Automotive Equipment
The term automotive equipment includes trailers and all self-propelled motor vehicles designed for highway or cross-country operations. Specifically included are buses, sedans, trucks, carryalls, station wagons, ambulances, refuelers, defuelers, truck trailers. It does not include bicycles, vehicles designed primarily for use on rails, construction equipment, materials handling equipment, amphibious vehicles, or vehicles (with or without armor) designed for active participation in combat.
Construction Equipment
The term “Construction Equipment” means all mechanical equipment used in the construction, alteration, or repair of buildings, bridges, roads, or other kinds of real property. It includes pile drivers, power shovels and cranes with special attachments, and similar equipment used exclusively in the construction and maintenance of public works. When used as a general term “Construction Equipment” includes mobile weight handling equipment and equipment such as man lifts not normally associated with the term construction equipment.
Materials Handling Equipment
The term “material handling equipment” means all self-propelled and conveyor equipment used in storage and materials handling operations in and around warehouses, shipyards, industrial plants, airfields, magazines, depots, docks, terminals, and on-board ships. Included are warehouse tractors, forklift trucks, rough terrain forklift trucks, pallet trucks, conveyors and conveyor systems, and straddle carrying trucks. The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) has cognizance over MHE.
Weight Handling Equipment
The term “weight handling equipment” includes mobile or transportable truck, crawler and railway mounted locomotive cranes normally used for lifting, moving, and placing heavy material or equipment. The term also includes captive cranes of the gantry/portal and hammerhead type which are not included in the CESE program.
Civil Engineer End Item (CEEI)
Some examples of CEEl include, but are not limited to: Refrigerated Containers, Shower Bath Units, Water Purification Units and SIXCON Pump Units.
Who is responsible for first echelon maintenance?
COMFIRSTNCDINST 11200.2 Naval Construction Force Equipment Management
What is included in first echelon (operator) maintenance?
Each operator is required to perform work needed to maintain his or her vehicle in a clean, safe, and serviceable condition. Operator maintenance includes the daily inspections before, during, and after operation. It also includes periodic lubrication and adjustments. These requirements are completed utilizing the pertinent MRC.
Explain the importance of first echelon (operator) maintenance.
Operator maintenance is performed to ensure early detection of deficiencies.
What is included in operator checks?
The operator must identify items needing attention: smell (burning rubber, grease or clutches), hearing (unusual noises), sight (instruments), and feeling (drag, pull, and vibration). Tires should be periodically inspected for flats, and rocks between duals, for example. During operation, lubrication is the responsibility of the operator.
What is NAVFAC form 9-11240 / 13?
Operator’s Inspection Guide and Trouble Report also called a “hard card”
When should NAVFAC form 9-11240 / 13 be completed?
During the pre-start inspection prior to issuing the vehicle trip ticket (DD Form 1970).
What is DD Form 1970?
Motor Vehicle Utilization Record also called a “Trip Ticket”
When is DD Form 1970 issued?
After the pre-start inspection and hard card (NAVFAC Form 11240 / 13) have been completed.
What information is required on the DD Form 1970?
- Date
- Type of vehicle
- Registration number/USN number
- Organization
- Fuel and oil, when obtained from facilities other than parent command (record in the “remarks” column)
- Operator’s name and signature
- Dispatcher’s name and signature
- Odometer or hour meter reading “out” and “in”
- Such other information as required by command or local regulations
What are the three categories of maintenance?
- Organization Maintenance
- Corrective Maintenance
- Depot Maintenance
What should be the average Equipment-to-Mechanic Ratio?
5 pieces of equipment to one mechanic (5 to 1)
Describe Organizational Maintenance.
Organizational maintenance consists of proper equipment operation, safety and serviceability inspections, lubrication, minor adjustments and services in accordance with the MRC. Organizational maintenance is divided into operator and preventive maintenance.
Explain the purpose of operator maintenance.
Operator maintenance is performed to ensure early detection of deficiencies.
Explain the purpose of planned maintenance.
Planned maintenance (PMS) is that maintenance which is scheduled for the purpose of maximizing equipment availability and to minimize repair costs.
Describe Corrective Maintenance.
Corrective maintenance is that maintenance which is the responsibility of, and performed in, any designated maintenance shop. The extent of corrective maintenance encompasses the removal, replacement, repair, alteration, calibration, modification, and the rebuild and overhaul of individual assemblies, subassemblies and components.
Describe Depot Maintenance.
Depot maintenance is that maintenance performed on equipment that requires major overhaul or comprehensive restoration to a degree necessary to restore the entire unit to a like-new condition.
What is included in an NCF Mishap ‘Crash’ package?
- Standard Form 91 2. DD 518 3. Detailed instructions on what to do in case of an accident, to include: a) Steps to take at an accident scene b) List of battalion and local emergency services phone numbers c) Local information (Translation documents) d) Instructions on how to fill out the SF91 and DD518 e) Maps and or route instructions (as applicable) f) Procedures for HAZMAT spills.
What is Standard Form 91(SF-91)?
Motor Vehicle Accident Report.
What is DD Form 518?
Accident Identification Card.
