The Combat Engineer is the Royal Australian Engineer (RAE) member whose role is to assist in the conduct of a range of combat engineering tasks maintaining mobility of the Army, deny freedom of movement to enemy forces, and provide general engineering support. Combat Engineers are employed in a wide range of activities such as erecting bridges, constructing and operating rafts, assisting in the construction of temporary roads, bypasses and fords, construction of field defences, concreting, producing potable water, conducting demolitions, searching, clearing and disposing of enemy mines and explosive devices and quarrying.

Duties

• Assist in the construction of field mechanical advantage machines.
• Assist in the construction of anti-mobility obstacles.
• Assist in the construction of field defence works.
• Operate a water point.
• Assist in the conduct of engineer search tasks.
• Assist in the construction of engineer equipment bridging task.
• Operate a variety of engineer water craft.
• Use explosives for demolitions.
• Operate and maintain hand and power tools.
• Conduct expedient field construction.

Qualifications Pre-requisites

Combat Engineers must have successfully completed Year 10 of a 12 Year course of schooling (or equivalent) with passes in English and Mathematics.

Employment Training

The Combat Engineer IET Course is a 12 week course conducted at the School of Military Engineering (SME), Moorebank, Sydney, NSW.

Employment Location

Combat Engineers in the Regular Army are employed in Combat Engineer Regiments, Construction Squadrons and the Incident Response Regiment in Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney and Darwin. Combat Engineers in the Reserves are employed in Combat Engineer Regiments and Field Squadrons in most large towns and cities in Australia.

Pay

This particular job is classified as a Pay Group 3 occupation.

Trade Progression

Combat Engineer (Cbt Engr) is the primary, single entry ECN for RAE. RAE OR's must qualify as a minmum Cbt Engr. Cbt Engr is used as a basis for a number of other trade or specialist branches. These are detailed in the Branch Trades .

Civil Accreditation

On completion of the IET course a Combat Engineer is awarded a Certificate III in Civil Construction. This category's courses meet the requirements for both civilian and military authorities and will make you eligible for:

• Certificate III in Civil Construction (Road Construction and Maintenance) BCC30298 is granted to personnel on being assessed as competent as a Sapper.
• Certificate IV in Construction Site Supervision is granted to personnel on being assessed as competent as an ARA Corporal.
• Diploma of Construction Management is granted to personnel on being assessed as competent as an ARA Sergeant.
• Advanced Diploma of Construction Management is granted to personnel on being assessed as competent as an ARA Warrant Officer.

Further Information

Royal Australian Engineers - ARMY