How do they match: Sailors and Marine Oilers

  • Chip and clean rust spots on decks, superstructures, or sides of ships, using wire brushes and hand or air chipping machines.
  • Examine machinery to verify specified pressures or lubricant flows.
  • Lubricate machinery, equipment, or engine parts, such as gears, shafts, or bearings.
  • Maintain a ship's engines under the direction of the ship's engineering officers.
  • Provide engineers with assistance in repairing or adjusting machinery.
  • Steer ships under the direction of commanders or navigating officers or direct helmsmen to steer, following designated courses.

  • Connect hoses to equipment or machinery.
  • Maintain watercraft engines or machinery.