equipment operator

{{Short description|Seabee occupational rating in the U.S. Navy}}

{{Infobox Military rating

|name= Equipment operator

|image=125px

|caption= Rating insignia

|issued_by= United States Navy

|type= Enlisted rating

|abbreviation= EO

|specialty= Construction

}}

Equipment operator (abbreviated as EO) is a United States Navy occupational rating.

Equipment operators perform tasks involving deployment and operation of automotive, materials handling, weight lifting and construction equipment; direct and coordinate efforts of individuals and crews in execution of construction, earth‑moving, roadbuilding, quarrying, asphalt batching and paving, concrete batch plant operations, concrete paving and transit mixer operation assignments; maintain records and reports on mobile and stationary equipment and organize and supervise automotive and construction equipment pools; maintain individual combat readiness and perform tasks required in combat and disaster preparedness or recovery operations.{{cite web

|title=Navy enlisted manpower and personnel classifications

|work=Bureau of Naval Personnel

|publisher=US Navy

|url=http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/OccStandards/OccStd_Menu.htm

|accessdate=2007-01-11

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170735/http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/OccStandards/OccStd_Menu.htm

|archivedate=2008-04-10

}}

At the master chief petty officer level, they merge with all other construction ratings as a master chief seabee (abbreviated as CBCM).