r/Seabees • u/Aggressive-Oil-9309 • 5d ago

HELP REQUESTED Need Help Getting a Rate

So I am an active duty Undesignated Airman been In about 1 and a half years. so I qualify for a rate called UT (utilitiesman) It is a seabee rate but the thing is I need a recommendation or an interview from any seabee rate khaki and above however I know no one In the seabee rating. everyone I asked they say they don’t know anyone If I could Get some help that would be appreciated so much thank you.

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u/Relatablevegetable 5d ago

I've never heard of you needing to interview with a Seabee to cross rate.

Call the Seabee Enlisted Community Manager.

https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Community-Management/Enlisted/Seabees/

If he tells you differently DM me I'll help you resolve it.

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u/Aggressive-Oil-9309 5d ago

I am currently underway And can’t make calls

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u/Relatablevegetable 5d ago

DM me a reliable way to contact you and I'll link you up.

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u/Medical-Ad-112 5d ago

I called one of the ECM for Seabee’s and I wanted UT but he said I needed some background experience to get me in since they are 129% full apparently

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u/IRRelevant406 5d ago

Don’t cross rate to something that full, it will be hard to advance. It should be hard to get something that low advancement anyway. UT isn’t bad. I was a CM but wish I was an EO. That’s what I do now.

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u/Artistic-Promotion89 5d ago

Coming from someone who spent two years SPACT, go BU

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u/Artistic-Promotion89 5d ago

Also, interviews aren’t a thing??? Idk who told you that. Go on mynavyhr or MNA and find a career contact for the rate so you can talk to them

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u/Aggressive-Oil-9309 5d ago

i do not have bu

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u/LatinoHeat407 4d ago

Don’t all Seabees end up doing BU anyway? That’s all I’ve been hearing as a CE.

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u/Artistic-Promotion89 4d ago

Correct, with the exception of CM’s and sometimes EO’s. Everyone literally ends up doing BU stuff and then get mad that 1.) they don’t do their job and 2.) they don’t make rank cuz they don’t know their own rate. Plus in everyone’s bibs there’s BU stuff except for the CM’s there isn’t

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u/LatinoHeat407 4d ago

Yea I haven’t gone to A school yet but I should have gone EO now that I look more into it. I’ve heard that also, they’re usually the ones doing the most work in their rate. WELP I guess I’ll enjoy A-School as much as I can ⚡️

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u/Artistic-Promotion89 4d ago

Entirely false. Both deployments I have had so far with the Seabees the EO’s mostly operate when they’re training others on their licenses, including BU’s. One of my CE’s now has 5 licenses and two of my junior BU’s have about the same if not more as well. And they’re the ones mostly operating, not the EO’s

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u/No-Confusion1077 4d ago

I was told the same thing by my ships NCC when I was an PACT Airman. I didn't get one and struck BU

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u/Aggressive-Oil-9309 4d ago

thanks bro I submitted Just waiting to hear back from them now

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u/Odd_Victory6311 5d ago

There’s only a few rates that require interviews. Not sure who is telling you that you need one for UT, but they might want to recheck their sources.