MTS Flash Cards Safety Fundamentals (101)

Question 1

Explain the 5 step process for ORM: Step One: Identying hazards

Answer 1

A hazard is any condition with the potential to negatively impact mission accomplishment or cause injury, death, or property damage. Three basic actions to be completed in this step:

1) Analyze the Mission
2) List the Hazards
3) Determine the Hazard Root Cause

Question 2

Explain the 5 step process for ORM: Step Two: Assessing hazards

Answer 2

For each hazard identified, determine the associated degree of risk in terms of probability and severity.

Question 3

Explain the 5 step process for ORM: Step Three: Making risk decisions

Answer 3

Identify control options
determine control effects
Make risk decision

Question 4

Explain the 5 step process for ORM: Step Four: Implementing controls

Answer 4

Once the risk control decisions are made, the next step is to implement. Ensure the plan is comunicated clearly to all involved personnel, establish accountability and provide necessary support.

Question 5

Explain the 5 step process for ORM: Step Five: Supervising

Answer 5

Monitor effectiveness of risk controls.

Determine the need for further assessment of all or a portion of the mission task due to an unanticipated change.

Capturing lessons learned, both positive and negative

Question 6

Define “high-risk” course

Answer 6

a) A term to describe a known or unknown condition or state where an elevated probability of loss or and increased level of severity is likely or imminent.
b) A term used to describe situations that require special attention and /or intervention to prevent a declining situation.
c) May imply a dangerous situation.

Question 7

Discuss what type of courses are considered “high risk”

Answer 7

High Risk Training, either basic or advanced, individual or collective training, whether in tradiotnal or non-traditional enviroment which exposes crew, staff, and/or assets to the potential risks of death, permanent disability, loss during training.

Question 8

Discuss the difference between these types of courses.

Answer 8

a) Voluntary:Training in which a sailor has voluntary enrolled and has the ability to DOR and return to his or orignal flagship.
b) Involuntary: Training in which a Sailor is enrolled thru the accession training or follow-on speciality skills schools.

Question 9

Discuss what DOR is and the procedures for conducting one

Answer 9

When any student in a voluntary high risk training course desires to quit or DOR, the student need onlymake such intentions known. The student will be immediately and expeditiously removed from the training area. A written summaery of action taken is entered in the students service record and a copy is maintained in the commands permanent record.

Question 10

Discuss what TTO is and the procedures for conducting one

Answer 10

In any situation when students or instructors express concern for personel safety or a need to clarify procedures or requirements, they shall call TTO. Training will immediately cease until the situation or condition is returned to a safe state. Then and only then will training resume.

Question 11

Discus the purpose of the EAP, and how often must it be reviewed for accuracy of information. Identify the periodic requirments for fully exercising the EAP. How often is it to be fully exercised?

Answer 11

An internal plan to be implemented immediately upon advent of a mishap to aid involved persons and to control or safegaurd the scene.Conduct quartl procedural walk-throughs and fully exercise and validate emergency action plans annually. Include all emergency resonse agencies, where practicable.

Question 12

Discuss periodic requirments for safety stand-downs

Answer 12

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 13

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

a) Mishap Reporting

Answer 13

Report and record all training related mishaps and injuries per ref (d) OPNAVINST 5102.1D

Training Mishaps: Any mishap that occurs to instructors, students, or assets while conducting formal, tradiotnal, non-traditional. or unit level training as a result of thje curicculum or the enviroment.

Question 14

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

b) Site Augment Plans

Answer 14

CCA Develop Site Augment Plans with unique training situations, as required, for high-risk courses. CCA Submit Neative Augment Plan as required. Instructional Management. LSO in conjuction with DETs/LSs/Participating Activities areassigned the following responsibilities; Ensure instructors are certified to instruct utilizing safety requirements, precautions, and safegaurds relative to the courses they teach, This includes the completion of CUIT and Site Augment plan if required. Provide or arrange for the required training.

Question 15

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

c) Special Course Indicator Code

Answer 15

Voluntary Training. Formal high-risk training thta is designated as “voluntary” per the resource sponsor and Curriculum Control Authourity, and therefore, identified by a special course indicator code of “A” or “D” in the corporate enterprise training activity resource system, as per reference (g), as voluntary.

Question 16

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

d) Core Unique Instructor Training

Answer 16

CUIT is designed to prepare the instructor to teach in a high-risk course. The content of this traiing will vary from course to course, but it must include all items of high-risk, which require special attentoin. Familiariztion with basic tenants of high-risk training and safety will include mitigatoin, protocol, and policy. For Core Unique Training, the items must apply universally to all sites where the course is taught. NETCINST 5100.1 (series) provides amplifying guidence on high-risk training and shall be applied.

Question 17

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

e) Instructor Screening Process

Answer 17

Gaining activity shall contact the detaching activity and provide appropriately tailored screening requirements and forms for recording screening milestones. AThe candidate must be fully screened periodically to the standardxs outlined below. Training activity CO’s may wish to repeat portions of the screening, but all training activities shall interview incoming instructor candidates.

Service Record screened
Physical Requirments
Medical Officer Interview/Record Review and Questionnaire.
CO’s Interview.

Question 18

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

f) Evaluation Process

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Discuss the following as it pertains to “high risk” instructor;

g) Training Safety Officer

Answer 19

An individual designated in writing by the training activities Commanding Officer, to oversee high-risk courses.

Question 20

Discuss the importance of heat/cold stress, monitoring, and control in a training enviroment.

Answer 20

The importance is based upon prior conditioning, activity level of the training to ensre sailors are prepared to participate in the activity and mitigate poetntial loss of life.