HELM (CONN) COURSE

Helm and Navigation personnel provide the ship with pilots and co-pilots. They also provide the ship with experienced Shuttlecraft and Runabout pilots and co-pilots.  Generally, Cadets who Major in Helm/Navigation are Cadets who eventually wish to become Commanders themselves. Those cadets will also wish to attend Command School.

The training has 4 assigments

HELM (CONN) POSITIONS INFORMATION

Chief Helm (CONN) Officer

Originally known as helm, or Flight Control Officer, CONN incorporates two jobs, navigation and flight control. A CONN Officer must always be present on the bridge of a starship. he/she plots courses, supervises the computers piloting, corrects any flight deviations and pilots the ship manually when needed. The Chief CONN Officer is the seniormost CONN Officer aboard, serving as a Senior Officer, and Chief of the CONN department.

Rank/Rate Requirements for position: ensign

Helm (CONN) Officer

Originally known as helm, or Flight Control Officer, CONN incorporates two jobs, navigation and flight control. A CONN Officer must always be present on the bridge of a starship, and every vessel has a number of CONN Officers to allow shift rotations. S/he plots courses, supervises the computers piloting, corrects any flight deviations and pilots the ship manually when needed. CONN Officers report to the Chief CONN Officer.

Rank/Rate Requirements for position: ensign