing and shore-based environment. As maintainers and operators, MT's are required to operate and monitor equipment performance to identify trends which have the potential to impact on the operational capability of a ship and initiate corrective action. As part of their maintenance function, they are required to conduct periodic (eg: hourly, weekly, monthly, annual etc) routine planned maintenance, attend to breakdown maintenance, and assist contractors in higher level maintenance.

The MT sailor is responsible for the operation and maintenance of various machinery and associated systems through out the ship including, but not limited to:

• The ships' main propulsion machinery (gas turbine and / or diesel / diesel electric plants);
• Associated propulsion control and monitoring systems;
• Electrical power generation and distribution including High Power (33 Kv , 440v), Domestic Power (110-240 Volts), Low Voltage (24 volts and below), and milli volt control systems;
• Auxiliary systems including Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Refrigeration and Davits;
• Liquid and cargo handling systems;
• Hull structures and fittings;
• Ship's boats;
• Basic fault finding and diagnostics on all aforementioned systems including control circuits, 110, 240, 440 V power supplies;
• In situ repair and component change out of pumps, motors and ancillary system equipment; and
• Manufacture/supply/install components to systems as part of a Fleet Support Unit work teams.

MTs are trained to be multi-skilled and thus are required to obtain and develop an array of skills which interlink to permit the MT sailor to undertake his or her role as a maintainer operator. Maintenance activities routinely require the use of a wide range of skills including mechanical, electrical, hull, fluid power and electronics. Once an MT sailor achieves competence through on-the-job experience and completion of competency elements, they are required to undertake maintenance activities under limited supervision.

On completion of trade training, sailors who display a specific aptitude for a higher skill set, or a ship has a requirement for a specific higher skill set, the MT sailor may be placed on an Applied Skills and Technology Course (ASTC) or Equipment Application Course (EAC).

On completion of the ASTC training the sailor will return to the ship or establishment and perform the duties of the specific system or skill set subject matter expert. ASTC examples include Diesels, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Fabrication, Turning, Fluid Power (Hydraulics), Electrical (High Power), Welding, GRP (Fibreglass) and Electronics. On completion of the associated ASTC competency task journal, ASTC's result in the award of a 'Certificate IV in Engineering - Higher Engineering Trade' for the relevant specialisation.