Navy Enlisted Rating Job Descriptions Builder (BU)

Navy Enlisted Rating Job Descriptions Builder (BU)Navy Enlisted Rating Job Descriptions Builder (BU)Sea-Bees are the construction workers in the Navy.The men and women of the BU rate are part of the Naval Construction Force.The term Sea-Bees has grown from when the Navy Builders were part of the Construction Battalions (CB).The term Sea-Bee comes from the acronym CB for the type of command the Builders deploy with overseas. Builders make up the largest segment of the Naval Construction Force. They work as carpenters, plasterers, roofers, concrete finishers, masons, painters, bricklayers, and cabinet makers.However, notlage only are they all the above, they are also specially trained to fight as well as perform underwater construction and qualified in Navy SCUBA diving. Duties and Responsibilities The duties performed by BUs include building and repairing wood, masonry concrete, and steel structuresinstalling interior finish work, including installing sheet rock, paneling or ceram ic tile walls and installing ceiling and floor tile, millwork and trimoperating carpentry, cabinet-making, and tool and equipment repair shopsbuilding forms for concrete constructionmixing, placing and finishing concreteoperating concrete batch plants, portable concrete mixers and other concrete finishing equipment and toolsbuilding wharves, bridges and other heavy timber structures reading and interpreting blueprints and preparing sketches for projectsmaking estimates of material, labor, and equipment requirements.Underwater Construction Teams also perform pier, bridges, and other construction that requires SCUBA diving. Working Environment BUs may work in a variety of conditions, independently or as members of a large team. Their many different duties may be performed in climates ranging from tropical to arctic. A-School (Job School) Information Gulfport, MS 75 calendar days The A school for the Builder Rate (BU) is the Naval Construction Training Center (NCTC) and is loc ated in Gulport, Mississippi.The A school is 75 days. The SeaBee Training Center is under the administrative command of the Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (CSFE) which offers support to joint training for the Air Force and the Army.The joint bases for construction training are located at the CSFE Detachment Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas andCSFE Detachment Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 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 fundament 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. If you are a Sea-bee and you wish to advance your career with the Underwater C onstruction Technician Training, you will first have to complete your first tour as a Builder.The Underwater Construction Technician Basic School is located in Panama City, Florida.The training that students will be required to pass include basic diving principles and applications are followed up with underwater construction and demolition handling techniques.You will receive a new Naval Enlistment Code (NEC) of the 5932 and you can advance in the diving community as well and become a Master Diver even as a Seabee Underwater Construction Chief Petty Officer. Sea duty assignments are with the Underwater Construction Teams (UCTs) located in Little Creek, Virginia, and Port Hueneme, California.From these commands, you will deploy all over the world where the Navy and Marine Corp need construction to occur with highly important underwater projects. ASVAB Score Requirement AR MC AS 140 Security Clearance Requirement None Other Requirements 60 month enlistment obligation Sub-Specia lties Available for This Rating Navy Enlisted Classification Codes for BU Current Manning Levels for This Rating CREO Listing Note Advancement (promotion ) opportunity and career progression are directly linked to a ratings manning level (i.e., personnel in undermanned ratings have greater promotion opportunity than those in overmanned ratings). Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating First Sea Tour 54 monthsFirst Shore Tour 36 monthsSecond Sea Tour 46 monthsSecond Shore Tour 36 monthsThird Sea Tour 36 monthsThird Shore Tour 36 monthsFourth Sea Tour 36 monthsForth Shore Tour 36 months Note Sea tours and shore tours for sailors that have completed four sea tours will be 36 months at sea followed by 36 months ashore until retirement. Much of the above information courtesy of the Navy Personnel Command