Army General DraftsmanEnlisted

81A MOS

Job Detail

Draws variety of general drafting details such as diagrams, graphs, charts, and assists personnel engaged in cartographic, art and drafting model making and related activities.

Must be able to perform the duties of Cartographic Draftsman, 81C40; serves as Topographic Operations Sergeant; plans, coordinates and supervises activities pertaining to organization, training, and tactical and technical operations of unit to which assigned; employs directives, manuals and regulations to locate specific policies and procedures; serves as First Sergeant of a company; interprets and supervises execution of company policy and SOP; assists in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities that support the company mission; advises company commander on all matters concerning enlisted personnel, to include assignments, reassignments, transfers, promotions, granting of passes and leave, punishments, welfare, privileges, and awards; directs and coordinates company administration; forms unit for drill, ceremonies, and other military formations; receives report of personnel present and absent, and reports number of unauthorized absences; holds NCO call to disseminate instructions and information to subordinate enlisted supervisors; coordinates operation of company food service and supply activities; assists company commander in accomplishing unit training; assists in inspection of organizational activities as prescribed by commander, observes discrepancies, and initiates appropriate corrective action; at 00Z, must be able to perform the duties of at least one MOS at skill level 5; advises commander and staff on matters pertinent to troop welfare and morale in terms of assignment, reassignment, utilization, promotion, privileges, discipline, training, operations, and logistics; accompanies commander on inspections, visits, and at ceremonies; assists in inspection of command activities, facilities, and personnel as prescribed by commander; holds First Sergeants' or Sergeants' Major call to disseminate information and instruction; insures that newly assigned enlisted personnel are instructed in military courtesy, customs of the service, and in command regulations or policies; provides counsel and guidance to noncommissioned officers and other enlisted personnel of the command; inspects duties performed by subordinate noncommissioned officers; makes notes of observed discrepancies and initiates appropriate corrective action in name of commander; assists in reception of visitors to the command; sits as member of command promotion board for senior noncommissioned officers, where authorized by pertinent regulations; performs those additional duties prescribed by the commander.

Draws general drafting details; copies or traces drawings, charts, posters and other art or drafting work as directed with pen, ink, pencil or crayon and such equipment as mimeoscope, T-squares, protractors, triangles, dividers and rules; studies work orders, sketches, notes, models, schematic drawings, elementary blueprints, photographs, charts and graphs, and lays out various details to scale; prepares graphic sections of organizational charts, statistical reports, and visual training aids; letters material by freehand or mechanical means with letter templates; compiles and enters information, such as dimensions, specifications, and legends on appropriate section of drawings; assists map compilers and model makers; employs stereoscope in reading aerial maps; employs conventional symbols, shading and profiles to represent mechanical parts, electrical circuits, materials, and features of terrain; receives, tallies, cleans, services, stores, and issues supplies and equipment; sorts and packages maps; draws or scribes cultural, topographic, hydrographic, or other features on drawings, transparent overlays, and scribing surfaces for reproduction of maps; inks manuscripts received from map compilers; draws and scribes straight and curved lines with precision and close line weight tolerance, using drafting and scribing instruments; applies knowledge of terrain representations and approved conventional map signs and symbols; considers quality of work required for photolithographic reproduction in developing maps; traces, draws or scribes color separation line drawings of multicolored maps; prepares type lists and stickup names, overlays and other marginal information for map sheets; applies opaque or transparent stickup to complete map for reproduction; prepares grid drawings for tint guides and screening; prepares grid drawings for mosaics and topographic maps; employs meter bar to measure distances accurately to 0.005 inch; utilizes stereoscope and reads aerial photographs and military maps; cleans and adjusts drafting and scribing instruments.

Must be able to perform the duties of Cartographic Draftsman, 81C20; supervises cartographic drafting activities; determines priority of work; estimates time necessary to complete assignments; assigns tasks, routes work, orients personnel, and corrects faulty drafting and scribing techniques; edits map and color separation drawings to determine conformation to specifications; supervises training of personnel and administration of mapping projects; solves unusual problems in mapmaking; explains and demonstrates cartographic drafting; assists officers in command and staff sections in continuous appraisal of cartographic operations and training situations; collects, prepares and distributes material and data on cartographic operations and training; must be able to perform the duties of Cartographic Draftsman, 81C40; serves as Topographic Operations Sergeant; plans, coordinates and supervises activities pertaining to organization, training, and tactical and technical operations of unit to which assigned; employs directives, manuals and regulations to locate specific policies and procedures; serves as First Sergeant of a company; interprets and supervises execution of company policy and SOP; assists in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities that support the company mission; advises company commander on all matters concerning enlisted personnel, to include assignments, reassignments, transfers, promotions, granting of passes and leave, punishments, welfare, privileges, and awards; directs and coordinates company administration; forms unit for drill, ceremonies, and other military formations; receives report of personnel present and absent, and reports number of unauthorized absences; holds NCO call to disseminate instructions and information to subordinate enlisted supervisors; coordinates operation of company food service and supply activities; assists company commander in accomplishing unit training; assists in inspection of organizational activities as prescribed by commander, observes discrepancies, and initiates appropriate corrective action.

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