Overview

As a member of the military, Combat Engineers ensure that troops can live, move and fight on the battlefield. They also perform construction and maintenance tasks, operate vehicles and equipment in support of engineer operations, and maintain field installations and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Construct and maintain roads, airfields, heliports, bridges, causeways, rafts, permanent and temporary buildings
• Construct field defences and obstacles
• Provide drinking water by testing, purifying and filtering local supplies and by constructing local distribution systems
• Detect and dispose of mines and bulk explosives
• Demolish roads and bridges, and lay minefields to prevent enemy movement
• Maintain and operate engineering equipment, including weapons, vehicles, heavy equipment and supplies
• Provide engineer communications on the battlefield

Work Environment

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