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Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

25. Soil: its relation to health and disease through
food contamination____

26. Sewage, refuse, and excreta disposal in the field___
27. Recognition and counteraction of chemical war-
fare agents..

28. Diets:

a. Classifications, sources, values, human require-
ments, composition, use, and digestibility of
foods....

b. Classification of diets, diet therapy, special
methods of feeding, preparation of trays, and
feeding of bed patients..

29. Biological warfare and functional understanding
of isolation techniques and the control of epidemics.
30. Rodent and pest control methods and procedures -
31. Specialized technical subjects, as appropriate.
(See note on page 10-1 following Navy Enlisted
Classifications and Codes)..

32. Systems of weights and measures: metric, avoir-
dupois, apothecary, and troy...

33. Pharmaceutical arithmetic, processes, prepara-
tions, incompatability, and general dispensing....

34. Chemistry:

a. Properties and classification of matter.
b. Symbols and classification of elements..
c. Compounds differentiated from elements...
d. Atomic structure: protons, electrons, and
neutrons__---

35. Instruments and appliances for minor surgery.
36. Anesthetic agents, techniques of administering,
and safeguards in producing anesthesia...
37. Methods of inspection and storage of food..

38. Chemical formulas, valences, atomic and molec-
ular weights, reactions, and equations_

39. Advanced therapeutics and toxicology-
40. Prescription writing and filling--

41. Ventilation, heating, lighting, and berthing as
applicable to health standards _ _

42. Fumigation methods and procedures..
MAINTENANCE AND/OR REPAIR

(No minimum qualifications.)

Applicable
Rates

HM

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

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Applicable
Rates

Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

HM

ADMINISTRATIVE AND/OR CLERICAL

1. Methods of supervision that are necessary for
efficient management of a general medical or
surgical ward....

2. Standard medical department organization on ship
or shore station_ _ _

3. Standard organization of a naval hospital

4. Health Record entry procedure..

5. Medical department blank forms and their
identification and preparation – – –

6. Preparation, routing, and classification of cor-
respondence. -

7. Preparation of official forms other than those of
medical department

8. Navy standard filing methods.

9. Personnel records and accounting; preparation of
patient admission records; service records; mes-
sages and reenlistment procedure and records;
reports, correspondence, and messages concerned
with care of the dead..

10. Medical department supplies, property account-
ing, budgets, and other financial procedures--- .
11. Commissary organization and supervision: pro-
curement, accountability, and expenditure of
provisions.

12. Medical Department administration: interpreta-
tion and application of the instructions contained
in the Manual of the Medical Department, Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery Instructions and Notices,
and applicable sections of Bureau of Naval Per-
sonnel Manual__.