Allow me a late post ... you may find alot of similarities
between what you will be doing in BEC in the mission tasking of a
similar formation in the US Army ...
US Army Field Manual FM 5-170: Engineer
Reconnaissance
MISSIONS
An engineer recon team's primary mission is collecting tactical and
technical information for the supported or parent unit. The team
must be able to perform this mission mounted or dismounted, during
the day or at night, and in various terrain conditions.
A tactical recon is conducted in a high-threat environment and is a
combined-arms effort to--
* Collect information about the enemy's location and obstacles and
the terrain within the AO.
* Conduct limited marking of obstacles, routes, and demolition
work.
* Conduct limited reduction of obstacles in conjunction with
maneuver units.
A technical recon is conducted in a low-threat environment. It may
or may not be a combined-arms effort to collect engineer-specific
technical data on a point or area target or route (see Chapter
5).
CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND
LIMITATIONS
An engineer recon team normally conducts operations as part of a
larger combined-arms force. This team has capabilities and
limitations that must be considered when they are employed.
General Organizational Characteristics
Characteristics of a typical recon team include the
following:
* The engineer recon team usually depends on both the parent and
supported unit for combat support (CS) and combat service support
(CSS).
* The scout platoon may perform a recon of two routes
simultaneously (for trafficability only) if the engineer recon team
is performing a recon with a HMMWV scout platoon.
* The engineer element will assist in reconning a zone 3 to 5
kilometers wide when working with a scout platoon during a zone
recon mission. Mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
(METT-T) conditions may increase or decrease the zone's size.
* The engineer recon team must train and rehearse in detail with
the unit it supports to ensure that all soldiers understand the
recon TTP.
Engineer Recon Team Capabilities
An engineer recon team has the following capabilities. It--
* Increases the supporting unit's recon capability concerning
complex mine and wire obstacle systems, enemy engineer activities,
and details of mobility along a route.
* Provides detailed technical information on any encountered
obstacle.
* Conducts an analysis of what assets will be needed to reduce any
encountered obstacle.
* Marks bypasses of obstacles based on guidance from the supported
commander. This guidance includes whether to mark bypasses and in
which direction the force should maneuver when bypassing an
obstacle.
* Assists in gathering basic enemy information.
* Provides detailed technical information on routes (including
classification) and specific information on any bridges, tunnels,
fords, and ferries along the route.
* Assists in acquiring enemy engineer equipment on the
battlefield.
* Assists in guiding the breach force to the obstacle to be
reduced.
Engineer Recon Team Limitations
An engineer recon team has the following limitations:
* Engineer battalions do not have personnel and equipment listed on
the table(s) of organization and equipment (TOE) and the modified
table(s) of organization and equipment (MTOE) dedicated to conduct
a recon (see Figures 1-1 through 1-5).
* The recon team has a limited ability to destroy or repel enemy
recon units and security forces.
* The distance the engineer recon team can operate away from the
main body is restricted to the range of communications, the range
of supporting indirect fires, and the ability to perform CSS
operations.
* The recon team has a limited communications capability. Based on
the radio configuration of the vehicle used during the recon and
whether the engineer recon team is working under a maneuver
element's control, dedicated monitoring of engineer nets may be
difficult. However, with the single-channel, ground-to-air radio
system (SINCGARS), the recon team should be able to scan critical
engineer nets or, at the very least, easily switch to the engineer
net to report obstacle intelligence (OBSTINTEL).
* The engineer recon team has very limited obstacle creation and
reduction ability. It normally carries only a light basic load of
demolitions, according to the unit's SOP. Obstacle reduction is
normally limited to manually reducing obstacles not covered by
enemy fires and observation.
Just think of it as the job you used to do but with a more
technical slant to it. 
