Marine Technician

Typical tasks and responsibilities

Tasks as a Marine Technician vary depending on whether you work onboard ships or submarines, but may include:

• Planning, preparing and carrying out maintenance activities
• Finding faults, diagnosing and repairing equipment and systems
• Operating and maintaining the ship's boats, including the engine and steering systems
• Operating and maintaining propulsion systems, such as gas turbines, diesel and electrical engines, gear boxes, propellers, thrusters and positioning systems
• Maintaining electrical systems, such as alternators, batteries, charging systems, electrical switchboards and corrosion protection systems
• Maintaining auxiliary engineering systems, such as air-conditioning, refrigeration, generators, air compressor systems, stabilisers, winches and cranes
• Ordering parts and equipment
• As a sailor, you'll perform additional duties including firefighting, boarding party, flood repair, line handling, first aid, flight deck duties and more