TRAINING MANUALS AND NONRESIDENT TRAINING COURSES

class of school has a particular purpose. They usually train you in a specific skill or for a particular job. The classes and their purposes are given in the following paragraphs. Class “R” Schools Class “R” schools provide general indoctrination and teach skills and knowledge in basic military subjects. You have already attended a class “R” school—recruit training. Recruit training is considered GMT as well as a class “R” school. Class “A” Schools Class “A” schools provide basic technical knowledge and skills required to prepare you for a Navy rating and further specialized training. An example of a class “A” school is Electrician’s Mate “A” school. Class “C” Schools Class “C” schools provide you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and techniques to perform a particular job in a billet. A Navy enlisted classification (NEC) code may be awarded to identify the skill achieved. An example of a class “C “school would be a school on a particular type of radar system. Class “F” Schools Class “F” schools provide team training to officer and enlisted fleet personnel who normally are members of ships’ companies. They also provide refresher training, including operator and technical courses of short duration to meet the needs of a fleet or type commander. Class “P” Schools Class “P” schools provide undergraduate education and indoctrination and basic training in fundamentals, preliminaries, or principles to midshipmen officer candidates and other newly commissioned officers (except those schools acquired through class “V” programs). The Naval Academy, Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC), and Officer Candidate School (OCS) are all class “P” schools. Class “V” Schools Class “V” schools provide training in the skills that lead to the designation of naval aviator or naval flight officer. Obligated Service Requirements for Schools Normally, you must have a certain amount of obligated service to be eligible to attend a Navy school. The amount of obligated service required depends on the length of the school. Obligated service is counted from the time you start the school until the end of your active obligated service (EAOS) date. You may increase your obligated service to qualify for a school by agreeing to extend your enlistment or reenlist. Your personnel office can give you the obligated service requirement for any particular school. TRAINING MANUALS AND NONRESIDENT TRAINING COURSES A training manual (TRAMAN) provides you with basic information about a particular rating. You may also use it to study for advancement examinations. The Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center (NETPDTC) publishes TRAMANs. Navy schools may use them as texts or references. They may also be used as references for questions in personnel qualification standards (PQS), as texts for correspondence courses, or as self-study manuals. TRAMANs cover the qualifications necessary for advancement by covering the material directly or by directing you to some other reference. TRAMANs include general TRAMANs, such as this text and other military requirements texts, and texts written for a specific rating, such as Equipment Operator Basics. Other TRAMANs cover a wide range of subjects, such as basic machines, fluid power, blueprint reading and sketching, and leadership. The nonresident training course (NRTC) is a self-study, enlisted training course used with a TRAMAN. Generally, the NRTC is locally administered, which means your ESO scores it. TRAMANs and NRTCs are usually printed in one book and referred to as a TRAMAN/NRTC. The Catalog of Nonresident Training Courses, NAVEDTRA 12061, contains a current list of available 16-26 Student Notes: