Several principal offices coordinate their efforts to
establish a cost-effective plan for the cycle of new
developments. Included are the offices of the Chief of
Naval Operations; Commandant of the Marine Corps;
Systems Commanders; Chief of Naval Personnel; and
Commander, Naval Reserve Force. These offices
closely coordinate their efforts to develop, carry out, and
maintain training programs while the y develop, procure,
modernize, or alter operational equipment.
MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
You should effectively manage your manpower
resources. To do that, ensure the number of billets and
positions assigned on your activity’s Manpower
Authorization are the minimum requirements needed to
support your mission, functions, and tasks. Also,
identify, via the chain of command, all billets and
positions in excess of those required. Review all your
authorized billets and positions at least annually to
ensure your manpower requirements are properly stated
and are within CNO policy constraints.
You may decide to request an increase in your
manpower resources because of a change in tasks or an
increased workload. Before requesting an increase for
such reasons, analyze all of your manpower
requirements and the billets and positions authorized. To
the extent possible, meet increased requirements by
reassigning the people you have. Submit requests for
manpower authorization changes in advance of the
requested effective date of the change. Allow adequate
time for review by the various levels in the chain of
command. Because of fiscal constraints, rotational
patterns, training, and deployment schedules, you may
be unable to man newly authorized billets in less than 5
to 9 months.
NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION
STRUCTURE/SYSTEM
The Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) structure
identifies special knowledge and skill levels. NECs
consist of a four-digit numeric code, sometimes
preceded by a letter designation (e.g., 0878, DG-9730,
YN-2500).
The use of codes for these skills helps the Bureau of
Naval Personnel (BUPERS) and individual commands
track manning levels of specially trained personnel An
NEC usually indicates personnel have graduated from a
special Navy school that teaches a specific skill. They
may have learned an operational skill (e.g., gram analyst
for sonar technicians) or a maintenance skill (e.g.,
maintenance of LM-2500 gas turbine engines).
However, an NEC can also indicate that personnel have
gained a skill through on-the-job training.
Types of NECs
The Navy uses three types of NECs: entry, rating,
and special series. The following is a description of each
type:
1. Entry series NECs–These NECs consist of
rating conversion and occupational area-defense
grouping NECs. They only apply in the training
pipeline.
Rating conversion: This type of NEC
identifies the skills or aptitude of personnel in training
for another rate, such as the following:
Boatswains Mate Basic
BM-0199
Yeoman Basic
YN-2599
Machinist Mate
MM-4299
Occupational area defense grouping: This
type of NEC relates to groups of entry ratings for which
an identified requirement exists in multiple services.
Occupational NECs are numbered from 9700 to 9780,
and each area is identified by its third digit:
DG-9700 Infantry gun
BM, QM
crews, Seamanship
Specialist
DG-9710 Equipment
ST, FC, MT, ET,
Specialist Repairman
DS, AX, AT, AQ
2. Rating series NECs–These NECs relate to
specific ratings and are used to identify billet
requirements or skills not sufficiently identified by the
rating alone. The Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS)
uses rating series NEC designations to allot specially
trained personnel to the commands that need them. The
following is an example:
Personnel in the Gunner’s Mate rating have
basic knowledge and maintenance skills in the
area of guns, small arms, and ammunition. A
Gunner’s Mate needs special training to
perform preventive maintenance on a particular
gun system such as the 76-mm Otto Melara.
After receiving special training on the 76-mm
Otto Melara gun system, a Gunner’s Mate
would receive the NEC 0878.
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