Engineering Aide (EA)

Engineering aide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from 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, staking out 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 master chief petty officer level, engineering aide merges with the builder and steelworker ratings. At this level, they are referred to as a master chief constructionman (CUCM). References "Navy enlisted manpower and personnel classifications" . Bureau of Naval Personnel . US Navy . Retrieved 2007-01-11 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_Aide