The Navy Electrician rating was established in 1883, then promptly disestablished in 1884, only to be re-established as a Navy rating in 1898. The Electrician rating changed to its current name, Electrician's Mate, in 1921.[1]
Dutiesedit
Electrician's Mates stand watch on generators, switchboards, control equipment and electrical equipment; operate and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on power and lighting circuits, electrical fixtures, motors, generators, voltage and frequency regulators, controllers, distribution switchboards and other electrical equipment; test for short circuits, ground or other casualties; and rebuild electrical equipment, including solid state circuitry elements, in an electrical shop.[2]
Requirementsedit
Electrician's Mate class "A" school is approximately 18 weeks long, and the school is located in Great Lakes, Illinois. The EM rating requires a 5-year minimum enlistment contract.[1]
Select recruits, upon arriving to Recruit Training Command, are able to choose from one of three nuclear power rates, one of which is Electrican's Mate, Nuclear Power (EMN). After boot camp, they attend the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command and are then are employed onboard nuclear-powered ships and submarines to maintain the control of electrical systems and subsystems for nuclear reactors.
Electrician's Mate, Nuclear Power, 3rd Class Eric Anderson rewiring the coils of a motor
The Nuclear Electrician's Mate (EMN) "A" school is located in Goose Creek, South Carolina. This training is 6 months long, and is followed by an additional 6-month "Power" school, then 6 months of "Prototype" operational reactor time continued in Goose Creek or in Ballston Spa, New York. The EMN rating requires a minimum 6-year enlistment contract.[3]
electrician, mate, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2015, learn, when, remove, this, template, . This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Electrician s Mate news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Electrician s Mate abbreviated as EM is a United States Navy and United States Coast Guard occupational rating The Electrician s Mate s NOS is B210 1 Electrician s MateRating insigniaIssued byUnited States NavyTypeEnlisted ratingAbbreviationEMSpecialtyEngineeringAn Electrician s Mate operating a 115 volt breaker Contents 1 History 2 Duties 3 Requirements 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editThe Navy Electrician rating was established in 1883 then promptly disestablished in 1884 only to be re established as a Navy rating in 1898 The Electrician rating changed to its current name Electrician s Mate in 1921 1 Duties editElectrician s Mates stand watch on generators switchboards control equipment and electrical equipment operate and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on power and lighting circuits electrical fixtures motors generators voltage and frequency regulators controllers distribution switchboards and other electrical equipment test for short circuits ground or other casualties and rebuild electrical equipment including solid state circuitry elements in an electrical shop 2 Requirements editElectrician s Mate class A school is approximately 18 weeks long and the school is located in Great Lakes Illinois The EM rating requires a 5 year minimum enlistment contract 1 Select recruits upon arriving to Recruit Training Command are able to choose from one of three nuclear power rates one of which is Electrican s Mate Nuclear Power EMN After boot camp they attend the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command and are then are employed onboard nuclear powered ships and submarines to maintain the control of electrical systems and subsystems for nuclear reactors nbsp Electrician s Mate Nuclear Power 3rd Class Eric Anderson rewiring the coils of a motorThe Nuclear Electrician s Mate EMN A school is located in Goose Creek South Carolina This training is 6 months long and is followed by an additional 6 month Power school then 6 months of Prototype operational reactor time continued in Goose Creek or in Ballston Spa New York The EMN rating requires a minimum 6 year enlistment contract 3 The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery ASVAB overall score must be 50 with an addtional requirement of a minimum value based on the sum of the following topics 4 Word Knowledge Paragraph Comprehension Arithmetic Reasoning Mathematics Knowledge Mechanical ComprehensionThe ASVAB minimum scores for any nuclear rate including EMN are based on the sum of the line scores from the following topics on the ASVAB 3 Verbal Arithmetic Reasoning Mathematics Knowledge Mechanical Comprehension Electronics Information General ScienceDepending on score an additional test called the Navy Advanced Programs Test NAPT may be required 3 See also editList of United States Coast Guard ratings List of United States Navy ratingsReferences edit a b c Navy Electrician s Mate Navy Cyberspace United States Navy Navy enlisted manpower and personnel classifications Bureau of Naval Personnel US Navy Archived from the original on 2008 04 10 Retrieved 2007 01 11 a b c Nuclear Ratings www mynavyhr navy mil Retrieved 2024 03 29 Electricians Mate EM usmilitary about com Archived from the original on 2006 04 21 Generalhttps web archive org web 20110722214824 https www cool navy mil enlisted rating info cards em pdf nbsp This United States Navy article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electrician 27s Mate amp oldid 1216249889, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
