Actually there are not two 0288s; the 0288 Rad Con Manual is for navy shore facilities, a new manual Rad Con for Ships is for sea going vessels. Shipyards use a different corporate manual (if they are not DON). ELT qualify at sea under RCFS with a different Art number, Navy and DON RCTs qualify 0288 Rad Con Art 108. The two books are not parallel and the quals are not equivalent. ELT qualified under RCFS have a limited qual. Ship ELTs do not have the same level of training as Art 108 RCTs (Ship ELTs rarely work glovebags and walk in CSCAs, Rad Con coverage is a very small part of the job). 108 training is easier for ELTs than other rates (provided they don’t think they already know everything), but is required and necessary to work at the at the RCT level at shipyards, tenders, or TRFs. I heard that carriers are large enough to have a self contained maintenance team with RCTs that operate under 0288; but I was a sub guy, so I am not sure.
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