OFF-SITE TRAINING
Formal off-site training is composed of factory
schools, class A and C schools, and fleet classes.
Factory schools are held by various vendors or
contractors. They are the costliest form of training avai-
lable. In addition to travel finds, fill or partial per diem
usually must be funded by the type commander (TY-
COM). These schools are often the only source of
training available for new types of equipment being
installed on new or modernized vessels.
Navy class A and C schools are designated class
A or class C to identify the level and type of training
offered. Class A schools offer the basic technical
knowledges and skills required to prepare personnel
for job-entry-level performance and further specialized
training. Class C schools offer the advanced knowledge,
skills, and techniques required to perform a particular
job in a billet. To send your personnel to these schools,
you must obtain training quotas. Your educational
services office (ESO) can assist you in obtaining train-
ing quotas.
Other formal classes are available from fleet
technical support centers (FTSCs). The classes offered
cover a wide range of equipment in use in the fleet and
some of the basic skills required to maintain this equip-
ment. FTSCs announce scheduled classes via messages
to all local units on a monthly or quarterly basis, de-
pending on the location of the FTSC.
In addition, the Catalog of Navy Training Courses
(CANTMC), NAVEDTRA 10500, lists all formal
courses of instruction offered to naval personnel. It
contains the following information on each of the
courses listed: location, length, class of school (A or
C), convening frequency, purpose, scope, prerequisites,
quota control, and reporting designation. This publica-
tion is an invaluable aid for supervisors as they plan
off-site training. It is normally located in the ESO.
ON-SITE TRAINING
On-site training (shipboard) is necessary throughout
the naval establishment. Technicians reporting to their
first duty station from a C school have much to learn
about their particular work-center or work-group opera-
tion and system configurations. The courses of instruc-
tion that FCs attend usually provide only the fundamen-
tal theory and skills required to perform the minimum
maintenance on electronic and digital equipments. Most
C schools do not have the manpower or equipment
available for the students to pefrorm all the maintenance
tasks they will ultimately be required to do.
Most of the hands-on training that FCs receive is
at their first duty stations. As a supervisor, you will be
responsible for providing the extra training the new FC
will require to become a competent, technically skilled
technician.
You can do this by combining the following training
methods:
On-the-job training: On-the-job training is one
of the most widely used and easiest ways of providing
training.
Personnel qualification standards: The person-
nel qualification standards program is designed to
develop a person’s ability to stand a watch or maintain
a piece of equipment.
Formal shipboard training: Formal shipboard
training is the best way to train large groups of people,
but it requires more effort and preparation than most
other methods.
On-the-Job Training
On-the-job training (OJT) is, by far, the simplest
and easiest way to train. It can be used almost anytime
that you, the supervisor, desires. In fact, you perform
OJT many times a day without ever thinking about it.
Showing a new FC how to perform radio frequency
(RF) transmitter alignment, how to perform RF power
measurements, and how to perform a receiver sensi-
tivity check are all examples of OJT.
When used wisely, OJT allows new FCs to gain
hands-on experience under operational conditions that
normally cannot be acquired at a formal school. By em-
phasizing OJT, you will be able to increase the tech-
nical competence of your new personnel in a shorter
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