DC FORMAL SCHOOLS 2.9

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 https://www.cbrd.navy.mil You will hear these courses mentions again… THEY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DCA SE!

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

Enabling Objectives List the formal DC Schools required by: COMNAVSURFORINST 3502.1C = JAN 2006 NTMPS / COMDINST M3502.4 NAVEDTRA 43119-I (Change 2 Incorporated) = OCT 2005 Catalog of Navy Training Courses (CANTRAC) https://cetarsweb.cnet.navy.mil/pls/cetars/main.action?V_LOC=home COMDINST M3502.4 = 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 43119.

REFERENCES COMNAVSURFORINST 3502.1C SURFACE FORCE TRAINING MANUAL ***********LOTS OF CHANGES********* Catalog of Navy Training Courses (CANTRAC) Hard Copy, CD-ROM, Internet www.cnet.navy.mil/netpdtc/cantrac/

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

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 www.dcfp.navy.mil **Updates constantly*** FTC provides all Damage Control courses to include General, Advanced, A/C Firefighting Contact FTC Quota Control to obtain quotas for schools

Damage Control Schools DCA SE (A-4G-1111) 1 PER SHIP (Likely that multiple members will have attended) REPAIR PARTY LEADER (K-495-0040) ALL RPLS AND RLOS PREREQUISITES ADV FIRE FIGHTING (K-495-0419) SUBSTITUTE COURSES DCASE SENIOR ENLISTED DC (A-495-2055) = 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 43119 series, Watchstations 301 - 306) 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 301 - 306). 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 43119-4) 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 43119 series, Section 101, at a minimum, at Shipboard Indoctrination.

Damage Control Schools GFE/GFEA, GFEPO (K-495-0051) 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-495-0400), be certified by the DCA and approved by the Executive Officer prior to assignment. DC maintenance personnel shall complete DC PQS (Watchstations 301 - 306), 3M Watchstation 301, the DCPO STEP course and be certified by the DCA prior to assignment.

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

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-495-0414) FLT DECK TEAMS FOR LPD’S AND SMALLER REPEATED EVERY 2 YEARS OR 40% TURNOVER F/F TEAM TRAINING (J-495-0418) ALL LOCKERS AND IETS Once per IDTC, NTE 24 months

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

DAMAGE CONTROL SCHOOLS GENERAL SHIPBOARD DAMAGE CONTROL (K-495-0045) REQUIRED FOR ALL LOCKER AND IET TEAM MEMBERS NO MORE THAN 24 MONTHS BETWEEN COURSES A-495-0400 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-495-2179)

www.dcfp.navy.mil www.cbrd.navy.mil CBR-D SCHOOLS www.dcfp.navy.mil www.cbrd.navy.mil have links to CBR training resources, downloadable lessons, requirements, check sheets etc. CBR WMD (A-495-0424) CBR DEFENSE PPE (A-495-0425) CBR DETENTION EQUIPMENT (A-495-0427) CBR SURVEY MONITORING (A-495-0428) CBR HAZARD MANAGEMENT (A-495-0429) CBR DECONTAMINATION (A-495-0430) CBR COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE (A-495-0431) Courses found on STEP CD-ROM http://cgweb.tcpet.uscg.mil/radiation/default.asp = LEVEL II RADIATION DETECTION TRAINING (USCG ONLY)

ROAD BLOCKS TO YOUR SUCCESS THE DCASE PERSPECTIVE

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

“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”

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?

QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS?

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

DC COMMAND & CONTROL SENIOR ENLISTED DAMAGE CONTROL SPECIALIST (A-495-2055) 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)

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 10500 which may be viewed on the CNET home page at http://www.cnet.navy.mil/netpdtc/cantrac/.

MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOLS BALANCED JOINER DOOR MAINT FOAM GENERATING SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE (K-495-2179)