NSSTraining

"Bringing Realism to Training Ashore and Afloat."

Welcome to NSSTraining, the U.S. Navy's web portal for scheduling individual ship Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Instruction. Developed from the Navy's interest and goal to utilize state of the art simulation for training shipboard crews, this site will allow simplified scheduling access and approval for training to be conducted in each one of the major Fleet Concentration Areas (FCAs).

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Our Mission Statement:

Provide Navy personnel with the highest quality of standardized navigation, seamanship and ship handling training so bridge personnel receive training appropriate for maritime professionals.

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Are you getting all the training available to you? Check the facts about NSS Training!

NSS Training Allotment. Paragraph 7 of CNSF INST 3505.1A delineates ships’ training allotments under this program. Every ship is allotted:

Bridge Resource Management (BRM) course every 24 months
One Basic Ship Handling (BSH) course every 24 months (before requesting BSH, review the scheduling restraints in paragraph 7.b)
60 hours of special evolutions training (SET) every year (28 hours are mandatory, 32 hours additional allocation to use as required.)
Additional training including the formal ARPA, ECDIS, and Radar Observer courses and training above and beyond the basic allotment above will be reviewed / approved on a case by case basis.

Every ship has an annual allotment of up to 100 hours: one formal course – BRM or BSH – plus up to 60 hours of SET.

Current offerings:

Bridge Resource Management
Basic Ship Handling Course
Special Evolutions Training
Radar Observer Course (Unlimited)
Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) Course
Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS) Course
Polaris Shipboard V1 Operations Refresher Course

Cancellation / Reschedule. If training needs to be cancelled or rescheduled for any reason, please contact the scheduler (scheduler@nsstraining.org) or call 1-866-922-NSST (6778) as soon as possible. To avoid being charged from the command’s training allocation, notification must be made at least 96 hours prior to the scheduled start time. This notification is required due to the “on call” nature of the instructor scheduling, and the occasional requirements for travel to meet the training request.