Navy Advancement Exam Instruction

BUPERS INSTRUCTION 1430.16F

• Determining advancement eligibility requirements. • Preparing necessary forms. • Ordering, maintaining custody, and disposing of Navy-wide advancement-in-rate examinations. • Administering advancement-in-rate examinations. • Changing rating. • Responsibilities and procedures relating to advancement.

Terms can be found in Appendix A

Personnel on the Regular Navy and Navy Reserve on Active Duty. Personnel of Navy Reserve on Inactive Duty

(1) Regular Navy and General Assignment Recall (USNR) Active. (2) Full Time Support (FTS). (3) Canvasser Recruiter (CANREC) personnel recalled with obligated service for 1 year or more. Less than 31-day break between periods of active duty constitutes continuous active service. Such personnel will participate in the active duty examination process. (4) Fleet Reserve and retired enlisted personnel recalled to active duty with the Regular Navy. (5) Temporarily commissioned Limited Duty Officers (LDOs), U.S. Navy on active duty, whose permanent status is enlisted.

(1) Assigned to a Navy Reserve unit with a drilling requirement. (2) Recalled for Active Duty for Special Work (ADSW)/1-Year Recall, recalled under Presidential Recall Authority or Mobilization regardless of the cumulative amount of time served on active duty. (3) On Annual Training (AT)/Active Duty for Training (ADT)/Initial Active Duty for Training (IADT).

• Advancement to E2 and E3. • Advancement-in-rate examinations. • The Final Multiple Score (FMS). Refer to table 1-1 for FMS computation and table 1-2 for converting months to decimal values. • Advancement to E7/8/9 by selection board action. • Special selection boards. • E6 examination qualification requirement for LDO. • Other methods of advancement/change in rating of personnel to include Combat Meritorious Advancement Program (CMAP), Posthumous Advancement, Recruiting Meritorious Advancement, and Command Advancement Program (CAP).

Automatic advancement for personnel meeting minimum time-in-rate (TIR) requirements. No exam or evaluation required.

Examinations are required. FMS system considers "whole person" i.e. experience, knowledge, performance.

Examination score and Performance Evaluations.

Advancement-in-rate examination score, performance evaluations, service in paygrade, awards, previous examination performances.

Maximum PMA = 4.00

For Inactive Reserves, TIR is the same as SIPG, TIR = SIPG + DSPG. PS: Find the definition for the terms: SIPG and DSPG.

Advancement to E7, E8, and E9 requires selection board action.

E7 candidates must be designated selection board eligible (SBE) by competing in a Navy-wide advancement examination and meeting final multiple requirements for their rate.

E8 and E9 candidates are designated SBE on the basis of their CO/OIC recommendation and the TIR eligibility

Selection boards are convened annually by Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS).

Individuals who were not properly considered through the normal selection board process due to circumstances beyond their control.

Held annually, or as required, to consider any member who was eligible but not properly considered by the last regular board.

Those members will be compared to their competitive group from the last regular selection board.

CHNAVPERS Sole authority for approving the report of a special enlisted selection board.

9 months after the regular board convenes.

The member is equally responsible as his/her command to ensure name appears as special board eligible.

NAVPERSCOM (PERS 811/812)

NAVPERSCOM (PERS 811/812)

PERS 812

1. Applicant's name, rate, last four of SSN, PNEC. 2. Specific regular board that did not consider or improperly considered the applicant (e.g., FY-08 E8/9 Selection Board). 3. Summary of administrative error(s) that precluded the applicant's proper consideration and attempts made to correct the errors. 4. Miscellaneous issues (e.g., applicant is approaching high year tenure (HYT), etc.) 5. Command endorsement to include why member will not have another opportunity to appear in front of the nextregular scheduled selection board (if applicable). 6. Any documentation supporting applicant's request.

CHNAVPERS

Those in the previously held regular board.

The same date as the candidates who advanced in the previous board.

E6 personnel must pass the E7 advancement-in-rate examination prior to submitting a package for the LDO selection board.

OPNAVINST 1420.1A

(1) To properly administer advancement examinations to recommended, eligible, and fully qualified candidates. (2) To properly maintain the security of examination materials. (3) To obtain and distribute the Bibliography for Advancement-in-Rate Exam Study Guide (BIB). BIB's may be downloaded from https://www.advancement.cnet.navy.mil. (4) To ensure dates of examinations, deadline for completion of requirements, and the requirement for signing worksheets are disseminated throughout the command. (5) To designate a local educational services officer (ESO) in writing to act as liaison between the local ESO and ESO agreeing to administer an examination. (6) To forward examinations for those candidates who will be on leave, Temporary Additional Duty (TEMADD), or in a transient status because of permanent changes of station (PCS) on regularly scheduled examination date.

(1) To develop, publish, and distribute Navy-wide advancement-in-rate examinations for the purpose of testing and rank-ordering personnel who are qualified for advancement. (2) To maintain accountability records of Navy-wide advancement-in-rate examinations and process examination returns. (3) To publish Navy-wide advancement-in-rate examination results. (4) To act for CHNAVPERS as rate change authorization issuing authority for advancement to E4 through E9. (5) To develop statistical data to maintain validity of the examination system. (6) To publish advancement examination BIBs. (7) To facilitate Advancement Exam Development Conferences (AEDC) utilizing rating Subject Matter Experts(SMEs) identified by Naval Personnel Development Command (NPDC) and Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM). (8) To publish a 2-year schedule broken into 8 quarters with approximately 12 AEDCs per quarter schedules. (9) To publish a quarterly schedule with exact dates of upcoming AEDCs no later than 120 days prior to the first AEDC in that quarter. (10) To develop, update, and provide a checklist containing information required by NETPDTC to NPDC and COMUSFLTFORCOM for designated rating SMEs to complete.

(1) To coordinate with COMUSFLTFORCOM and applicable Type Commanders (TYCOMs) to designate the best-qualified rating SMEs (usually 6) covering a wide diversity of experience in the rating for participation in the rating AEDCs. (2) To coordinate with COMUSFLTFORCOM and applicable TYCOMs to designate the best-qualified rating SMEs to perform validation and verification of the rating advancement examinations per NETPDTC's examination development and administration schedule (usually the end of March and the end of September). (3) To keep NETPDTC informed of any major changes in the applicable rating and provide an SME to review the advancement exams when a fleet representative has not been identified.

a)Complete the checklist provided by NETPDTC to ensure they meet all eligibility requirements for working with the rating advancement exams. This checklist will be provided to NETPDTC no later than 30 days prior to the start of the AEDC. (b) Direct the SMEs to coordinate their travel with SATO and provide an itinerary to NPDC. (c) Forward the complete checklists and itineraries to NETPDTC.

NETPDTC, in conjunction with NPDC and COMUSFLTFORCOM, will announce nomination procedures by message before each AEDC.

Major commands will use a command nomination process. SME selection should be designed to select the most capable SMEs available.

Do not select members from overseas units unless it is determined to be in the best interest of the rating's advancement exam.

No later than 45 days prior to the scheduled AEDC.

Advise the SME's command that NETPDTC will provide accounting data and arrange lodging 2 weeks prior to AEDC commencement.

Comply with required timelines specified in the AEDC message.

1. Hold the rank of chief, senior chief or master chief. Frocked chiefs are discouraged. 2. Possess the skill level for and work in the associated rating. 3. Be familiar with the major types of equipment and duties in their specialty, have extensive background in the rating (including technical training where appropriate courses are available), and have working knowledge of primary reference material in the rating. 4. Have good communication skills, both in verbal and writing abilities. 5. Have no personal or future TEMADD requirements that would interfere with the availability for the entire AEDC TEMADD, excluding unforeseen emergencies. 6. Have no spouse or immediate family members in the Navy below the rank of chief in the same rating or family member married to someone below the rank of chief in the same rating.

(a)Participate in the associated rating's AEDC. (b) developing a 2-year (for most ratings) Topic/Sub-topic Subject/Sub-Subject Matrix for exam planning. (c) reviewing content and clarity of previously used multiple-choice administrative exam questions for re-use in later exams. (d) writing new multiple-choice questions appropriate to the skill and paygrade being tested using standard language and terminology. These questions will be tied to a reference and an Occupational/Naval Standard. (e) tying exam questions to a reference and SkillObject™ Level 1 Task or equivalent. (f) assisting the NETPDTC assigned Rating Team Leader in the development of the applicable series-rating exams. Using NETPDTC exam writing guidelines, Subject/Sub-Subject Matrix and exam questions reviewed and/or written by the most recent AEDC.

Normally 6 Chiefs

An expert from the rating will review the applicable associated series rating exams for content, clarity, flow,correctness and recommend changes to the assigned NETPDTC Team Leader.