The initial assignment in this program is a rigorous 15-month training program. The first six months consist of 675 formal classroom hours plus mandatory homework and exams, conducted by Navy instructors, at the Naval Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. The subjects include Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Radiological Fundamentals, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Chemistry, Materials, Physics, Reactor Dynamics and Reactor Plant Operations. The remaining nine months consist of on-the-job training; including some classroom and seminar type instructions at the Moored Training Ship Site in Charleston, South Carolina. During on-the-job training, candidates qualify at the various watch stations associated with operation of a nuclear propulsion plant. Under the Navy Shift Engineer's direction, the qualified Crew Training Engineer is then responsible for training naval personnel prior to their assignment as crew members of the nuclear submarines and surface ships of the U.S. fleet.