GENERAL  QUARTERS  INSTRUCTIONS SUPERVISION AND ASSIGNMENT Electronics  division  personnel  are  each  assigned  a general quarters station by the division watch, quarter, and  station  bills.  Assignments  of  personnel  should  be practical and functional, as determined by the EMO. As an  ET1  or  ETC,  you  will  be  in  a  position  to  make recommendations to the EMO, and your experience and attitude  will  contribute  much  to  the  success  of  overall electronics  casualty  control  (ECC). Specific instructions for general quarters should be outlined  in  the  electronics  division  organization  manual and  in  the  electronics  casualty  control  manual. Procedures  and  applications  should  be  a  major  part  of electronics   training.   Chapter   5   of   this   TRAMAN provides  more  information  concerning  ECC. IN-PORT WATCHES The leading ET of each watch section is designated as  the  duty  Electronics  Technician  and  is  directly responsible for the handling of all electronics casualties that may occur during periods outside normal working hours. All  technicians  who  are  aboard,  even  though  they may rate liberty, are considered to be on duty and may be called upon by the duty Electronics Technician at any time to assist in handling any electronics repair. UNDERWAY WATCHES Underway, a watch list is made up by the leading ET,  approved  by  the  EMO,  and  posted  in  the  electronics workshop  or  office.  All  watches  are  stood  according  to this watch list and watch standing instructions. The technician  on  watch  maintains  station  in  the  electronics workshop, except when called upon to handle a casualty, to  supervise  preventive  maintenance,  or  to  make inspections  and  tests. The  only  reading  materials  authorized  for  use during underway watches are technical publications, manuals, and instruction books pertaining to some phase of  electronics. For  sea  details,  equipment  technicians  are  assigned to main areas where electronics equipment is operated (for  example,  CIC,  main  communications,  and  the bridge). The electronics workshop or office should be manned by a senior ET, who will receive and coordinate trouble calls. Other specific special sea details required by your ship type should be manned accordingly. Your  duties  and  responsibilities  above  and  beyond maintenance  will  involve  making  important  supervisory and  administrative  decisions.  These  decisions  concern personnel assignments, planning of workloads, and the prompt and proper completion of all paper work. Supervision  goes  hand  in  hand  with  planning  and the  guiding  of  junior  personnel.  Proper  supervision results in the proper employment of personnel. Today’s ETs are well-trained technicians who have the right to expect their services to be used properly. You must take the time to plan carefully and must supervise in a professional manner. Your efforts will result in the cooperation of junior personnel, thereby making  your  electronics  division  more  effective. REPORTS AND RECORDS As you advance in rate, you will find that submitting periodic   reports   and   maintaining   personnel   and equipment records will become a daily responsibility. Train yourself to be both proficient and efficient. Doing these reports and records in a proper and timely manner will allow you more time to complete your other duties. In other words, if you let the paper work pile up, you will be pressured for time and will probably do the reports hurriedly. Keeping up with the paper work daily will decrease your stress level and will yield a better management product for the Navy. REPORTS Even though the EMO is ultimately responsible for all  division  reports  and  records,  the  EMO  will  depend on your knowledge and performance for inputs to those reports and records. Some of the reports and records with which you should be familiar are described in the following paragraphs. These reports will be listed in your  command’s  “Recurring  Reports”  instruction. Trouble  Reports Trouble   reports   are   used   by   operators   and technicians  to  indicate  electronic  equipment  problems or failures. They are generally used in conjunction with the  electronics  office  or  workshop  trouble  call  log.  The EMO   or   senior   technicians   make   electronics maintenance assignments based on the priorities of the existing trouble reports. A trouble report system with a trouble  call  log  and  a  trouble  call/report  sequential numbering system will assist you in tracking trouble reports and will be useful as a tool in ensuring proper 2-3