Engineman
- Provide engineering support to the officer in charge including but not necessarily limited to job descriptions usually associated with:
- Main Propulsion Assistant
- Damage Control Assistant
- Repair Officer
- Auxiliaries Officer
- Support the Officer in Charge in anticipating & responding to engineering casualties
- Operate & maintain the engineering plant
- Perform duties as oil king including but not necessarily limited to:
- Refuel in a manner that maintains propulsion readiness & limits impact of refueling on mission readiness
- Ensure quality of fuel oil
- Monitor fuel oil usage
- Perform duties as sound & security patrol including but not necessarily limited to:
- Monitor potential sources of salt water flooding & leakage of other fluids (fuel, oil, fresh water, refrigerant, etc.)
- Advise Officer in Charge & Crew on proposed response to flooding & leakage
- Perform duties as water king including but not necessarily limited to:
- Top off potable water tanks in a manner that maintains Crew readiness & limits impact of such evolutions on mission readiness
- Ensure quality/safety of potable water
- Monitor & manage levels of fuel oil & potable water tanks
- Provide list & trim control
- Maintain habitability systems
- Maintain navigation lights
- Maintain firefighting equipment
- Maintain lighting systems (including acquisition of required batteries)
- Monitor condition of external hull, especially below the water line
- Train the Crew in operation & maintenance of engineering systems
- Provide engineering assistance to other engineers & mariners as required
- Ensure best use of maintenance availabilities (including those times when PCF was out of the water)
- Ensure adequate acquisition of required engineering support material
- In coordination with the Boatswains Mate, maintain & operate emergency steering equipment as necessary
- Maintain engineering logs.