91L Construction Vehicle Repairer

About the role

Join the Army National Guard as a Construction Vehicle Repairer and maintain heavy machinery essential for construction operations, including trucks, bulldozers, power shovels, and other equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and replace brake actuators, batteries, starter motors, alternators, mechanical fuel pumps, and hydraulic cylinders.
• Adjust engine speed governors/valves, carburetors, dry-disc clutches, steering brakes, and fuel injector racks.
• Charge suspension accumulators, transmission shift accumulators, and main hydraulic accumulators.
• Troubleshoot problems in vehicle engines, electrical systems, steering, brakes, and suspensions.
• Tune up and repair engines.
• Replace or repair damaged body parts, hydraulic arms, shovels, and grader blades.
• Establish and follow maintenance schedules.
• Service drive shafts, universal joints, service brake shoes, water pumps, and turbochargers.
• Maintain and replace cylinder heads, high-pressure fuel injection pumps, and road wheels.

Skills You’ll Learn

• Repair and replace body panels, fenders, and radiators.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic systems.

Helpful Skills

• Interest in math, electricity, and shop mechanics.
• Interest in electric motors and appliances.

Civilian Career Opportunities

Through your training, you will develop skills applicable to civilian careers at:

• Service stations
• Auto and construction equipment dealers
• Farm equipment companies
• State highway agencies

Potential future roles include:

• Garage mechanic
• Carburetor mechanic
• Transmission mechanic
• Construction equipment mechanic
• Endless track vehicle mechanic

Training

Earn while you learn with paid training in the Army National Guard. Training includes:

• 10 weeks of Basic Training (learning basic Soldiering skills).
• 8 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (split between classroom and field training).

Benefits

• Paid training
• Monthly paycheck
• Montgomery GI Bill
• Federal and State tuition assistance
• Retirement benefits for part-time service
• Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
• 401(k)-type savings plan
• Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000 for existing loans)
• Health care benefits
• VA home loans
• Bonuses, if applicable

Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change.

Requirements

• Military enlistment in the Army National Guard.
• Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate.
• Must be between the ages of 17 and 35.
• Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards.
• Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details).

Programs and benefits are subject to change. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability.