Career profile Artillery Crew Member

Table of Contents

• What does an Artillery Crew Member do?
• What is a typical salary for an Artillery Crew Member?
• What personality traits are common among Artillery Crew Members?
  • Career Interests
  • Values
  • Psychological Demands
• What education and training do Artillery Crew Members need?
  • Typical educational degrees
  • Required knowledge and expertise
  • Important abilities
  • Critical skills

What does an Artillery Crew Member do?

Artillery Crew Members target, fire, and maintain weapons used to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels.

In addition, Artillery Crew Members

• field artillery crew members predominantly use guns, cannons, and howitzers in ground combat operations, while air defense artillery crew members predominantly use missiles and rockets,
• naval artillery crew members predominantly use torpedoes and missiles launched from a ship or submarine,
• duties include testing, inspecting, and storing ammunition, missiles, and torpedoes; conducting preventive and routine maintenance on weapons and related equipment; establishing and maintaining radio and wire communications; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

What is an Artillery Crew Member salary?

What personality traits are common among Artillery Crew Members?

Interests

Career interests describe a person's preferences for different types of working environments and activities. When a person's interest match the demands of an occupation, people are usually more engaged and satisfied in that role.

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Values

People differ in their values, or what is most important to them for building job satisfaction and fulfillment.

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Psychological Demands

Each occupation brings its own set of psychological demands, which describe the characteristics necessary to perform the job well.

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What education and training do Artillery Crew Members need?

Educational degrees among Artillery Crew Members

Knowledge and expertise required by Artillery Crew Members

Important Abilities needed by Artillery Crew Members

Artillery Crew Members must develop a particular set of abilities to perform their job well. Abilities are individual capacities that influence a person's information processing, sensory perception, motor coordination, and physical strength or endurance. Individuals may naturally have certain abilities without explicit training, but most abilities can be sharpened somewhat through practice.

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Critical Skills needed by Artillery Crew Members

Skills are developed capacities that enable people to function effectively in real-world settings. Unlike abilities, skills are typically easier to build through practice and experience. Skills influence effectiveness in areas such as learning, working with others, design, troubleshooting, and more.

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What is the source of this information?

The information provided on this page is adapted from data and descriptions published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration under the CC BY 4.0 license. TraitLab has modified some information for ease of use and reading, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

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