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in your rating and more valuable as a person who can
supervise, lead, and train others.
In large measure, your contribution to the Navy
depends upon your willingness and ability to accept
increasing responsibilities as you advance in rate. When
you assumed the duties of a YN3, you began to accept
a certain amount of responsibility for the work of others.
With each advancement, you accept an increasing
responsibility in military matters and in matters relating
to the occupational requirements of the Yeoman rating.
PREPARING FOR NAVYWIDE
EXAMINATIONS
As a YN2 or YN1 trying to prepare yourself for
advancement, you should have established good study
habits by now to get the most out of your study time.
Some suggestions for preparing for advancement are
presented here as a reinforcement, but you will find you
will have to do a lot of research and studying. Once you
begin, work at it steadily. It is better to study often for
short periods than it is to study occasionally for long
periods. Summarize what you have read, restating the
information in your own words. Do not be afraid to ask
questions of the leading petty officer or chief petty
officer in your division. One of their primary duties is
to instruct the men and women under them, and they will
be pleased that you are interested enough to seek their
advice. To prepare for advancement, you will need to be
familiar with a number of documents and publications.
Some of these are the following:
The Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and
Personnel Classifications and Occupational
Standards, NAVPERS 18068F
The Personnel Advancement Requirements
(PARS) Certification
The Advancement Handbook for Petty Officers,
NAVEDTRA 71450 (for the Yeoman)
Applicable TRAMANs
The Recommendation for Advancement in Rate
or Change of Rating (Worksheet), NAVEDTRA
1430/2
Since these publications and forms change from
time to time, you should contact your ESO to be sure
you use the most recent edition when preparing yourself
and lower rated personnel for advancement. The
following sections describe each of these publications
and forms and provide practical suggestions on how to
use them in preparing for advancement.
Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and
Personnel Classifications and Occupational
Standards
The Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and
Personnel Classifications and Occupational
Standards, NAVPERS 18068F, lists the minimum
requirements for advancement in each rating. It outlines
the naval standards (NAVSTDs) that apply to all ratings
and the occupational standards (OCCSTDs) that are
specific to each rating. NAVPERS 18068F is kept
current by means of numbered changes. These changes
are issued more frequently than TRAMANs can be
revised. Therefore, the TRAMANs may not show the
latest OCCSTDs for advancement. When preparing for
advancement, you must check the latest revision to
NAVPERS 18068F to be sure you know the current
requirements for advancement in your rating.
When studying the OCCSTDs for advancement,
remember:
. OCCSTDs are the minimum requirements for
advancement. By studying more than the minimum
required, you will have a greater advantage when you
participate in the Navywide advancement examination.
. Each OCCSTD applies to a paygrade, E-4
through E-9. You are responsible for meeting all the
OCCSTDs specified for advancement to the paygrade
for which you are seeking advancement as well as all
the OCCSTDs specified for lower paygrades.
Personnel Advancement Requirements
Certification
The purpose of PARs is to individualize
advancement requirements for each rate and rating
based on day-to-day work situations and to provide a
consolidated checklist that personnel in paygrades E-3
through E-6 can use to prepare themselves for
advancement. The importance of the PARs cannot be
too strongly emphasized as they provide an opportunity
for members to prove their occupational abilities at each
level of their rating. Supervisors also use this to evaluate
others to determine their readiness for advancement.
There are numerous opportunities for a member to
complete PARs before becoming eligible for change in
rating or advancement in rate. Schedule training periods
for completion of PARs.
PARs list the individual advancement requirements
for each rate and rating in three sections as follows:
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