FIRE CONTROLMAN (FC) TRAINING SURVEY QUESTIONS

The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) requests that you respond to the following survey. The purpose of the survey is to assist CSCS in modifying the FC A school curriculum and instructional methods to meet shipboard and FC rating training requirements. The results of the survey and recommended FC A school curriculum changes will be presented at the 2010 FC Human Performance Readiness Review in July 2010. Please fill out Parts A, C and only one section of Part B (as applicable).

Name (optional): 


  1. PART A: The following canvassing questions are for each Maintenance Man, Work Center Supervisor, Leading Petty Officer or Leading Chief Petty Officer filling out questionnaire.


  1. How long has it been since you completed FC A-school?


  1. What NECs do you hold?


  1. Did you have a__________ (choose all that apply)?
    pre-Navy electronics background?
    High School?
    Vocational School?
    Apprenticeship?
    College?


  1. What number sea tour are you on?
    First
    Second
    Third
    Fourth


  1. Are you currently serving in your NEC?
    Yes
    No


  1. What class of ship are you on?


  1. PART B.1: Questions for FC Maintenance Man Only
    (Questions 9-34)

    MAINTENANCE MAN:


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to interpret electronic schematics?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to interpret perform the six-step troubleshooting method?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your training FC rating prepare you to troubleshoot AC/DC circuits?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot circuit cards?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot shipboard radar systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to identify the effects of EMI and RFI?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot and repair computers and computer equipment?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot and repair auxiliary air systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot and repair cooling water systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to repair and troubleshoot data link equipment?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to identify the types and causes of corrosion?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to use and interpret tech manuals?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to perform digital logic numeric conversions?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot and repair digital systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot electrical systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot electromechanical systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to troubleshoot power supplies?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to test interconnecting cables and connectors?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to identify basic equipment alarms, safety and warning signs?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to identify general tools and their uses?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your school house CSOSS training prepare you for your current duties?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did your school house 3M training prepare you for your current duties?
    Yes
    No


  1. While performing maintenance actions, do you need help using the following test equipment (choose all that apply)?
    O-scope
    Multi-meter
    Spectrum analyzer
    Power meter


  1. How well did C-school prepare you for your current duties?
    Fully Prepared
    Partially Prepared
    Did Not Prepared


  1. How well did A-school prepare you for C-school?
    Fully Prepared
    Partially Prepared
    Did Not Prepared


  1. What portion of your time do you work “in rate”?
    0% - 25%
    26% - 50%
    51% - 75%
    76% - 100%


  1. MAINTENANCE MAN STOP


  1. PART B.2: Questions for Work Center Supervisor, Leading Petty Officer and Leading Chief Petty Officer Only (Questions 37-62)

    In your experience, how well to the schoolhouse pipeline training prepare your maintenance personnel to perform the following actions:


  1. Did your FC rating training prepare you to interpret electronic schematics?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to interpret perform the six-step troubleshooting method?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot AC/DC circuits?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot circuit cards?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot shipboard radar systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to identify the effects of EMI and RFI?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot and repair computers and computer equipment?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot and repair auxiliary air systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot and repair cooling water systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to repair and troubleshoot data link equipment?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to identify the types and causes of corrosion?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to interpret tech manuals?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to perform digital logic numeric conversions?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot and repair digital systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot electrical systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot electromechanical systems?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to troubleshoot power supplies?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to test interconnecting cables and connectors?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to identify basic equipment alarms, safety and warning signs?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did FC rating training prepare your maintenance personnel to identify general tools and their uses?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did school house CSOSS training prepare your maintenance personnel for their current duties?
    Yes
    No


  1. Did school house 3M training prepare your maintenance personnel for their current duties?
    Yes
    No


  1. Do your personnel maintenance personnel need help using the following test equipment (choose all that apply)?
    O-scope
    Multi-meter
    Spectrum analyzer
    Power meter


  1. How well did C-school prepare your maintenance personnel for their current duties?
    Fully Prepared
    Partially Prepared
    Did Not Prepared


  1. How well did A-school prepare your maintenance personnel for C-school?
    Fully Prepared
    Partially Prepared
    Did Not Prepared


  1. What portion of your time do your maintenance personnel work “in rate”?
    0% - 25%
    26% - 50%
    51% - 75%
    76% - 100%


  1. Part C: Applicable to all respondents. The following are the content modules for FC A school. Please indicate whether the module is applicable to your shipboard duties and if the training hours indicated are sufficient by checking yes or no under the appropriate column.


  1. INTRO MODULES: Orientation HOURS: 1
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Orientation HOURS: 1
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Safety HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Safety HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Technical Publications HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Technical Publications HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: CSOSS HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: CSOSS HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: 3M HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: 3M HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Tools HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Tools HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Test Equipment HOURS: 18
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Test Equipment HOURS: 18
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Troubleshooting HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Troubleshooting HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Weapons HOURS: 11
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Weapons HOURS: 11
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Delivery HOURS: 9
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Delivery HOURS: 9
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Engagement HOURS: 11
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Engagement HOURS: 11
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar Apprentice HOURS: 24
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar Apprentice HOURS: 24
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar 1 HOURS: 24
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. INTRO MODULES: Radar 1 HOURS: 24
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar 1 LAB HOURS: 30
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar 1 LAB HOURS: 30
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Display and Indicators HOURS:18
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Display and Indicators HOURS:18
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar Display HOURS: 16
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar Display HOURS: 16
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Radar Display LAB HOURS:30
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Radar Display LAB HOURS:30
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Doppler HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Doppler HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar 2 HOURS: 19
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES: Radar 2 HOURS: 19
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Radar Systems HOURS:24
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Radar Systems HOURS:24
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Radar Systems LAB HOURS:30
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. RADAR MODULES:Radar Systems LAB HOURS:30
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: ORM HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: ORM HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Security HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Security HOURS:
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: PQS HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: PQS HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Corrosion HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Corrosion HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Aux Systems HOURS: 12
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Aux Systems HOURS: 12
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Basic Alarms HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Basic Alarms HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: EMI HOURS: 4
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: EMI HOURS: 4
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Inertial Navigation HOURS: 6
    Was this Module Applicable?
    Yes
    No


  1. NON-EQUIPMENT MODULES: Inertial Navigation HOURS: 6
    Was the Hours Sufficient?
    Yes
    No


  1. If you believe that there are FC occupational requirements that require training but are not listed above, please identify and explain the requirement in the space provided below. Be specific.





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