QUARTERMASTER (QM)
Note: Below are listed responsibilities for grades E-4 (3) and E-7 (c) for this job. Paygrades E-1 through E-3 assist in these tasks
QM3
A. NAVIGATION
A4.001 SET UP ALIDADE AND AZIMUTH CIRCLE
A4.002 SET UP PARALLEL MOTION PROTRACTOR FOR
GYROCOMPASS OPERATION
A4.003 DETERMINE MAGNETIC AND GYROCOMPASS ERROR
A4.004 OBTAIN DATA AND MAKE APPROPRIATE ENTRIES IN THE
MAGNETIC COMPASS RECORD BOOK
A4.005 COMPUTE SHIP'S COURSE AND SPEED MADE GOOD, SET
AND DRIFT, ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL, AND
RECOMMEND BEST COURSE AND SPEED
A4.006 COMPUTE FOUR-HOUR PIM POSITIONS
A4.007 DETERMINE SHIP'S POSITION RELATIVE TO PIM
(ACTUAL TIME AHEAD OR BEHIND)
A4.008 COMPUTE DISTANCE TO NEXT TURN POINT AND
DISTANCE REMAINING TO DESTINATION RELATIVE TO
PIM
A4.009 PROVIDE NAVIGATION DATA FOR POSITION REPORTS
A4.010 DETERMINE AND MARK SHOAL WATER ON NAUTICAL
CHARTS
B. ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION
B4.001 DETERMINE AND PLOT SHIP'S POSITION USING RADAR,
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS), LORAN C AND
FATHOMETER
B4.002 ANNOTATE FATHOMETER ECHOGRAMS AND RECORD
SOUNDINGS
B4.003 OBTAIN LORAN LINES OF POSITION
B4.004 PLOT SHIP'S INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (SINS)
PERFORMANCE DATA
B4.005 INTERPRET SINS DISPLAY DATA
C. CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
C4.001 RECORD TIMES FOR CELESTIAL OBSERVATIONS
C4.002 COMPUTE TIME OF LOCAL APPARENT NOON (LAN)
C4.003 COMPUTE AND RECORD THE TIMES OF SUNRISE,
SUNSET, MOONRISE, MOONSET, MORNING AND EVENING
TWILIGHT, AND MORNING AND EVENING STAR TIME
C4.004 COMPUTE ZONE TIME (ZT)
C4.005 CONVERT ZT TO UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME (UCT),
UCT TO ZT, ZT TO LOCAL MEAN TIME (LMT), UCT TO
LMT, LMT TO UCT, LMT TO ZT
C4.006 IDENTIFY TIME ZONES AND STANDARD MERIDIANS
C4.007 CONVERT ARC TO TIME AND TIME TO ARC
C4.008 OBTAIN CELESTIAL DATA FROM THE NAUTICAL AND
AIR ALMANAC
C4.009 COMPUTE ENTERING ARGUMENTS FOR SIGHT REDUCTION
TABLES FOR MARINE NAVIGATION
D. COASTAL NAVIGATION
D4.001 OBTAIN VISUAL BEARINGS USING AN ALIDADE OR
AZIMUTH CIRCLE
D4.002 DETERMINE AND PLOT SHIP'S POSITION USING VISUAL
BEARING TO THREE OR MORE OBJECTS
D4.003 COMPUTE AND GRAPH TIDE AND CURRENT DATA
E. TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION
E4.001 MAINTAIN SHIP'S DECK LOG
E4.002 INVENTORY, ORDER, STOW, MAINTAIN, AND MAKE
CHANGES TO NAUTICAL CHARTS
E4.003 PREPARE AND MAINTAIN CHART CORRECTION CARDS
E4.004 INVENTORY, ORDER, MAINTAIN, AND MAKE CHANGES TO
NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS
E4.005 PREPARE SHIP'S POSITION REPORTS
E4.006 PREPARE SYNOPTIC OBSERVATION MESSAGES
E4.007 PREPARE OCEANOGRAPHIC REPORTS FOR SHIPMENT
F. GENERAL WATCHSTANDING
F4.001 INTERPRET FOREIGN CHART INFORMATION USING
SAILING DIRECTIONS AND LOCAL PORT DIRECTIVES
F4.002 PREPARE INPUTS FOR AND REVIEW COMMANDING
