DDG-51 Engineering Training

How Simulators Can Help

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U.S. Navy surface combatant ship crews require extensive training. Especially rigorous training is required for the ship's engineers, who are responsible for operating, maintaining, and repairing the main propulsion and auxiliary equipment to keep the ship ready to go to sea. Much of the training for the engineering watchstanders of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that is currently done underway could be done in port. Training could also be done on simulators at considerable savings in time, money, fuel, and ship wear and tear. And, given constraints on underway training, there is a limit to the number and type of drills a ship can practice at sea. The use of simulators can improve proficiency for engineering casualty control training that requires a great deal of repetition and drills to master. This monograph discusses how simulators could improve engineering watchstanders' proficiency before ships go to sea, so that time at sea could be used to fine-tune the training. The authors recommend that full mission console trainers — exact duplicates of the consoles onboard destroyers — be installed at fleet concentration areas, such as Norfolk and San Diego, so they could be used by senior engineering watchstanders to: (1) gain proficiency before ships go to sea, and (2) sustain proficiency during extended inport periods. In addition, desktop trainers can and should be used as lead-in engineering trainers for advanced operations.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 116
  • List Price: $33.50
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  • ISBN/EAN: 9780833047298
  • Document Number: MG-874-NAVY
  • Year: 2009
  • Series: Monographs

Contents

  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    DDG-51 Engineering Watch Organization and Training Requirements

  • Chapter Three

    Engineering Training Performed by DDG-51s During Unit-Level Training

  • Chapter Four

    What Simulators Are Available?

  • Chapter Five

    Pros and Cons of an Engineering Simulator

  • Chapter Six

    Resourcing and Policy Changes Needed

  • Chapter Seven

    Findings and Observations

  • Appendix A

    List of EOCC Drills and Evolutions Required for DDG-51-Class Ships

  • Appendix B

    Engineering Equipment Contained in DDG-51 Engineering Spaces

  • Appendix C

    How Commercial Industry and Other Navies Use Simulators for Engineering Training

  • Appendix D

    List of PQS Line Items Satisfied by PEO Gas Turbine Class of Instruction (COI) (A-4H-0064) at Surface Warfare Officer School

The research described in this report was prepared for the United States Navy. The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community.

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