1. DC FORMAL SCHOOLS 2.9

2. Lets not forget “Informal Schools”
NKO> Navy e-learning> Browse categories> Dept. of Navy> General shipboard training:
DCPO step course - CNET DCPO
Tag-Out Procedures - CNET 11442
NKO> Navy e-learning> Browse categories> Dept. of Navy> General engineering training:
SCBA Compressor Maint. - NAVSEA-HPBAC-1
Sewage System - NAVSEA-SEW-1.0
You will hear these courses mentions again… THEY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DCA SE!

3. Surface Ship Survivability Training Requirements OPNAVINST 3541.1E
You are sitting in the highest level of Ship Survivability Training … LEVEL IV
Others in your company only include: CO XO
All Department Heads
DCA
Combat Systems Officers
Electrical Officers
Repair Party Leaders
Gas Free Engineers

4. Enabling Objectives List the formal DC Schools required by:
COMNAVSURFORINST C = JAN 2006
NTMPS / COMDINST M3502.4
NAVEDTRA I (Change 2 Incorporated) = OCT 2005
Catalog of Navy Training Courses (CANTRAC)
COMDINST M = USCG Cutter Training and Qualification Manual. Chapter 3 list formal school requirements. USCG Damage Control Personnel are required to complete the NAVY’s DC PQS NAVEDTRA

5. REFERENCES COMNAVSURFORINST 3502.1C
SURFACE FORCE TRAINING MANUAL
***********LOTS OF CHANGES*********
Catalog of Navy Training Courses (CANTRAC)
Hard Copy, CD-ROM, Internet

6. CANTRAC INFO ON CNET SCHOOLS & COURSES LOCATION LENGTH PREREQUISITES
SPECIAL INFORMATION
CONVENING SCHEDULE
UPDATED QUARTERLY

7. DC Schools Locations www.dcfp.navy.mil **Updates constantly***
Fleet Training Center (FTC), Mayport, Florida Fleet Training Center (FTC), Norfolk, Virginia Fleet Training Center (FTC), San Diego, California
**Updates constantly***
FTC provides all Damage Control courses to include General, Advanced, A/C Firefighting
Contact FTC Quota Control to obtain quotas for schools

8. Damage Control Schools
DCA SE (A-4G-1111)
1 PER SHIP (Likely that multiple members will have attended)
REPAIR PARTY LEADER (K )
ALL RPLS AND RLOS
PREREQUISITES
ADV FIRE FIGHTING (K )
SUBSTITUTE COURSES
DCASE
SENIOR ENLISTED DC (A ) = NO LONGER EXIST!!
Damage Control and Fire Fighting Training.
a. Formal Damage Control and Firefighting school requirements are listed in Appendix D. Units are to consider these requirements as the highest shipboard training priority.
b. All afloat personnel will complete DC PQS (NAVEDTRA series, Watchstations ) within six months of reporting aboard.
c. Personnel reporting from another ship who have already completed basic damage control PQS shall qualify on ship specific DC systems of the DC PQS (Section 200) within three months of reporting aboard.
d. All personnel shall complete emergency egress training within 96 hours of reporting aboard and every six months thereafter. This training will consist of blindfolded escape from working, berthing and watchstanding spaces. Training will also include actual activation and donning of Training Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD). All personnel who are required to wear a Supplemental Emergency Escape Device (SEED) in the performance of their duties will receive SEED training in conjunction with EEBD training.
e. All personnel shall complete breathing apparatus (OBA or SCBA) refresher training within three months of reporting aboard and every six months thereafter.
f. Personnel may not be assigned to a repair party or Inport Emergency Team (IET) until they have completed DC PQS (Watchstations ). All personnel assigned to repair party teams or IET shall complete the DC PQS applicable to their assignment within three months of team assignment. All personnel shall be fully qualified in all prerequisite watchstations prior to assignment to a new position on repair party teams and IET.
g. DC Team Training (DCTT) personnel shall be fully qualified for the billet they are assigned to train and complete the DCTT Members PQS (Watchstation 320).
h. Gas Free Engineering Petty Officers and Fire Marshals shall complete applicable sections of DC Watches PQS (NAVEDTRA ) and DC PQS prior to assignment.
l. Personnel assigned to shipboard duty not having received accession level Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense (CBR-D) training may fulfill training requirements by completing onboard training by the DCA, CBR-D training specialist (NEC 4805) or senior enlisted DC training specialist (NEC 4811) and completing the appropriate DC PQS.
m. In addition all newly reporting personnel should receive basic shipboard survivability training as detailed in NAVEDTRA series, Section 101, at a minimum, at Shipboard Indoctrination.

9. Damage Control Schools
GFE/GFEA, GFEPO (K )
1 GFE/1GFEA PER SHIP AND A GFEPO FOR EACH DUTY SECTION
E-4 AND ABOVE
SUBSTITUTES: DCASE
Post-fire Test Assistants will be qualified as Gas Free Engineers, Gas Free engineer Assistants or Gas Free Engineering Petty Officers.
Departmental or Division Damage Control Petty Officers (DCPO), shall complete the DCPO Shipboard Training Enhancement Program (STEP) course (CIN A ), be certified by the DCA and approved by the Executive Officer prior to assignment.
DC maintenance personnel shall complete DC PQS (Watchstations ), 3M Watchstation 301, the DCPO STEP course and be certified by the DCA prior to assignment.