OFFICER'S (CO'S) NIGHT ORDERS
F4.003 OBTAIN RADIO TIME TICKS
F4.004 COMPARE CHRONOMETERS, RECORD DATA IN THE
TIMEPIECE RATE BOOK AND MAKE CHRONOMETER
REPORTS
F4.005 COMPUTE SUCCESSIVE AND AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF
CHRONOMETER ERROR
F4.006 COMPUTE PREDICTED CHRONOMETER ERROR
F4.007 DETERMINE AND APPLY VARIATION FROM NAUTICAL
CHARTS
F4.008 COMPARE GYROCOMPASS AND MAGNETIC COMPASS AND
RECORD ERRORS AND HEADINGS IN THE MAGNETIC
COMPASS LOG
F4.009 CONVERT BETWEEN RELATIVE BEARINGS AND TRUE
BEARINGS
F4.010 CONVERT MAGNETIC BEARINGS TO TRUE BEARINGS
F4.011 MAINTAIN STANDARD BEARING BOOK DURING MAGNETIC
PILOTING
F4.012 RECORD DATA IN THE STANDARD BEARING BOOK
F4.013 SIGHT AND REPORT VISUAL CONTACTS TO THE OFFICER
OF THE DECK
F4.014 DRESS AND FULL DRESS SHIP
F4.015 RENDER HONORS AND CEREMONIES
F4.016 CONDUCT MORNING AND EVENING COLORS
F4.017 OBSERVE SUNRISE AND SUNSET
F4.018 IDENTIFY SIGNAL FLAGS AND PENNANT DISPLAYS
F4.019 IDENTIFY NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK
DISPLAYS
F4.020 IDENTIFY MERCHANT FLAGS OF PRINCIPAL MARITIME
AND NAVAL POWERS
F4.021 IDENTIFY REDUCED VISIBILITY SIGNALS AND STORM
WARNING SIGNALS
F4.022 IDENTIFY INTERNATIONAL FLAG DISTRESS SIGNALS
F4.023 IDENTIFY BUOY TYPES AND SYSTEMS
F4.024 IDENTIFY NAVIGATIONAL DAY SHAPES
F4.025 IDENTIFY NAVIGATIONAL LIGHT DISPLAYS
F4.026 IDENTIFY NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS CONTAINED IN
NAVAREAS, HYDROLANTS, AND HYDROPACS
F4.027 IDENTIFY RANGE AND DAY MARKERS
F4.028 INTERPRET BELL, GONG, AND WHISTLE SIGNALS
F4.029 SOUND DANGER SIGNALS
F4.030 SOUND SHIP'S BELL, GONG, AND WHISTLE
F4.031 RIG NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS FOR A SHIP UNDERWAY, AT
ANCHOR, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, AND EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS
F4.032 VERIFY NAVIGATIONAL LIGHT PHASE DISTINCTIONS
F4.033 RIG SHIP'S AIRCRAFT WARNING LIGHTS
F4.034 COMPUTE THE VISIBILITY OF LIGHTS
F4.035 PREPARE SHIP'S BRIDGE FOR GETTING UNDERWAY AND
ENTERING PORT
G. COMMUNICATIONS
G4.001 MAINTAIN NAVIGATIONAL WARNING MESSAGES
H. WEATHER
H4.001 TAKE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READINGS
H4.002 TAKE WET AND DRY BULB TEMPERATURES
H4.003 DETERMINE DEW POINT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
H4.004 DETERMINE APPARENT, RELATIVE, TRUE, AND DESIRED
WIND
H4.005 INTERPRET SYNOPTIC WEATHER MESSAGES
H4.006 OBSERVE, RECORD, AND REPORT SEA SWELLS, SEA
WAVES HEIGHTS AND DIRECTIONS
H4.007 OBSERVE AND RECORD VARIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
H4.008 OBSERVE AND RECORD CELSIUS AND FAHRENHEIT
TEMPERATURES
H4.009 CONVERT BAROMETRIC STATION PRESSURE READINGS TO
SEA LEVEL PRESSURES
H4.010 CONVERT CELSIUS TEMPERATURES TO FAHRENHEIT
H4.011 CONVERT FAHRENHEIT TEMPERATURES TO CELSIUS
QM2
A. NAVIGATION
A5.001 DETERMINE MAGNETIC COMPASS ERROR USING VISUAL
