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== United Kingdom ==
In the [[Royal Navy]] in the middle of the 18th century, the term ordinary seaman was used to refer to a [[seaman]] with between one and two years' experience at sea, who showed enough [[seamanship]] to be so [[Naval rating|rated]] by their captain. A seaman with less than a year's experience was referred to as a [[
Later, the term was formalized as a rating for the lowest normal grade of [[seaman]]. They are not trained in any special task. They are required to work at physically hard tasks of great variety. One needs an [[Ordinary Seaman Certificate]] to obtain work. One can become an able seaman as a promotion from this position.
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