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CPPD Revised Courses Roll Out with New Fiscal Year
Story Number: NNS121003-07
10/3/2012

By Susan Henson, Center for Personal and Professional Development Public Affairs

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- The Center for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD) began formal delivery Oct. 1 of two revised courses that all new Navy instructors or Operational Risk Management command managers and assistants must attend.

The new Navy Instructor Training Course (NITC) has replaced the Journeyman Instructor Training (JIT) course, and the revised Operational Risk Management Applications and Integration (ORM A&I) course is now being delivered by CPPD instructors. ORM A&I was previously delivered by contractors.

"The CPPD team is proud to begin delivery of this new content to the fleet," said CPPD Commanding Officer Capt. John Newcomer. "These courses reflect CPPD's commitment to providing Sailors with the latest, most relevant learning to help them assess risk and apply critical thinking skills. When Sailors are able to make sound personal and professional decisions, mission readiness increases for the Sailors and the commands where they serve."

A three-week pilot course of NITC was conducted beginning April 6, and the ORM A&I pilot was held June 11-14. Both pilots, which took place at CPPD Learning Site Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, Va., put all aspects of the courses to the test, which included validating the curriculum, materials and course length.

"We learned some good lessons from both course pilots, which we integrated into the final version of the content," said CPPD Acting Director of Training Jean Kirchner.

A required course for Sailors assigned to instructor duty, NITC provides students the opportunity to develop the entry-level instructor skills necessary to effectively perform as a Navy instructor, according to CPPD Instructor Development Continuum Program Manager Gerald Lindsay. "The largest change to the course was the addition of 40 hours of instruction time," he said. "This provides students more opportunities to develop their basic instructor skills, observe instructor role modeling, and participate in more lesson teach-back opportunities, all of which build their skills and confidence to go back to the fleet and perform their instructor duties well."

The two-day ORM A&I course meets a Chief of Naval Operations requirement for commands to have two Sailors - one officer and one senior enlisted (or civilian equivalent) - trained in ORM A&I. As the designated Curriculum Control Authority for ORM A&I, CPPD coordinates closely on course content with the Naval Safety Center, which is the ORM A&I Course Curriculum Model Manager. CPPD instructors began teaching the jointly developed curriculum to expand availability of the course to better meet fleet requirements, according to Kirchner.

"The revised ORM A&I course provides a collaborative environment that teaches students the skills and resources they need to perform as ORM managers and specialists," she said. "Effectively applying the ORM process helps a command's overall readiness by reducing mishaps, lowering injury and property damage costs, and using its resources more efficiently."

While ORM A&I does not grant a Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) code, Sailors graduating from NITC will be granted the 9502 NEC. Also, Sailors who have previously attended JIT or the prior version of ORM A&I will not be required to re-attend the newly revised courses.

The courses are being offered in many fleet concentration areas, Kirchner said. NITC is being taught at CPPD Learning Sites Pensacola, Fla.; Dam Neck, Va.; Groton, Conn.; Kings Bay, Ga.; Newport, R.I.; Bangor, Wash.; Great Lakes; Pearl Harbor and San Diego. ORM A&I is mainly available at CPPD Learning Sites Dam Neck, San Diego, Bangor and Mayport, Fla. Commands can request Mobile Training Team delivery of ORM A&I through their nearest CPPD Learning Site that supports the course, but MTTs will only be available if schedules and resources can accommodate them, Kirchner said.

CPPD is responsible for providing a wide range of personal and professional development courses and materials, including General Military Training, Navy instructor training, alcohol and drug awareness program training, suicide and sexual assault prevention, bystander intervention, Bearings classes, and Personal Responsibility and Values Education and Training (PREVENT) classes. CPPD's required leadership training is delivered multiple times throughout a Sailor's career via command-delivered enlisted leadership training material and officer leadership courses in a schoolhouse setting. CPPD also administers the Navy's VOLED program, which provides Sailors with the ability to earn college degrees through programs such as tuition assistance, the Navy College Program for Afloat College Education, and the Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership. CPPD additionally manages the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program, which offers Sailors the opportunity to earn civilian apprenticeship certifications.

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