10. FIREFIGHTING SCHOOLS GENERAL SHIPBOARD FIRE FIGHTING (J-495-0412)
ALL HANDS REQUIRED AND REPEATED EVERY 6 YEARS
AUTHORIZED SUBSTITUTES
AIRCRAFT FIRE FIGHTING (0413)
HELO FIRE FIGHTING (0414)
FIRE FIGHTING TEAM TRNG (0418)
ADVANCED FIRE FIGHTING (0419)
RECRUIT F/F
0416 Course for SCBA equipped ships

11. FIREFIGHTING SCHOOLS AIRCRAFT F/F EVALUATION (J-495-0413)
LHA, LHD, & MCS SHIPS ONLY
FLIGHT DECK PERSONNEL, PILOTS, AIRCREW
WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF ASSIGNMENT
EVERY 4 YEARS THEREAFTER
HELO F/F EVALUATION (J )
FLT DECK TEAMS FOR LPD’S AND SMALLER
REPEATED EVERY 2 YEARS OR 40% TURNOVER
F/F TEAM TRAINING (J )
ALL LOCKERS AND IETS
Once per IDTC, NTE 24 months

12. FIREFIGHTING SCHOOLS ADVANCED SHIPBOARD FIRE FIGHTING (J-495-0419)
REQUIRED FOR ALL SCENE LEADERS AND REPAIR PARTY LEADERS
PREREQUISITE FOR REPAIR PARTY LEADER

13. DAMAGE CONTROL SCHOOLS
GENERAL SHIPBOARD DAMAGE CONTROL (K )
REQUIRED FOR ALL LOCKER AND IET TEAM MEMBERS
NO MORE THAN 24 MONTHS BETWEEN COURSES
A DAMAGE CONTROL PETTY OFFICER STEP CD-ROM (NKO Watertight closure course will be online “soon”)
MINIMUM OF ONE PER DIVISION ONBOARD
FOAM GENERATING SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE (K )

14. www.dcfp.navy.mil www.cbrd.navy.mil
CBR-D SCHOOLS
have links to CBR training resources, downloadable lessons, requirements, check sheets etc.
CBR WMD (A )
CBR DEFENSE PPE (A )
CBR DETENTION EQUIPMENT (A )
CBR SURVEY MONITORING (A )
CBR HAZARD MANAGEMENT (A )
CBR DECONTAMINATION (A )
CBR COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE (A )
Courses found on STEP CD-ROM
= LEVEL II RADIATION DETECTION TRAINING (USCG ONLY)

15. ROAD BLOCKS TO YOUR SUCCESS
THE DCASE PERSPECTIVE

16. Additional School Info/Considerations
GETTING ENOUGH QUOTAS.
Who is schools coordinator?
Schools coordinator contacts quota control
Use of CANTRAC and Messages
GETTING YOUR PERSONNEL THROUGH THE SCHOOLS
PERSONAL involvement
Go to the school
Deconflict with operational schedule of ship
DOCUMENTATION
NITRAS
Admin shortfalls
COMPASS tracking

17. “YOUR PEOPLE = YOUR INVESTMENT = YOUR TRAINING”
Summary
DCA should track schools requirements through SURFORTRAMAN to remain current
DCA should determine what courses should be required in event of IDTC or deployment to remain current
Schedule schools and GET INVOLVED to ensure timely arrival and completion
“YOUR PEOPLE = YOUR INVESTMENT = YOUR TRAINING”

18. A FINAL REVIEW Who is responsible for Damage Control Schools?
What web site will lead you in the right direction for school availability and training locations?
What is the periodicity for all personnel to attend General Shipboard Firefighting?

19. QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS?

20. AS A DIVO, WHAT NEC’s WILL YOU BE LOSING/GAINING?
GETTING THE ENTIRE SHIP TO TRAINING
(yes, DCA, it will be YOUR responsibility!!!)
PLANNING AND COORDINATION TO DEPT HEADS AND FELLOW DIVO’s

21. DC COMMAND & CONTROL
SENIOR ENLISTED DAMAGE CONTROL SPECIALIST (A )
E-5 OR ABOVE DC, NEC-4811
GAS FREE ENGINEER
REPAIR PARTY LEADER
DCPO
GENERAL SHIPBOARD FIRE FIGHTING
ADVANCED SHIPBOARD FIRE FIGHTING
CBR-D (NEC 4805)

22. Arranged by:
(1) Course number, course title.
(2) Applicability and required graduates. These columns list the minimum graduates for each type ship/staff/unit.
(3) Notes. The notes contain specific billets, rates/ ratings, or watch stations required to attend the course.
Detailed information concerning most courses listed herein can be found in the Catalog of Navy Training Courses (CANTRAC), NAVEDTRA which may be viewed on the CNET home page at

23. MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOLS
BALANCED JOINER DOOR MAINT
FOAM GENERATING SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE (K )