BEARINGS AND VISUAL RANGES
A5.002 DETERMINE AND PLOT DANGER BEARINGS AND RANGES
A5.003 DETERMINE AND PLOT SLIDE BAR
A5.004 DETERMINE WORST CASE FIX CIRCLE USING THE FIX
EXPANSION METHOD
A5.005 DETERMINE MAGNETIC COMPASS ERROR USING
RECIPROCAL BEARINGS
A5.006 COMPUTE AND PLOT TURN BEARINGS
A5.007 COMPUTE PREDICTED RADAR LANDFALL
A5.008 COMPUTE ANGLE OF TURN, ADVANCE AND TRANSFER
A5.009 PREPARE PRECISION ANCHORING AND RESTRICTED
WATER TRACKS
A5.010 PLOT ADVANCE AND TRANSFER DATA
A5.011 PLOT SHIP'S COURSE USING GNOMONIC PROJECTIONS
A5.012 PLOT MAXIMUM DEVIATIONS FROM PROPOSED TRACK
A5.013 SET UP PMP FOR RELATIVE BEARING NAVIGATION
A5.014 LAY OUT NAVIGATIONAL TRACKS
A5.015 ANALYZE AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS TO
NAVIGATIONAL EXERCISES
A5.016 PREFORM PLOTTING FOR MAN OVERBOARD
C. CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
C5.001 OBTAIN CELESTIAL DATA WITH THE MARINE SEXTANT,
REDUCE SIGHTS, PLOT THE SHIP'S POSITION
OBTAINED BY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION METHODS
D. COASTAL NAVIGATION
D5.001 DETERMINE SHIP'S POSITION BY RELATIVE BEARINGS
D5.002 DETERMINE SHIP'S POSITION BY TWO OR MORE
BEARINGS TO A SINGLE POINT
D5.003 DETERMINE SHIP'S POSITION BY USING TWO
HORIZONTAL SEXTANT ANGLES BETWEEN THREE OBJECTS
D5.004 PREPARE CHARTS FOR PILOTING
D5.005 DETERMINE GYROCOMPASS ERROR BY A BEARING TO A
DISTANT OBJECT
E. TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION
E5.001 DETERMINE CHART ACCURACY
E5.002 PREPARE MOVEMENT REPORTS (MOVREPS)
F. GENERAL WATCHSTANDING
F5.001 MAKE FLAG AND PENNANT SIGNALS
F5.002 INFORM FORECASTLE OF TYPE OF BOTTOM, DEPTH OF
WATER AT ANCHORAGE, AND SCOPE OF CHAIN TO BE
USED FOR PRECISION ANCHORAGE
F5.003 COMPUTE SWING AND DRAG CIRCLE FOR PRECISION
ANCHORAGE
F5.004 PLOT SWING AND DRAG CIRCLES
QM1
A. NAVIGATION
A6.001 DETERMINE GREAT CIRCLE SAILING
A6.002 COORDINATE EXCHANGE OF INTER-SHIP NAVIGATION
DATA
A6.003 RECOMMEND A COURSE OF ACTION BASED ON
INTERNATIONAL RULES OF THE ROAD OR INLAND RULES
OF THE ROAD
A6.004 PREPARE COMPASS DEVIATION TABLES
A6.005 DETERMINE APPROPRIATE MANUAL SETTING FOR LOSS
OF GYRO
A6.006 CONDUCT MAGNETIC COMPASS SENSIBILITY TESTS
A6.007 SWING SHIP
E. TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION
E6.001 REVIEW SHIP'S DECK LOGS
E6.002 DETERMINE CHART ALLOWANCE
E6.003 DETERMINE NAUTICAL PUBLICATION ALLOWANCE
E6.004 EXTRACT NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION FROM OPERATION
ORDERS (OPORDS)
E6.005 PREPARE OPTIMUM SHIP ROUTING (OTSR) REQUEST
H. WEATHER
H6.001 PLOT THE LOCATIONS AND PROBABLE PATHS OF STORM
CENTERS (HURRICANES, TYPHOONS, ETC.)
QMC
G. COMMUNICATIONS
G7.001 ENCODE AND DECODE SIGNALS USING ALLIED TACTICAL
PUBLICATIONS (ATP)
H. WEATHER
H7.001 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STORM EVASION
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