JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL

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2.9.5.3 Personnel Qualification Standards. Theoretical portions of PQS should be implemented during the training
pipeline at the specific Training Centers and at the FTCs using available technical manuals and training material.
Ship-wide PQS should be implemented prior to the arrival of the final crew increment at the shipbuilder's yard. The
ship's Engineer Officer should establish interim watch qualifications to set the training goals for
Engineering/Reactor Department personnel as they arrive at the Industrial Activity. Additionally, PQS sign-off
authority should be specified in writing by the ship's Engineer Officer, in order to ensure that the provisional
qualifications and sign-off procedures function smoothly.
2.9.5.4 Outfitting Support (as applicable). The PCU must ensure that engineering spaces are completely outfitted.
Routine progress inspections must be made in this area, and the PCU will participate in completing Compartment
Completion Inspection Reports. It is important that personnel involved with Compartment Completion Inspection
Reports are fully aware of all implemented Engineering Change Proposals and Engineering Change Notices to
ascertain that outfitting materials and Operating Space Items (OSI) support the ship as revised by Engineering
Change Proposals and Engineering Change Notices. Configuration Change Requests must be drafted with full
recognition of the guidance contained in both the General Specifications for Building Naval Vessels and the specific
Class Building Specifications.
2.9.5.5 Operational Sequencing System (Surface Ships only). The Operational Sequencing Systems (OSS)
(Engineering Operational Sequencing System (EOSS), Sewage Disposal Operational Sequencing System, etc.)
establish the operational procedures for various shipboard equipment, including applicable Casualty Control
procedures. Validation of Engineering Department OSS manuals is the responsibility of the ship's Engineering
Department personnel, with assistance provided by the Ship Program Manager and contractor support personnel (if
available). This validation will ensure that procedural requirements are current, well-defined and correct. OSS
validation is a Key Event that must be accomplished by the PCU prior to arrival of the final crew increment. EOSS
installation (under the cognizance of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD)) involves the
following sequence of events, which may be modified for other OSS installations:
a. Develop the preliminary EOSS package.
b. Submit the preliminary EOSS to the PCU, the Supervising Authority and the Ship Program Manager.
c. The PCU, the Supervising Authority and the Ship Program Manager review the preliminary EOSS.
d. Conduct cold plant check to validate equipments for correct system operation.
e. Revise EOSS to pre-hot check package and submit EOSS to the PCU, the Supervising Authority and
the Ship Program Manager.
f. Conduct pre-hot check.
g. Conduct hot system ship check.
h. Submit final EOSS to the PCU, the Supervising Authority and the Ship Program Manager for
review/comment.
i. Deliver camera-ready copy of EOSS to Ship Program Manager.
j. Print, laminate, assemble EOSS.
k. Install final EOSS.
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