PNS KARSAZ is arguably the largest establishment in the Pakistan Navy. Its primary role is to conduct basic, mid career and advanced professional courses for all trades of operations branch and associated branches. All efforts are made to accommodate related requirements of Allied Navies and even our sister services. PNS KARSAZ is a large complex, which is widely spread over 45.5 acres. It has the capacity to train about 3000 trainees at a time, and is the largest establishment of technical training in Pakistan Navy. The establishment houses the main building, four schools, auditorium, library, computer centre, language laboratory, sports fields, swimming pools, living spaces and spacious dining halls. HISTORY PNS KARSAZ was established as an independent establishment to undertake training of officers and men of technical branches of Pakistan Navy. PNS KARSAZ has since gone through an era of gigantic improvements and tremendous transformation in all fields of Engineering to keep pace with emerging technologies. STATUS & UTILIZATION The cardinal aim is to impart professional, academic and practical training to Officers, CPOs, POs and Sailors of Operations, Marine Engineering, Aero technicians, Medical and Logistic branches of Pakistan Navy and similar trades of friendly countries. PNS KARSAZ is committed to produce trained Technical Sailors who fulfil the requirements of Fleet/Naval Headquarters. TRAINING INFRASTRUCTURE The establishment has large and airy classrooms, which are fitted with modern audio/visual devices. These training aids make lecturing an easier job and support in easy communication between instructor and students. Establishment environment ensures that instructor and trainees get to know each other very well in the learning process. It inculcates a sense of belonging and identity among the participants and staff. The course work, group projects, pressure of meeting deadlines and the necessity of team work results in friendship that lasts for a long time. Four schools namely, Marine Engineering, Weapon Engineering, NBCD and Physical Training School conduct professional training in the respective disciplines. Each school is headed by Training Commander/Officer Incharge assisted by respective faculties. The schools update and carry out training need analysis continuously as per the requirement of Fleet. The faculties of respective schools also arrange seminars and guest speakers as part of the curriculum, and endeavour to acquire latest information and developments on respective subjects. The Marine Engineering School imparts training with the aim to operate and maintain the main and auxiliary machinery fitted onboard Naval Ships. The Weapon Engineering School is fully equipped to impart training on operation and maintenance of electronic equipment, sensors and combat systems fitted onboard Naval Ships. The Physical Training School is responsible for the training of CPOs/Sailors of Physical Training Branch, so that they attain the professional competence to perform the duties of Physical Instructors. The NBCD School trains service personnel from PN and Foreign Navies in the discipline of Damage Control and Fire fighting onboard ships. The school also imparts training to personnel associated with Merchant Navy. FOREIGN TRAINEES PNS KARSAZ being fully equipped with modern workshops and professionally qualified instructors, has the capability to undertake the training of personnel from friendly countries. Trainees from OMAN, JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA, MALDIVES, SRILANKA and BANGLADESH normally undergo training in various disciplines. LABORATORIES AND WORKSHOPS The Marine Engineering School has 08 laboratories and workshops. Olympus and Tyne gas turbine trainers including newly developed simulator for SCC, Type-21 ship are the most valuable addition to the existing training aids. Machine Shop has excellent facilities for turning, milling, metal forming, grinding, shaping and cutting. The Weapon Engineering School has 21 laboratories to give practical experience on simulators, which are used by trainees for fault diagnosing and trouble shooting. These labs provide an excellent opportunity to the trainees to clear theoretical concepts with detailed and practical understanding of electronic circuits/components. In NBCD School, the advance Damage Repair Training Simulator (DRTS) provides a realistic damage control environment to the trainees. The school also possesses a modern fire fighting mockup, in which different levels of fire fighting exercises are conducted. For realistic demonstration of ship stability, various models are available in the school. First Aid Training is also part of the school's curriculum. THE LIBRARIES PNS KARSAZ Central Library contains more than ten thousand books. In addition, each school has its own technical library with an excellent collection of books on variety of engineering disciplines, computer sciences, applied sciences, social sciences and military systems. These libraries also have Books of Reference (BRs), which relate to typical marine sciences. The libraries subscribe local/international journals and periodicals. EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Apart from formal classroom instructions, extra curricular activities are an important ingredient of the training system at KARSAZ, as these help in developing the qualities like leadership, comradeship and effective power of expression in a trainee. The extra curricular activities include sports, hobbies club, dramatic club, declamation contests, and quiz competitions. Trainees participate very keenly in these events. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PNS KARSAZ attempts to keep abreast with the rapidly growing field of IT. At present there are around 80 latest PC workstations with facility of LAN, internet etc. `Net CafĂ©' has also been setup to facilitate the trainees and staff. PROJECTS “Design and Make” Projects are allocated to group of trainees to enhance their innovative technical skills. Most of the projects relate to the actual engineering problems and enhancement of skills required for problem diagnosis and solutions. TRAINING/EDUCATION/COURSES OFFERED PNS KARSAZ schools are imparting Basic, Mid Career and Advance level of Professional Training/Education as follows: COURSES OFFERED