duties and functions. As a SK, you will provide supply
Administrative Division. You will prepare various
support from fleet operations to aviation maintenance
forms of correspondence with a typewriter or
personnel. To provide support, you must know the
computer.
functions and responsibilities of your activity and the
Material Division. You could be assigned to any
procedures that apply to each task. This chapter
branch within the material division.
provides the direction and information you will need to
In the traffic branch, you will be involved in the
do the administrative tasks and provide customer
following duties:
service. Upon completion of this chapter, you will be
able to describe the following SK requirements:
Material receipt
Duties and responsibilities of the SKs
Inspection and verification
Purpose of publications and catalogs used by SKs
Segregating a n d f o r wa r d i n g m a t e r i a l t o
General security rules that apply to supply
destinations
department spaces
Receipt document processing
Practices and procedures needed to provide quality
Discrepancy reporting
customer relations
Material handling equipment operation (when
GENERAL DUTIES AND
working in the receiving section)
RESPONSIBILITIES
When assigned to the delivery section of the traffic
General SK duties and responsibilities are as
branch, you will be responsible for the local delivery of
follows:
material. In the shipping section, you will be involved
Submitting requisitions
in making arrangements for shipment and delivery of
material to carriers, including preparation of shipment
Conducting technical research
documents and labels.
Receiving, identifying, stowing, and expending
When assigned to storage branch, you will be
material
involved in the receipt, stowage, and issuance of
Performing financial accounting in support of
material by using available labor saving devices and
material handling equipment.
aviation maintenance
Control Division. When assigned to this division,
Performing administrative and clerical duties
you will be involved in the following tasks:
Picking up and delivering material
Processing procurement
Preparing supply documents
Receipt
Packing of material for shipment
Issue documents
Operating pre-expended bins
Maintaining stock records
These duties are further explained in later chapters
Customer service
of this manual.
Aviation Support Division (ASD). When assigned
TOUR OF DUTY
to ASD, you will be involved in the following tasks:
Processing requisitions
The following paragraphs contain information on
typical duties to which you may be assigned.
Receipt
Supply Department Ashore
Stowage and issuance of material
Stock inventory
When assigned to the supply department of a naval
air station, you could be in the administrative division,
Material delivery
material division, control division, or aviation support
Other f u n c t i o n s o u t l i n e d i n t h e NA M P,
division. Some of the functions you will be expected to
OPNAVINST. 4790.2 (series)
perform in various divisions are as follows:
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