Commanding Officer Surface Warfare Officers School 1
SWOS Training Initiatives SWOS-CNE Consolidation SWO Introduction Training Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainers (NSSTs) in Fleet Concentration Areas 2
SWOSCOLCOM as of 01 Oct 2011 Bangor. WA SWOSCOLCOM International Newport, RI Pearl Harbor, HI San Diego,CA Great Lakes, IL FT Leonard Wood, MO Norfolk, VA Yokosuka, Japan Mayport, FL 3
Core Surface Warfare Skill Sets SWE Resource Sponsors Tactical Engineering Ship Handling
Proposed SWO Timeline Basic Division Officer Course (BDOC) 8-Weeks Advanced Division Officer Course (ADOC) 4-weeks + BST 7.5 Baseline DH 32 Month 1 St Tour 18 Month 2nd Tour 36 Month Shore Duty Dept Head Qualify: SWO/OOD Qualify: EOOW / Warfare Area Qualify: TAO / CMD at Sea Navigation Shiphandling DIVO Leadership Material Readiness 3M Zone Inspections I-stop enroute Tactics & Maritime Warfare Advanced Shiphandling & Navigation Platform Endorsement Junior SOSMRC (JOSMRC) BRM (JR) Exclamation point on being a SWO! Communicate Operate TAO Platform Endorsement DH Leadership & Mgmt Readiness People Engineering Navigate
What SWOS Needs from You Personal involvement in JO training program Your investment in our future Push hard for use of Division Officer Study Guide SWO Fundamentals exam directly from Guide Available on NKO 500 mid-watch mentality USCG Rules of the Road test bank Time and experience are the key! 6
Shiphandling Trainers in Your Homeport Manpower: Shiphandling instructors are under a new contract as of 01 Oct SWOS provides curriculum and instructor standardization Training will be consistent across the NSS continuum Training Requirements under SFTM: 40 hours basic shiphandling (annually) 28 hours special evolutions (annually) Bridge Resource Management (once per cycle) Equipment: Currently two separate systems Conducted a Business Case Analysis to neck down to one system Standardization of assessment through the use of the CRESST developed Shiphandling Assessment Tool All NSS instruction coordinated across the SWOS Domain 7
Department Head Training TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER TACTICAL TRAINERS AD/IO SUW USW EXW Compressed Battlespace Coordinated Ops THREAT WEEK and TACTICAL REFRESH TAO AIR & MISSILE DEFENSE SURFACE WARFARE INFORMATION OPERATIONS UNDERSEA WARFARE EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE EXAMS WARFARE AREA FINALS 4 hour Essay TAO FINAL 4 hour Essay TAO Electronic Scenario Driven Assessment Post-Command Officer Observed & Graded TAO Assessment 8
Department Head Training OPERATIONS, READINESS, TRAINING, ENGINEERING (ORT&E) TOPSIDERS DEPARTMENT HEAD MATERIAL READINESS COURSE (DHMRC) ANTI-TERRORISM BILLET SPECIALTY ANTI-TERRORISM AFLOAT SAFETY CORE DH LEADERSHIP NAVIGATION TRAINING MGT DH ADMIN ENGINEERS PEO Course (10 weeks) EXAMS IN EACH AREA AND OVERALL WEIGHTED EQUAL TO TAO LEADING AND MANAGING DEPARTMENTS AT SEA 9
Award Winning Training 2010 Excellence in Practice Award Winner for Full Spectrum Surface Warfare Training Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE) COVE Intelligent Tutoring System (COVE ITS) COVE Assessment Tool PC Based Engineering Simulators Virtual Maintenance Performance Aid (VMPA) Tactical Action Officer-Intelligent Tutoring System (TAO-ITS) TAO Sandbox Instructional Tool TAO-Assessment Tool Irregular Warfare Decision Making Simulations
Summary Increased rigor through assessments Shiphandling Tactical Action Officer Engineering Students accountable for learning SWOS engagement in FCAs NSST Damage Control School SWO Intro Reemphasizing technical, tactical, and material readiness training 11
Back-ups 12
Measures Of Success Rigorous testing in all curricula Fundamentals testing for ASAT and PEO/Advanced Engineering students Maritime Warfare and Navigation tested in ASAT ROR exams for DOC/DH/PXO/PCO/MCO students Maritime Warfare exams assess proficiency at the DIVO/DH/PCO level Operational Proficiency Assessments EOOW - Engineering students assessed by ATG Successful completion required to graduate MMTT - TAO students assessed by SWOS Post-Command and post- Major Command staff Successful completion required to graduate Shiphandling assessed by civilian Master Mariners on staff Successful completion required to graduate Utilization of the Shiphandling Assessment Tool Across all levels of training at SWOS Will be introduced Fleet-wide 13
Measures Of Success Formal Course Reviews and Surveys Completed after each course graduation, includes: Analysis of student critiques Analysis of student test scores Analysis of instructor evaluations Student leadership surveys (CO s and DH s) Recommendations for Improvement Fleet has a voice in our curriculum Human Performance Requirement Review (HPRR) Every SWOS CIN on a cycle not to exceed 36 months Fleet participation critical for success Fleet Surveys Department Head SOSMRC DIVO (resuming) 14
ONR Projects Advanced Adaptive Scenario Generation and Adaptive Learning Tools Adaptive Device for Adaptive Performance Training (ADAPT) ASU / APTIMA Adaptive Training for Combat Information Center (ATCIC) CRESST / USC / TSD Back to Basics Decision Training Systems NPS / APTIMA Intelligent Aggressor (IA) UNR Tactical Action Officer (TAO) Sandbox CRESST / USC / CSU Automated Performance Assessment and Automated Performance Data Collection, Storage and Analysis Conning Officer Ship handling Assessment (COSA) CRESST Damage Control Assistant Senior Enlisted (DCASE) Assessment Tool CRESST Multi-Mission Tactical Training (MMTT) TAO Assessment Tool CRESST Department Head Course End-to-End Assessment Analysis CRESST Readiness Console Operator (FCO) front / back end analysis CRESST 15
ONR Projects Intelligent Tutoring Systems COVE ITS CRESST / Stanford TAO ITS CRESST Automated Feedback Mechanisms and Surveys Diagnostic Automated Rapid Testing of Skills (DARTS) Soar Tech / USC Fleet Feedback and Surveys CRESST Synthetic Training Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE) Virtual Maintenance Performance Aid (VMPA) Alion Science & Technology 16