Senior Ratings' Advanced Course (CBRNDC 35)

Week 1:

• Firefighting organisation, firefighting systems and equipment (1 day)
• Practical firefighting (1½ days)
• Sea survival theory and practical drills (1 day)
• CBRNDC organisation, CBRN drills (half day)
• Practical damage repair (half day)

Week 2:

A thorough revision and updating of CBRNDC knowledge and experience through classroom lectures, theoretical and practical exercises.

Week 3:

CBRN classroom instruction, supervised syndicate work and student presentations.

• Week 4:
• Advanced rescue procedures for removing injured personnel from a fire environment
• Special Firefighting techniques
• Dealing with explosive stores involved in ship fires
• Aid to another ship
• Continuation training

1. First Aid Firefighting
2. Hose Team techniques
3. Search and Rescue techniques
4. Breathing apparatus use, and control of wearers

• Fire prevention

Week 5:

Final lectures on CBRNDC culminating in CBRNDC and other practical assessed training, to enable the CBRNDCQ to train, umpire and plan the CBRNDC training for the ship.

• Must be an experienced senior rating who has completed basic and further CBRNDC training in their own navy to an acceptable RN standard, or to have
  completed the RN Intermediate Sea Safety course. To be employed in a position of firefighting and damage control training.

• Basic Sea Survival Course (BSSC)

MCA Certificates in ‘Personal Survival Techniques’ and ‘Advanced Fire Fighting’.

Further experience instructing, organising, planning and umpiring damage control and firefighting techniques to the ship’s company.

There are restricted modules which non-NATO or international students cannot attend.

Week 3 (CBRN) is based around the student being able to fit, issue, maintain and test the UK Forces in-service General Service Respirator so may not be suitable for people with facial hair.