Gas Turbine Systems Technician

The duties performed by GSMs include:

•maintaining and repairing gas turbine engines and auxiliary equipment;
•working with blueprints, schematics and charts;
•performing administrative procedures related to gas turbine propulsion system operation and maintenance;
• performing work area inspections;
• testing lubricating oil and distillate fuels for contamination, neutralization and precipitation;
•operating standard test equipment;
•stopping engines and checking proper performance;
•replacing and adjusting operating tolerance of contacts, microswitches, relay switches, pressure switches and temperature switches;
•operating electric plant control and main propulsion equipment;
•operating pumps, turning gear, air compressors, oil purification system, low pressure air dehydrators and engineering control systems;
•performing preventive maintenance on ship's fuel system and air system;
•maintaining sea water service system, waste drain system, oil purification system and manually operated valves;
•using hoisting and lifting devices and maintaining special tools.
•maintaining and operating ship's service gas turbine generators and support systems;
•maintaining and controlling ship's service steam water chemistry;
•maintaining the controllable pitch propeller system.

Qualifications and Interests
Personnel in this rating must have mechanical ability, manual dexterity and normal color perception. They should also have experience working with machines and have taken some courses in physics.

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