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NAVSTRAT-2030

● Capacities. In order to meet the reduction of cadre, the selected number of
courses will be omitted from the training programmes which are not directly
connected with naval training scope. Further, number of berths allocated and
frequency of the courses will be reduced accordingly under assessment of the future
requirements. A separate foreign training wing will be established step by step
under the Training Directorate to offer more opportunity to regional navies to
undergo training in SLN, with the aim of strengthening bilateral/ multilateral
cooperation.

Mode of Conduct

Training and capacity building in SLN is planned and conducted at number of training
establishment within the navy and outside institutions. Such include both local and foreign
institutions such as naval training academies, universities, colleges, institutes in public and private
nature. Major categories of professional training will be conducted as follows;

● Strategic Level Training. The National Security and Strategic Studies Course
offered by NDC Colombo and the equivalent foreign training institutes will provide
training and capacity building for senior naval officers. This training aims to
inculcate the knowledge and experience required in the decision-making process in
planning naval operations and designing naval architecture at the strategic level to
achieve national interests.

● Operational Level Training. Staff course offered by DSCSC, Sri Lanka and the
equivalent foreign training establishment are designed to deliver the knowledge and
know-how for the middle level officers in planning operations at the operational
level in par with the decisions made by the strategic level. Further, specialization
courses offered for respective branches will provide the technical and specific
knowledge for the middle level officers to perform specific duties assigned to
individuals when performing role and task carried out during the respective
missions and operations undertake by SLN. In addition, Naval Fleet Training will
be designed under Naval Fleet Command to address the requirement of conducting
joint/combined operations with local/ regional stakeholders. These training will include
joint exercises, crew work up programmes and table top exercises in regional context.

● Tactical Level Training. Basic training and the subsequent higher basic
training programmes will deliver the knowledge for junior officers to perform
duties at the tactical level. These training are undertaken at NMA and KDU, while
offering basic degree for the junior officers to be proficient in both military and
academic studies in naval and related technical disciplines. In addition, the artificer
training courses at Naval Institute of Technology (NIT), recruit training courses and
the follow-up training including advancement and specialization courses for the
sailors are designed to perform in parallel to the tactical level necessity of the naval
force to perform its role and task efficiently and effectively. Further, training and
capacity building programmes with the coordination of government and non-
government agencies will continue in the areas of maritime law enforcement,
marine environmental protection, marine disaster management and HADR.

● Career Development/ Specific Training. Postgraduate Diploma programmes/
specific training courses are designed to provide specific career development
training required to obtain technological know-how and innovative skills in
respective disciplines. Such training will offer new dimensions in the future

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