Observation Draftsman (1076) Enlisted Personnel

Operates a mechanical or improvised drafting board used in field artillery flash or sound plotting.
Lays out grid on plotting board according to scale and plots meter data such as the position of sound microphones or flash observation posts. Plots flash or sound locations as they are relayed from the flash switchboard operator or as they are read from the sound film.
Uses ordinary drafting tools, such as compass, protractor, dividers, triangles, plotting fan, scales, and slide rule.
Must be able to read maps and aerial photographs. Must be able to read oscillograph films. Should be able to perform field survey operations and compute survey problems such as azimuth and distance.

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