At shore stations, the AKs may stand watches in the supply office, where they may be called upon to perform other tasks outside their normal professional field. Aboard ship there are two duty watches with which the AK1 are directly concerned-the supply department duty petty officer and the duty AK. The AKC may be assigned as the division duty chief, duty supply chief, assistant SDO, or SDO. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DUTY AK.— The duty AK is the senior representative in the ASD/SSC outside of regular working hours. In most cases, an AK1 will be assigned to stand the duty AK. It is the responsibility of duty AKs to conduct the business of the division in a manner that brings credit to themselves and to the division. Some of the duties of the duty AK areas follows: 1. Muster the duty section and make muster reports. 2. Make all emergency issues and/or routine issues of material for night check crews or maintenance duty section personnel. 3. Maintain a continuous watch in ready issue during mealtimes, and such other times as required by local instructions. 4. Know where the personnel in the duty section are at all times and where they sleep. 5. Keep the supply department duty petty officer informed where you are at all times and apprised of all significant developments. 6. Receive any incoming material, receipt for it, check the material and make immediate issue of emergency material (NMCS/PMCS/CASREP, etc). 7. Conduct inspection of aviation stores spaces to make sure that security of stores is maintained. 8. Supervise the personnel in the duty section to make sure that standards of cleanliness and fire safety are maintained, including sweepdowns at prescribed times. 9. Check message traffic in the supply office at regular intervals. 10. Pick up correspondence and messages from the supply ofice immediately before commencement of the regular workday. 11. Control all keys that are kept in the aviation stores division. 12. Maintain a log of all important events occurring during the watch period for passdown information to the supply officer. This log includes the times at which inspections of spaces were made and any discrepancies noted. SUPPLY DUTY PETTY OFFICERS (SDPO) AFLOAT.— The supply department duty petty officer serves as an assistant to the duty supply officer. Together they are responsible for unifying the efforts of the supply divisions so that the common purpose of the department is accomplished. The chief petty officers or senior chief petty officers stand as division duty CPO representing their own division. The duties of SDPO include, but are not limited to, the following: l l l l l l l l l Supervise the supply division section leaders in the performance of their routine duties. Assign responsibility for accomplishing all unusual or emergency tasks not covered by normal routine, and procure assistance from within the department as necessary. Make sure that security inspections and muster reports are made by division section leaders, and report the results to the duty supply officer before the ship’s 8 o’clock report. Inspect for security those areas particularly assigned by supply department instructions or as desired by the duty supply officer. Keep informed of the whereabouts of each division section leader and the duty supply officer. Arrange for emergency issues as required. Notify the duty supply officer of the arrival of stores, and make arrangements for their receipt and storage. Make sure that departmental keys are handled in strict accordance with supply department instructions. Maintain a log of actions taken during the watch period, to be signed by the duty supply officer, for passdown to the relieving duty supply officer and the supply officer. SUPPLY DUTY PETTY OFFICERS ASHORE.— Personnel on duty normally stand the watch in the main supply office or where stock records are accessible. Familiarize yourself with the instructions and procedures for standing the watch. When you are on watch, you maybe called upon to issue or locate many items with which you are not familiar. 1-7