§ 68. Mr. Willisasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the rating of engine room artificer (metal worker) introduced in connection with the Naval Air Arm during the war years still exists; the number of such ratings still serving; and whether they perform any duties in the engine and boiler rooms 69W of His Majesty's ships of a nature comparable with those of the ordinary engine room artificer.
Mr. DugdaleThe rating of engine room artificer (metal worker) still exists, and thirty ratings are at present serving, but the branch is obsolescent and no further entries are being made. These ratings are employed solely on duties connected with aircraft maintenance and do not perform any duties in the engine rooms or boiler rooms of His Majesty's ships.