The IC equipment we have here is the same as you would find on a ship. Students can test their aptitudes here. When ICs leave the Navy, they can be qualified for jobs as maintenance electricians, communication personnel, or construction electricians. DDG-79 and above Navy ships. The computer-based course, which will normally have seven to eight students but has three at the present time, is taught in a paperless classroom.
Students learn how to operate and maintain the system.
There is no other school like this in the Navy. The course is four weeks long and 40 percent hands-on. Approximately 700 students go though the school in one year. Students learn in the classroom and then have hands-on training to apply the theory. Students remove their belts, jewelry and change from their pockets when working with electricity.