Electrician's Mate (abbreviated as EM) is a
United States Navy
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and
United States Coast Guard
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occupational
rating
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. The Electrician's Mate's
NOS is B210.
History
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.
Duties
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
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power g ...
,
generators,
voltage
Voltage, also known as electric pressure, electric tension, or (electric) potential difference, is the difference in electric potential between two points. In a static electric field, it corresponds to the work needed per unit of charge to ...
and frequency regulators, controllers, distribution switchboards and other electrical equipment; test for
short circuit
A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or very low electrical impedance. This results in an excessive current flowing through the circui ...
s, ground or other casualties; and rebuild electrical equipment, including
solid state circuitry elements, in an electrical shop.
Requirements
A pre-qualified and selected group of Electrician's Mates attend the
Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
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and then are employed onboard nuclear-powered ships and submarines to maintain the control of electrical systems and subsystems for nuclear reactors.
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.
The Nuclear Electrician's Mate (EMN) "A" school is located in
Goose Creek, South Carolina
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. 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.
The
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
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minimum scores required for the conventional EM rating must be 50 and are the sum of:
[ ]
:Sum of word knowledge and paragraph comprehension
:Arithmetic reasoning
:Mathematics knowledge
:Mechanical comprehension
See also
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List of United States Coast Guard ratings
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*
List of United States Navy ratings
References
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https://web.archive.org/web/20110722214824/https://www.cool.navy.mil/enlisted/rating_info_cards/em.pdf
United States Navy ratings
United States Coast Guard job titles
Electrical trades
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