Personnel Qualification Standards Personnel qualification standards (PQSs) are mini- mum  skills  and  knowledges  necessary  to  qualify  for a specific watch station, maintain specific equipment, or perform as a team member within a unit. They are used to certify that officer and enlisted personnel can perform  certain  duties.  The  PQS  program  is  not  de- signed as a training program, but it does provide many training goals. Therefore, you should use PQSs as key elements to ensure that your training program is well- structured  and  dynamic.  A  complete  listing  of  avail- able PQS manuals is published in the Personnel Qual- ification  Standards  Catalog,  NAVEDTRA   43100-5. Depending   on   your   command,   you   may   be   re- sponsible for any or all of the following duties within your   division’s   PQS   program: Supervising   divisional   PQSs. Supervising  the  qualification  of  petty  officers. Recommending to the department head the as- signment  of  division  qualification  of  petty officers. Recommending  to  the  department  head  the entry  level  of  newly  assigned  personnel. Recommending  to  the  department  head  any required tailoring that the division may need. Recommending  to  the  department  head  final qualification   of   personnel. Ensuring  that  PQS  documentation  is  entered on  page  4  of  the  individual’s  service  record. Assigning  requirements  and  PQS  goals  to individual  trainees  according  to  departmental guidance. Checking,  weekly,  the  progress  of  division personnel  toward  PQS  goals  as  shown  in  the progress   records. Briefing the department head, monthly, on the status  of  division  personnel  and  adjusting goals  accordingly. Integrating PQS status with the routine admin- istration  of  special  requests,  early  liberty  ap- provals,  etc. Ensuring that enlisted evaluations reflect PQS qualification     accomplishments. EQUIPMENT   STANDARDS Not  all  standards  pertain  to  the  development  of your personnel. Equipment standards fall into this cat- egory.  Equipment  standards,  or  operational  parameters, are  standards  that  are  set  for  individual  equipments to ensure that they operate at maximum performance. These  standards  may  be  determined  by  the  equip- ment’s manufacturer, the Navy’s planned maintenance system  (PMS),  or  another  authority. An  equipment  standard  for  a  radar may  be  stated  as: “Transmitter   Frequency:   9375   ±30MHz.” This  standard  gives  the  operational  parameters within  which  this  specific  radar  transmitter  should operate. If the transmitter were to begin operating out- side the prescribed standards, you would need to per- form   corrective   maintenance. TECHNICAL    MATERIALS As a supervisor, you have three major responsibili- ties  concerning  technical  materials: 1. Ensure that appropriate technical materials are available.  Your  division  cannot  operate  properly  or professionally  without  the  necessary  technical  mate- rials. 2.   Keep   your   technical   materials   current.   Out- of-date  technical  materials,  in  addition  to  causing  in- 1-5