Machinery Technician
Encyclopedia
Machinery Technician is an enlisted rating in the U.S. Coast Guard that is responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair of a cutter's propulsion, auxiliary equipment and outside equipment, internal combustion engine
s (gasoline, diesel, gas turbines), environmental support systems (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), hydraulics, generator sets, and areas of hazardous material recovery and control. They are also responsible for the engineering maintenance of any small boats assigned to their command. At smaller stations and cutters they also serve as electricians.
Senior MK's are assigned supervisory positions as shop supervisors at shore installations. On smaller cutters senior MK's are assigned as Engineering Petty Officers and are responsible for the overall management of the unit engineering department including its personnel.
The rating of Machinery Technician includes the obsolete Coast Guard ratings of Engineman
(EN), Machinist Mate (MM), Gas Turbine System Technician
(GS), and Boiler Technician (BT). Because it combines several older obsolete ratings,it is one of the largest ratings in the Coast Guard. The MK "A" school is 13 weeks in length and is located at the Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown
in Yorktown, Virginia
.
Internal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...
s (gasoline, diesel, gas turbines), environmental support systems (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), hydraulics, generator sets, and areas of hazardous material recovery and control. They are also responsible for the engineering maintenance of any small boats assigned to their command. At smaller stations and cutters they also serve as electricians.
Senior MK's are assigned supervisory positions as shop supervisors at shore installations. On smaller cutters senior MK's are assigned as Engineering Petty Officers and are responsible for the overall management of the unit engineering department including its personnel.
The rating of Machinery Technician includes the obsolete Coast Guard ratings of Engineman
Engineman
Engineman is a United States Navy occupational rating.-Scope of Rating:Enginemen operate, service and repair internal combustion engines used to power some of the Navy's ships and most of the Navy's small craft. Most Enginemen work with diesel engines...
(EN), Machinist Mate (MM), Gas Turbine System Technician
Gas Turbine System Technician
Gas Turbine System Technician is a United States Navy occupational rating.Gas Turbine Systems Technicians operate, repair, and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on gas turbine engines, main propulsion machinery , assigned auxiliary equipment, propulsion control systems, assigned...
(GS), and Boiler Technician (BT). Because it combines several older obsolete ratings,it is one of the largest ratings in the Coast Guard. The MK "A" school is 13 weeks in length and is located at the Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown
Training Center Yorktown
The US Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia is one of three in the nation. The others are Training Center Petaluma, and Training Center Cape May. Training Center or TRACEN Cape May is the only US Coast Guard Base used for Basic Military Training or "boot camp"...
in Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. The population was 220 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1634....
.