Engineering aide

Engineering aide
Rating insignia
Issued by	United States Navy
Type	Enlisted rating
Abbreviation	EA
Specialty	Construction

Engineering aide (abbreviated as EA) is a United States Navy occupational rating.

Engineering aides plan, supervise and perform tasks required in construction surveying, construction drafting, planning and estimating and quality control; prepare progress reports, time records, construction schedules and material and labor estimates; establish/operate a basic quality control system for testing soils, concrete and bituminous materials; prepare, edit and reproduce construction drawings; make control surveys, performing such tasks as running and closing traverses, surveying for excavations and obtaining and converting field notes into topographic maps; maintain individual combat readiness and perform tasks required in combat and disaster preparedness or recovery operations.^[1]

The engineering aide's rating insignia shows a Philadelphia rod, and alludes to the rating's original job, which was conducting surveys.

At the

ratings. At this level, they are referred to as a senior chief constructionman (abbreviated CUCS).

At the master chief petty officer level, they merge with all other construction ratings as a master chief seabee (abbreviated as CBCM).

References

See also

• List of United States Navy ratings

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