Engineer Equipment Chief.

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Title: Engineer Equipment Chief.
Language: English
Authors: Marine Corps Inst., Washington, DC.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 130
Publication Date: 1984
Intended Audience: Students
Document Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Management, Construction Materials, Construction (Process), Correspondence Study, Cost Estimates, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Utilization, Independent Study, Mechanical Equipment, Military Personnel, Military Training, Motor Vehicles, Operating Engineering, Postsecondary Education, Tractors, Trade and Industrial Education
Abstract: This student guide, one of a series of correspondence training courses designed to improve the job performance of members of the Marine Corps, deals with the skills needed by engineer equipment chiefs. Addressed in the five individual units of the course are the following topics: construction management (planning, scheduling, and supervision); estimation of equipment efficiency (equipment utilization, efficiency factors, crawler-tractor applications, tractor/scraper applications, road graders, and crane-shovels); construction sites; maintenance systems (maintenance support, maintenance shops, shop layout); and support functions (engineer and supply support). Each unit contains a general objective, a series of work units each addressing a different subobjective, study questions, and answers to the study questions. (MN)
Entry Date: 1985
Accession Number: ED259128
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This student guide, one of a series of correspondence training courses designed to improve the job performance of members of the Marine Corps, deals with the skills needed by engineer equipment chiefs. Addressed in the five individual units of the course are the following topics: construction management (planning, scheduling, and supervision); estimation of equipment efficiency (equipment utilization, efficiency factors, crawler-tractor applications, tractor/scraper applications, road graders, and crane-shovels); construction sites; maintenance systems (maintenance support, maintenance shops, shop layout); and support functions (engineer and supply support). Each unit contains a general objective, a series of work units each addressing a different subobjective, study questions, and answers to the study questions. (MN)