Talk:Senior chief petty officer/@comment-2401:4900:1721:9DC9:B451:595C:425B:F9B1-20190515070413

MCPO on board is most competent Technologist in Engineering application, pertaining to maintence, operations and calibration for accuracy.

It is hard to find a substitude for his input in above application.Though he is not commisioned officer he is the respectable man on most ships.

Good old a Royal Naval tradition showed if Chief ERA or Chief Shipwright is waiting to proceddure ashore he will get precedence over the officer/sailors waiting to proceed abroad.