Hull Maintenance Technician
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Hull Maintenance Technician (abbreviated as HT) is a United States Navy
occupational rating
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Hull Maintenance Technicians plan, supervise, and perform tasks necessary for fabrication
, installation and repair of all types of shipboard structures, plumbing
, sheet metal fabrication, carpentry and piping systems; organize, supervise, and train personnel in maintenance and hull and mechanical repair; supervise and perform tasks in procurement
and issuance of supplies and repair parts; instruct personnel and enforce safety and security precautions; prepare records and reports.
An HT stationed on a Tender or other Auxiliary vessel or shore duty station, may perform far more tasks than listed here. HT's fabricate and repair all types of equipment and items. This expertise may include metal of all thicknesses with hand tools, welders and very large cutting, forming and shaping equipment. Having had other ratings such as Molder, Patternmaker, Carpenter, Pipefitter and others absorbed into the rating, HT's may be tasked with working with all types of materials. HT was and is a "Jack of All Trades".
HT was further enhanced with DC (Damage Controlman-note the axe crossed with the hammer) quite some time ago and then had this designation made independent again much later on. HT also included CBR (Chemical, Biological, Radiological) warfare defense and the overall operation and maintenance of Marine Sanitation Devices (e.g. CHT, Vacuum CHT and GATEX/JARED). In keeping with those DC responsibilities HT's were and still are Firemen, which is their designation when they are "striking for a rating" from E-1 through E-3. HT's still take an active role in firefighting and may indeed be the "Scene Leader" in control of a firefighting team.
HT is a source rating utilized by US Navy sepcial operations IE: Seals, SWCC, 2nd class diver.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
occupational rating
Naval rating
A Naval Rating is an enlisted member of a country's Navy, subordinate to Warrant Officers and Officers hence not conferred by commission or warrant...
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Hull Maintenance Technicians plan, supervise, and perform tasks necessary for fabrication
Fabrication (metal)
Fabrication as an industrial term refers to building metal structures by cutting, bending, and assembling. The cutting part of fabrication is via sawing, shearing, or chiseling ; torching with handheld torches ; and via CNC cutters...
, installation and repair of all types of shipboard structures, plumbing
Plumbing
Plumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems. A plumber is someone who installs or repairs piping...
, sheet metal fabrication, carpentry and piping systems; organize, supervise, and train personnel in maintenance and hull and mechanical repair; supervise and perform tasks in procurement
Procurement
Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...
and issuance of supplies and repair parts; instruct personnel and enforce safety and security precautions; prepare records and reports.
An HT stationed on a Tender or other Auxiliary vessel or shore duty station, may perform far more tasks than listed here. HT's fabricate and repair all types of equipment and items. This expertise may include metal of all thicknesses with hand tools, welders and very large cutting, forming and shaping equipment. Having had other ratings such as Molder, Patternmaker, Carpenter, Pipefitter and others absorbed into the rating, HT's may be tasked with working with all types of materials. HT was and is a "Jack of All Trades".
HT was further enhanced with DC (Damage Controlman-note the axe crossed with the hammer) quite some time ago and then had this designation made independent again much later on. HT also included CBR (Chemical, Biological, Radiological) warfare defense and the overall operation and maintenance of Marine Sanitation Devices (e.g. CHT, Vacuum CHT and GATEX/JARED). In keeping with those DC responsibilities HT's were and still are Firemen, which is their designation when they are "striking for a rating" from E-1 through E-3. HT's still take an active role in firefighting and may indeed be the "Scene Leader" in control of a firefighting team.
HT is a source rating utilized by US Navy sepcial operations IE: Seals, SWCC, 2nd class diver.