101 Safety Fundamentals

Question 1

What are the Five Steps of the ORM Process?

Answer 1

I A M I S

I-dentifying hazards
A-ssessing hazards
M-aking risk decisions
I-mplementing controls
S-upervising

Question 2

Explain the step Identifying Hazards

Answer 2

Analyze the mission
List the Hazards
Determine the Hazard Root Cause

Question 3

Explain the step Asessing Hazards

Answer 3

Severity
Probablity
Complete Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment Pitfalls

Question 4

Explain the step Making Risk Decisions

Answer 4

Identify Control Options
Determine Control Effects
Make Risk Decisions

Question 5

Explain the Step Implementing Controls

Answer 5

Plan communicated to all personnel
Accountability is established
Necessary support is provided

Question 6

Explain the Step Supervising

Answer 6

Monitoring the effectiveness of risk controls
Determining the need for further assessment due to unanticipated change
Lessons Learned

Question 7

Define “High Risk” course

Answer 7

Elevated probability of loss or increased level of of severity is likely
Situations that require special attention to prevent damage or injury

Question 8

Discuss what type of courses are considered “High Risk”

Answer 8

All training in an enviornment which exposes staff, students, and/or assets to potential risks of death, permanent disability or loss during training.

Question 9

Describe Voluntary and Involuntary courses

Answer 9

Voluntary - Training in which a sailor has voluntary enrolled and has the ability to Drop on Request

Involuntary - Training in which a sailor the accession training or follow on specialty skills school

Question 10

Discuss what Drop on Request (DOR) is and the procedures for conducting one

Answer 10

When any student in a voluntary, high risk training course desires to quit, the student need only make his intentions known.
The student will be immediately removed from the training area.
A written summary of action taken is entered in the student’s service record and a copy is maintained in the command’s permanent record.

Question 11

Discuss what Training Time Out (TTO) is and procedures for conducting one

Answer 11

In any situation when students or instructors express concern for personal safety or a need to clarify procedures, they shall call a TTO. Training will cease until the situation or condition is returned to a safe state.

Question 12

Discuss the purpose of the Emergency Action Plan (EAP). How often must it be reviewed for accuracy of information? How often is it to be fully exercised?

Answer 12

An internal plan to be implemented immediately upon advent of a mishap to aid involved persons and to control and/or safeguard the scene. This plan will be developed for all high risk training evolutions and must include at a minimum: primary and alternate communications, telephone numbers, radio channels, call signs, locations of emergency response personnel, locations of emergency equipment, equipment shutdown procedures, muster site and methods to maintain control of the scene, non-affected personnel, and all immediate emergency procedures.

Conduct quarterly procedural walk-throughs.
Full exercise and validate EAP’s annually.

Question 13

Discuss periodic requirements for safety stand-downs

Answer 13

At a minimum, commands shall conduct one safety stand-down per year. Additional safety stand-downs may be warranted at the discretion of the commanding officer.

Question 14

Discuss Mishap Reporting as it pertains to High Risk instructor

Answer 14

Report and record all training related mishaps and injuries

Training Mishap - Any mishap that occurs to instructors, students, or assets while conducting training as a result of the curriculum or the environment

Question 15

Discuss Site Augment Plans as it pertains to High Risk instructor

Answer 15

Curriculum Control Authority develops Site Augment Plans with unique training situations for high risk courses,

Question 16

Discuss Special Course Indicator Code as it pertains to High Risk instructor

Answer 16

Voluntary Training. Formal high-risk training that is designated as “voluntary” per the resource sponsor and curriculum control authority, and, therefore, identified by a special course indicator code of “A” or “D”

Question 17

Discuss Instructor Screening Process as it pertains to High Risk instructor

Answer 17

CUIT is designed to prepare the instructor to teach in a high-risk course. The content of this training will vary from course to course, but it must include all items of high-risk, which require special attention. Familiarization with basic tenants of high-risk training and safety will include mitigation, protocol, and policy. For Core Unique Training, the items must apply universally to all sites where the course is taught.

Question 18

Discuss Instructor Screening Process as it pertains to High Risk instructor

Answer 18

Service record screening - adverse admin entries, below average performance evals
Physical requirements
Medical Officer Interview, Record review, and Questionnaire
CO’s interview

Question 19

Discuss Evaluations Process as it pertains to High Risk Instructor

Answer 19

Establish an evaluation program that assesses high-risk instructors in classroom and laboratory
or field settings on a recurrent basis, in percentages commensurate with the amount of time
spent instructing in those environments.

Question 20

Discuss mportance of heat/cold stress, monitoring, and control in a training environment as it pertains to High Risk Instructor

Answer 20

The importance is based upon prior conditioning, activity level of the training to ensure Sailors
are prepared to participate in the activity and mitigate potential loss of life.