General Info:
Builders make up a large segment of the Navy's Construction Force. They work as carpenters, plasterers, roofers, concrete finishers, masons, painters, bricklayers or cabinet makers. This is a five-year enlistment program.
What They Do:
The duties performed by BUs include: building and repairing wood, masonry and concrete structures; doing interior finish work, including installing sheetrock, paneling or ceramic tile walls and installing ceiling and floor tile, millwork and trim; operating carpentry and cabinet-making shops; building forms for concrete construction; mixing, placing and finishing concrete; operating concrete batch plants, portable concrete mixers and vibrators; building wharves, bridges and other heavy timber structures; interpreting blueprints and preparing sketches for construction work; making estimates of materials and labor required.
Detailed List of Required Duties
AR+MC+AS=145
Other Requirements:
Must have normal hearing. 60 month obligation.
Notes: Normal hearing required. Frequencies: 3000hz 4000hz 5000hz 6000hz Average hearing threshold level in these four frequencies must be less than 30db, with no level greater than 45db in any one frequency. If hearing level exceeds these limits, the applicant is enlistment ineligible for the rating.
Technical Training Information:
Enlistees are taught the fundamentals of this rating through formal Navy schooling. Advanced technical and operational training is available in this rating during later stages of career development.
Gulfport, MS -- 75 calendar days
Basic skills and theories required in particular trade and basic combat skills Group instruction After completion of "A" school, people in this rating can expect assignment to a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) in Port Hueneme, CA or Gulfport, MS, or to an Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) in San Diego, CA or Little Creek, VA. NMCBs operate on a rotating basis averaging seven months in home port and seven months deployed to overseas locations such as Spain, Okinawa, Puerto Rico or Guam. Seabees receive additional specialized combat and construction skills training during home port duty. Seabees construct buildings, roadways, utility systems and other shore facilities to support the Navy and Marine Corps operational forces.
Working Environment:
BUs may work under a variety of conditions, independently or as members of a large team. Their many different duties may be performed in climates that range from tropical to arctic.
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