Chapter 1 — AEROGRAPHER'S MATE RATING 



Occupational standards are expressed as task 

 statements only, unlike the advancement quali- 

 fications which contain practical factors and 

 knowledge factors. The approved concept for 

 occupational standards is that they define what 

 enlisted personnel must do in their rate or 

 rating and that the knowledges required to per- 

 form a task are inherent to the proper per- 

 formance of the task. The practical and 

 knowledge factors presently in the "Quals" 

 Manual will be replaced with occupational 

 standards. 



Occupational standards are identified by a 

 five-digit number of which the first two digits 

 identify the standard topic title and the remain- 

 ing three digits identify the specific task state- 

 ment. 



NOTE: As stated previously, the occupational 

 standards upon which this Rate Training Manual 

 is based are those appearing in NAVPERS 

 18068-C, which is titled Manual of Qualifications 

 for Advancement. Therefore, the material is 

 based on practical and knowledge factors which 

 are identified by alphanumeric codes. For ex- 

 ample, B1.01, "Operate facsimile and teletype 

 equipment," is a knowledge factor under this 

 system. In the new NAVPERS 18068 (Series), 

 Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and Person- 

 nel Classifications and Occupational Standards, 

 the above occupational standard will probably 

 appear as 86272, "Operate radio receivers, 

 facsimile and teletype equipment." Any refer- 

 ence to qualifications or occupational standards 

 in this manual pertains to the old system. 



The standards are of two general types: 

 military requirements and professional (or tech- 

 nical) requirements. 



Military requirements apply to all ratings 

 rather than to any one particular rating. Mili- 

 tary requirements for advancement to third class 

 and second class petty officer rates deal with 

 military conduct, naval organization, military 

 justice, security, watch standing, and other sub- 

 jects which are required of petty officers in 

 all other ratings. 



Professional requirements are technical or 

 professional in nature and are directly related 

 to the work of each rating. Both the military 

 requirements and the professional requirements 

 are divided into subject matter groups; then 

 within each subject matter group, they are 

 divided into specific task statements. 



The occupational standards for AG are listed 

 in this manual following the index. Study these 

 standards and the military requirements care- 

 fully. The majority of the questions on your 

 advancement examination will try to determine 

 your understanding of the requirements reflected 

 in the occupational standards. If you are work- 

 ing for advancement to second class, remember 

 that you may be examined on third class occu- 

 pational standards as well as on second class 

 occupational standards. 



It is essential that the occupational standards 

 reflect current requirements of fleet and shore 

 operations, and that new fleetwide technical, 

 operational, and procedural developments be 

 included. For these reasons, the occupational 

 standards are continually under evaluation. Al- 

 though there is an established schedule for 

 revisions to the occupational standards for each 

 rating, urgent changes to the occupational stand- 

 ards may be made at any time. These revisions 

 are issued in the form of changes to the 

 "Quals" Manual. Therefore, never trust any set 

 of occupational standards until you have checked 

 the change number against an up-to-date copy 

 of the "Quals" Manual. Be sure you have the 

 latest revision. 



PERSONNEL ADVANCEMENT 

 REQUIREMENT (PAR) PROGRAM 

 NAVPERS 1414/4 



The Personnel Advancement Requirement 

 (PAR) Program is a new program initiated to 

 replace the Record of Practical Factors 

 (NAVEDTRA 1414/1). 



The former "quals" were stated in terms 

 of practical factors and knowledge factors. The 

 new occupational standards are presented only 

 as task statements. This new format of the 

 occupational standards does not lend itself to 

 the practical factor checkoff list concept of the 

 Record of Practical Factors. As a result, a 

 new form and new concept of determining eligi- • 

 bility for advancement has been developed. The 

 Personnel Advancement Requirement (PAR) 

 (NAVPERS 1414/4) will replace the Record of 

 Practical Factors. This new system allows a 

 command to evaluate the overall abilities of an 

 individual in a day-to-day work situation, and 

 eliminates the need to complete a mandatory, 

 lengthy, and detailed checkoff list. 



The E-8 and E-9 are exempt from the program 

 as there are other means of selection for ad- 

 vancement to these paygrades. The E-3 



