Combat Engineer

Question 1

CE What tasks do you do?

Answer 1

• Enable and disable both friendly and enemy movement to, from and across the battlefield
• Using a maintaining power tools and boats
• Producing potable water
• Construction and demolition tasks (bridges, buildings etc)
• Field defences such as barbed wire and mines

Question 2

CE What can you specialise as?

Answer 2

Plant operator or architechtural draftsman

Question 3

CE What is role in larger traning exercises?

Answer 3

• Support you team
• Provide engineering expertise
• Rebuild or repair buildings on humanitarian operations both domestic and abroad

Question 3

CE What does parade night look like?

Answer 3

• Refine skills
• Plan ahead for exercises
• Keep up soldier training

Question 4

CE What is the pay?

Answer 4

$154 while training
$201 once trained

Question 5

CE Where can you be based?

Answer 5

Karrakatta (Irwin Barracks)

Question 6

CE How many days do you serve?

Answer 6

First year 35-70 (training included)
Additional years 20-70

Question 7

CE What is your training?

Answer 7

Recruit Training
3 weeks at Kapooka completing module A of army recruit training
- Weapon handling, drill, first aid, PT and field craft
Done within 6 months of sign up

Part Time Military Engineer Training
16 days at Irwin Barracks
- RAE background information, white card, working at heights, chainsaw operator, misc tools and CBRN defence

Part Time Combat Engineer Training
16 days at Irwin Barracks
- ADF Explosive User, Explosive Demolitions and Breaching, Light Urban Explosive Breaching and Engineer Search