MAJOR CERTIFICATION EVENTS 



APPLICANT/SPONSOR 



DEFINE OBJECTIVES, SUMMARY DESCRIPTION, 



OVERALL PARAMETERS, AND DESIRED TENURE 



PERIOD. 



APPLICANT/SPONSOR & SCA 



NEGOTIATE CERTIFICATION SCOPE, PSOB & 



MILESTONE EVENT SCHEDULE. 



APPLICANT/SPONSOR 



COLLECT AND SUBMIT CERTIFICATION 



DOCUMENTATION. 



SCA 



PERFORM DOCUMENTATION TECHNICAL REVIEW 



AND EVALUATION. 



SCA 



PERFORM DSS ON-SITE SURVEY. 



APPLICANT/SPONSOR 



PERFORM CERTIFICATION OPERATION (DIVE). 



SCA 



ISSUE CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. 



APPLICANT/SPONSOR 



SUSTAIN CERTIFICATION THROUGHOUT TENURE. 



Fig. 13.1 1 Flow chart, system certification milestone events. 



Except in special cases, all Navy-owned 

 submersibles require operators who are mili- 

 tary personnel and "Qualified in Subma- 

 rines." In the case of privately-owned sub- 

 mersibles leased by the Navy and Navy sub- 

 mersibles operated (piloted) by civilians the 

 following documents are required which the 

 sponsor or prospective user must assure are 

 forwarded: 



1) A written statement of physical exami- 

 nations and certification of the oper- 

 ator's fitness by a medical doctor; 



2) A copy of the physical requirements set 

 forth by the operator's employer; 



3) A resume of the operator's background 

 and level of competence; 



4) Scuba qualifications (for lock-in/lock-out 

 submersibles); 



5) Operator's qualification notebooks if re- 

 quired by the operator's company; 



6) Dive Logs if maintained by pilot. 



This information is reviewed by Submarine 

 Development Group One which also conducts 

 an in-depth interview of each pilot expected 

 to operate the submersible during the lease 

 period. This interview is to determine the 

 operator's knowledge of the submersible de- 

 sign, construction, operation and handling 

 characteristics. After determining that the 

 foregoing is satisfactory a qualified officer is 

 designated to dive in the vehicle and observe 

 the operator(s) during a demonstration dive 

 which requires operations similar to those 

 anticipated during the lease period. Qualifi- 

 cation as a pilot in one submersible is not 

 transferable to a different submersible. 



Operator recertification is required when 

 the operator has not piloted the vehicle for 6 

 months or after a major equipment change 

 or major alteration (as determined by CNM). 



The naval passengers themselves are also 

 required to undergo submarine physical and 

 psychiatric examinations before they can 

 dive and must repeat these examinations at 

 periodic intervals (every 3 years for the men- 

 tal examination and annually for the physi- 

 cal). 



depth, course, speed, pitch, roll, etc. Oper- 

 ators include those crew members whose 

 control functions are essential to the safe 

 operation of the submersible." 



The Deep Submersibles Pilots Association 



Qualification requirements of operators or 

 pilots as recommended by the Deep Submers- 

 ibles Pilots Association are in general agree- 

 ment with Naval standards. Membership in 



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