management (ORM) process must be used. The
Effective integrated scenario-based training
exercises the ship as a complete system. It affects
training team leaders are responsible for
multi-mission areas, not merely parallel/simultaneous
ensuring that proper procedures are used in
exercises, and demonstrates the intra-dependency and
planning training events. A safety walk through
interdependency of systems. Designing and
must always be conducted before training to
conducting scenarios that demonstrate cause and effect
ensure no conditions have changed before drills
relationships between systems are the essence of
and the results reported to the team leader.
integrated training. For example, loss of firemain
Affected spaces and equipment must be checked
pressure could also cause the loss of your aqueous
for things like missing deck plates, damaged or
film-forming foam (AFFF) stations reducing a ship's
missing handrails, electrical hazards, and so
fire-fighting capabilities.
forth. During all training evolutions the trainer
Ship-wide integrated training efforts involve
must constantly monitor for safety hazards and
significant commitment of personnel and time,
practices and be ready to correct any
b e c a u s e t h i s t r a i n i n g i nvo l ve s m o r e c o m p l ex
development and planning. Functional area training
discrepancies even if it means stopping training
can be conducted independently by each training team
or a drill-in process.
as time and resources permit.
Damage control training effectiveness is directly
Coordination Between Training Teams
related to realistic training scenarios. Too many
simulations weaken drills, causing personnel to lose
Senior Damage Controlman personnel find it
interest and enthusiasm, which significantly degrades
necessary to coordinate, develop, and conduct
training effectiveness. DCTT disclosures must be
intensive training, such as a main space fire or flooding
realistic and clear; manipulating indicators, staging
drill. Development of such comprehensive shipboard
realistic props, and generating smoke and standard
damage control training programs often requires the
disclosure techniques will reduce confusion and
development of drills that make coordination between
increase training effectiveness. Table 13-1 provides a
training teams vitally important. These coordination
list of recommended methods and techniques for the
efforts run from simple to complex, depending on the
use of props that the DCTT can apply when developing
t r a i n i n g o b j e c t ive . S o m e fa c t o r s t h a t m u s t b e
training scenarios.
considered to complete these coordination efforts
include the following:
DRILL GUIDE DEVELOPMENT
1. Props.
Learning Objective: Recall the requirements and
-- What props are required?
g u i d a n c e p r ov i d e d f o r d eve l o p m e n t a n d
implementation of drill guides for damage control
-- Has there been a review of the lists of props
training.
presented in NWP-3-20.31 or provided by
afloat training group (ATG) publications?
Afloat training groups (ATGs) provide Navy ships
with examples and packages of recommended damage
-- How much of the requirement can a prop
control drills. An example of the contents of a typical
realistically simulate?
drill scenario is as follows:
2. A logical drill progression.
1. DEFINITION: A drill guide is a standardized
3. The time allotted.
procedure for conducting casualty/damage control
training.
4. How will this drill impact other divisions,
departments, and the ship as a whole, especially
electrical drills or drills that impact ships speed
identified with a two-part code. For example:
or maneuverability?
DG01/SLQ-32, DG02/TSSE 7, DG03/DCMS CBR-D,
5. SAFETY. Safety is a primary concern during all
and so on.
training events. If an unsafe condition exists, the
Part 1 identifies the drill guide number.
training event should be STOPPED until a safe
condition is established. During training,
Part 2 identifies the system/scenario/event. Some
planning, and operations, the operational risk
examples of these are as follows:
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