Engineering Training How Simulators Can Help

by Yardley, Roland J.; Kallimani, James G.; Smallman, Laurence; Grammich, Clifford A.

• ISBN13: 9780833047298
• ISBN10: 0833047299
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-16
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

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. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. ix
Tables	p. xi
Summary	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Abbreviations	p. xxv
Introduction	p. 1
DDG-51 Engineering Watch Organization and Training Requirements	p. 5
Engineering Watch Organization	p. 5
Evaluating Watchstanders	p. 7
Training Requirements	p. 8
Individual Personnel Qualifications	p. 9
Engineering Team Training Requirements	p. 9
Evolutions	p. 10
Engineering Casualty Control Drills	p. 11
Performing Drills in Port	p. 13
Engineering Watchstanders	p. 15
Engineering Training Performed by DDG-51s During Unit-Level Training	p. 17
Performance Data	p. 19
Performance on Evolutions	p. 19
Engineering Casualty Control Drill Proficiency	p. 21
Causes for Failure	p. 25
Engineering Training Team	p. 27
How Can These Challenges Be Addressed by Simulators?	p. 28
What Simulators Are Available?	p. 31
SWOS Engineering Simulators Can Be Used to Train CCS Watchstanders	p. 31
DDG-51 Desktop Simulator	p. 32
DDG-51 Console Trainer	p. 34
SWOS Simulators Can Be Used to Train DDG-51 CCS Watchstanders	p. 36
Simulators Can Help Engineers Increase Proficiency	p. 40
Plans for Backfitting and Use of Engineering Embedded Trainers	p. 42
Pros and Cons of an Engineering Simulator	p. 45
Potential Benefits and Shortcomings of an Engineering Simulator System	p. 45
Evaluation of Training Options-At Sea, Pierside, or Shore-Based	p. 47
Factors That Affect the Use and Acquisition of Simulators	p. 47
Resourcing and Policy Changes Needed	p. 53
Resourcing Needed	p. 53
Policy Changes Needed	p. 55
Findings and Observations	p. 57
Steps to Take Now	p. 59
Policy Changes Needed	p. 59
Appendixes
List of EOCC Drills and Evolutions Required for DDG-51-Class Ships	p. 61
Engineering Equipment Contained in DDG-51 Engineering Spaces	p. 67
How Commercial Industry and Other Navies Use Simulators for Engineering Training	p. 71
List of PQS Line Items Satisfied by PEO Gas Turbine Class of Instruction (COI) (A-4H-0064) at Surface Warfare Officer School	p. 81
Bibliography	p. 85
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