Electrician's Mate
Encyclopedia
Electrician's Mate is a United States Navy
and United States Coast Guard
occupational rating
.
Electrician
's Mates (EM) 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 circuit
s, ground or other casualties; and rebuild electrical equipment, including solid state
circuitry elements, in an electrical shop.
A subset of Electrician's Mates go through the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
and are employed onboard nuclear powered ships and submarines to maintain the control subsystems in nuclear reactors.
The ASVAB
minimum scores required for the EM rating must be 209 and are the sum of: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/em.htm
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
and United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
occupational rating
Naval rating
A Naval Rating is an enlisted member of a country's Navy, subordinate to Warrant Officers and Officers hence not conferred by commission or warrant...
.
Electrician
Electrician
An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. Electricians may also...
's Mates (EM) stand watch on generators
Electrical generator
In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge to flow through an external electrical circuit. It is analogous to a water pump, which causes water to flow...
, switchboards
Electric switchboard
An electric switchboard is a device that directs electricity from one source to another. It is an assembly of panels, each of which contains switches that allow electricity to be redirected. The U.S...
, control equipment and electrical equipment; operate and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on power and lighting circuits, electrical fixtures, motors
Electric motor
An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force...
, generators, voltage
Voltage regulator
A voltage regulator is an electrical regulator designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage level. A voltage regulator may be a simple "feed-forward" design or may include negative feedback control loops. It may use an electromechanical mechanism, or electronic components...
and frequency regulators, controllers, distribution switchboards and other electrical equipment; test for short circuit
Short circuit
A short circuit in an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path, often where essentially no electrical impedance is encountered....
s, ground or other casualties; and rebuild electrical equipment, including solid state
Solid state (electronics)
Solid-state electronics are those circuits or devices built entirely from solid materials and in which the electrons, or other charge carriers, are confined entirely within the solid material...
circuitry elements, in an electrical shop.
A subset of Electrician's Mates go through the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
Nuclear Power School
Nuclear Power School is a technical school operated by the U.S. Navy in Goose Creek, South Carolina to train enlisted sailors, officers, KAPL civilians and Bettis civilians for shipboard nuclear power plant operation and maintenance of surface ships and submarines in the U.S...
and are employed onboard nuclear powered ships and submarines to maintain the control subsystems in nuclear reactors.
The ASVAB
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States armed forces...
minimum scores required for the EM rating must be 209 and are the sum of: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/em.htm
- Sum of Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension (VE)
- Arithmetic Reasoning (AR)
- Mathematics Knowledge (MK)
- Mechanical Comprehension (MC)