PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT (SHOPS)

FIGURE 9-3. ORGANIZATION OF A TYPICAL NAVAL SHIPYARD PLANNING DEPARTMENT

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reaches the shipyard, and they hold a pre-arrival conference with the ship’s officers and the TYCOM’s representative. When the results of a pre-arrival inspection, or other firm information, are available, the planning department prepares job orders based on ship work requests. It also prepares a list of the materials needed to do the job or a budget figure if no list is available. Then they send the job order and material list to the production department where the repair division adds key operation dates and material required dates (MRD). Sometimes there is a need for work that could not be foreseen and the planning department issues work request supplements to cover those situations. These supplements are restricted and should be used only when necessary. The planning department prepares allowance lists, such as the COSAL, for newly constructed ships, and corrects existing allowance lists for ships for which the shipyard is the home yard. These are lists of equipment components, repair parts, or material needed to operate, maintain, and repair the ship for specified periods of time. They are based on plans, material requisitions, or individual job orders related to the ship’s equipment. The planning department’s design division issues procedures to carry out tests of equipment and work. (The combat systems office and nuclear engineering department conduct their own tests.) The procedures include any special measures and safety precautions and an outline of the reports to be made on the test results. Each ship undergoing overhaul assigns inspectors and representatives from each department to inspect work and witness tests, since these are a responsibility of the commanding officer as outlined in U. S. Navy Regulations. PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT (SHOPS) The production department is made up of all of the shops in a naval shipyard and is supervised by the production officer. Each shop is a unit that is assigned specific work, usually by trade. Most shops are assigned to the production department, but they usually do work for the entire yard. (The transportation, power plant, and maintenance shops are assigned to the public works department.) Figure 9-4 shows the organization of a typical production department. Each shop in the production department is assigned to a shop group consisting of one or more shops. Each shop group has a civilian superintendent who is responsible for the organization, administration, personnel training, and general supervision of his shop group. A civilian superintendent is in charge of each Figure 9-2.-Organization of a typical naval shipyard. 9-9

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