STARFLEET COURSE CATALOG
At present, the only training facilities in Starfleet are the Starfleet Training Center in San Francsico, California and the Starfleet Training Station in Alice Springs, Australia. Any prior service training within UESPA, MACO, and the ECS is also utilized to determine Starfleet rank and position. Starfleet Training Directive #3 authorizes Starfleet personnel to receive sidearm-weapons training at approved MACO facilities while a firing qualification range was opened at the Starfleet Training Center in October 2139.
STARFLEET CREWMAN SCHOOL
The Starfleet Crewman School was opened in October 2139 for the purpose of offering basic Starfleet training to civilians wishing to join Starfleet. An administration course for Yeoman was added in March 2141.
STARFLEET OFFICER SCHOOL
Starfleet Officer School was formally opened in April 2140 in accordance with Starfleet Operations Order #42, primarily to train officer candidates. In June 2140, the school also began offering a direct appointment familiarization course for officers who had been appointed before the creation of the officer candidate course.
STARFLEET SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
The Starfleet School of Engineering was opened in June 2144 at the Zephram Cochrane Spaceflight Center, following an expansion Starfleet Engineering and the need to train Starfleet personnel in both shipyard management and warp reactor operations.
STARFLEET TRAINING STATION ALICE SPRINGS
The Starfleet Training Station at Alice Spring was opened in November 2141 to provide advanced security training for Starfleet personnel who served as either Security Officers or Security Guards. The initial security training courses were first offered a month later in December 2141.
STARFLEET OPERATIONS COLLEGE
The Starfleet Operations College was established in July 2145, initially in order to train Starfleet crewmen assigned to the rate of Gunner's Mate in starship deployed space weaponry. Course curriculum was developed in the first weeks after the school opened, with the first courses scheduled to take place in October 2145; this was delayed by one month to November 2145, when the first class of the Starfleet Gunnery Course was assembled.
STARFLEET CROSS TRAINING PROGRAM
The Starfleet Cross Training Program was established in January 2143 per Starfleet Training Order #15, the purpose being to offer additional training to Starfleet personnel from the training programs of UESPA and MACO.
UESPA Courses
EVA TRAINING
A ten-week training course covering the basics of extra-vehicular activity (EVA) space operations. Upon completion, the student will be qualified to perform EVA operations with certification in the operation of an EVA space suit. Offered by UESPA at Lunaport Training Facility. The course was expanded from eight to ten weeks in December 2146 to provide airlock operation certification.
AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS
A twelve-week training course held at the Earth Drydock, covering the basics in operating dockyard auxiliary spacecraft. Upon completion of a final certification examination, the student will be certified to operate a shipyard inspection pod and dockyard maintenance craft.
GENERAL SPACEFLIGHT TRAINING
An abbreviated flight school ten-month course held at Lunaport, primarily for Starfleet Flight Officers slated for service on Starfleet's new starships and who previously served in the Earth Cargo Service. The course certifies flight officers to pilot basic warp craft and provides additional instruction concerning flight operations and warp craft capabilities.
SHIPYARD FAMILIARIZATION TRAINING
A five-month course designed to provide Starfleet Engineering personnel with essential skills to serve in orbital shipyards. The course is open to Crewman in the rating of Engineer's Mate as well as all Starfleet Engineering Officers. Crewmen receive instruction as Spaceship Fitters and Space Welders, while officers are trained for the successfully passing of the Dock Officer's Certification Test and Port Engineer's Examination. The course may also be combined with additional training resulting in EVA certification as well as an Auxiliary Spacecraft License to operate Shipyard Inspection Pods.
MACO Courses
ADVANCED EVA TRAINING
(Omega Training)
A six-week advanced EVA training course, commonly known as the "Omega Training Course". The course offers instruction covering extra-vehicular activities in adverse and hostile environmental conditions. The training is conducted by MACO personnel at the Omega Training Facility on Titan.
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Starfleet correspondence courses are training and education programs which may be completed by Starfleet members remotely, following a self-paced training curriculum, and then submitted for completion to the appropriate training authority. Correspondence courses were first offered in the summer of 2146.
SAFETY OFFICER
COURSE
Available to commissioned officers. Upon completion, qualification is obtained as a Safety Officer
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISPOSAL PROCEDURES
Provides instruction and education for the disposal of hazardous material (Hazmat) in a space based environment
RECRUITING STANDARDS COURSE
Required correspondence course for all Starfleet members assigned as recruiters
DISCONTINUED COURSES
Starfleet General Rate Training (3 weeks)
Starfleet General Rate Training was established as a three-week course in January 2142 per Starfleet Training Directive #19. The general rate training course served as a follow-on to Basic Training prior to assignment of a Starfleet rating. Starfleet Recruits were promoted to Crewman prior to rate assignment; however, in May 2142, the course was combined with Starfleet Basic Training and the General Rate Training course discontinued.
Starfleet Administrative Policies and Procedures (3 weeks)
First established in March 2141, this three-week course was designed for Starfleet personnel assigned to the rate of Yeoman and officers holding administrative billets. The course reviewed Starfleet regulations, orders and policies, as well as administrative bureaucratic procedures. Originally both officers and crewman were combined into single training classes; this was changed in May 2142 when the course was discontinued and divided into two new training courses independently for officers and enlisted personnel.