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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This rate training manual is designed to enable
the SH2 and SH1 to meet the occupational stand-
ards for advancement to First Class Ship’s Ser-
viceman and Chief Ship’s Serviceman. For
detailed information about military requirements
for advancement, final multiples, and training
sources and publications, consult Military Re-
quirements for Petty Officer Third Class through
Chief Petty Officer and Basic Military
Requirements.
This chapter provides information on the in-
creased rewards and responsibilities of advance-
ment and the different career opportunities that
are available to you. It is recommended that you
study this chapter carefully before you begin to
study the remainder of this rate training manual.
THE SHIP’S SERVICEMAN RATING
In the Navywide enlisted rating structure, ser-
vice ratings are provided to meet the need for
technical specialization in some ratings but not
in others. The Ship’s Serviceman rating is a
general rating, with areas of specialization iden-
tified by Navy enlisted classification (NEC) codes.
These specialties include Barber, Navy Exchange
Manager, Afloat Sales and Service Specialist,
Commissary Store Manager, Laundry/Dry
Cleaning Specialist, and Navy Exchange/Com-
missary Store Specialist. Refer to the current edi-
tion of the Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower
and Personnel Classifications and Occupational
Standards, section II, NAVPERS 18068, for
descriptions of the NEC codes applicable to the
Ship’s Serviceman rating.
Because of the nature of the Ship’s Serviceman
rating, senior Ship’s Servicemen are assigned to
a variety of activities. As a senior SH, you may
be assigned to a regular sea billet where you may
be placed in supervision over the ship’s retail and
service activities. Or, you may be assigned as a
supervisor of civilian or military employees in a
Navy exchange or commissary store. You may
also be eligible for training at an instructor school,
after which you may be sent to instruct in the SH
class A school or in one of the SH class C schools.
Or, you may be assigned as a recruit instructor
or a company commander at one of the recruit
training commands.
Other duty assignments that may be available
to you include those in the Naval Education and
Training Program Development Center, Pen-
sacola, Florida, where the Navywide advancement
examinations are prepared and scored and where
rate training manuals, correspondence courses,
and other training materials are developed and
prepared,
In addition to the special skills and knowledge
you should possess for the Ship’s Serviceman
rating, you must also develop your ability as a
leader. You will find that your responsibilities for
military leadership are about the same as those
of petty officers in other ratings, since every petty
officer is a military person as well as a specialist.
Your responsibilities for leadership in the supply
department are considerable, especially on small
ships. The ship’s store records, for example, are
all-important records and it is your responsibility
to see that they are accurately maintained. Only
people who are highly competent and have a deep
sense of personal responsibility can develop
leadership qualities needed to do their jobs well.
The ability to lead is most apparent in supervi-
sion, although it manifests itself in more subtle
ways in everything you do. Certain practical
details that relate to your responsibilities for
supervision are discussed in chapter 3 of this
manual.
REWARDS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF ADVANCEMENT
Advancement brings both increased rewards
and increased responsibilities. The time to start
looking ahead and considering the rewards and
the responsibilities of advancement is now. Your
responsibilities will be many and varied. By this
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