The success of Army missions depends on keeping automotive and heavy equipment in top working condition. As an integral member of the Mechanical Maintenance team, the Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic handles the maintenance and repair of vehicles such as jeeps, cars and trucks.
The Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic is primarily responsible for supervising and performing maintenance and recovery operations on light-wheeled vehicles and associated items, as well as heavy-wheeled vehicles. Some of your duties as a Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic may include:
Maintaining power-assisted brake systems, wheeled vehicle suspension systems, wheel/hub assemblies and wheeled vehicle hydraulic steering systems
Troubleshooting problems in vehicle engines, electrical systems, steering, brakes and suspensions
Tuning and repairing engines
Replacing or repairing damaged body parts
Establishing and following schedules for maintaining vehicles
Training
Job training for a Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and 10 weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Some of the skills you learn are:
Engine repair and tune-up
Troubleshooting mechanical and electrical problems
Repairing and replacing body panels, fenders and radiators
Skills
Helpful attributes include:
An interest in auto mechanics and the industrial arts
A preference for physical work
An interest in troubleshooting and repairing mechanical problems
An interest in automotive engines and how they work
Responsibilities
Advanced level Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanics supervise and train other Soldiers within the same discipline.
Civilian Related
The skills you learn as a Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic will help prepare you for a future with civilian service stations, auto dealers, farm equipment companies and state highway agencies. You'll be able to pursue a career as a garage mechanic, carburetor mechanic, transmission mechanic, radiator mechanic, construction equipment mechanic or endless track vehicle mechanic.
Company Name: Virgin Islands National Guard
Company Description: What do you want to do for a living? Program computers? Fly?
Whatever your dream job is, there's a corresponding career in the National Guard that will train you for it.
When you join the Guard, you choose an MOS, or Military Occupational Specialty, from more than 200 exciting options. After Basic Training, in Advanced Individual Training (AIT), you go hands-on learning-then-doing-this job. Along with being fascinating and fun, this job acts as training ground for dozens of exciting, lucrative careers in the private sector.
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