SORM dictates what?

SORM dictates what?

• A. The ship's weather procedures
• B. The ship's medical supply
• C. Dictates required ship's bills, instructions, primary and collateral duties, watch organization, and division/departmental organization
• D. Payroll policy

Answer: (C)

SORM defines how a ship is organized and operated at the crew level. It prescribes the required ship’s billets, instructions, primary and collateral duties, the watch organization, and the division/departmental structure. In other words, it sets who is responsible for what, how watches are arranged, and how the ship’s divisions are lined up to work together. This is essential for a DivO because it provides the official framework for accountability, task assignment, and leadership hierarchy, ensuring consistency and readiness across the crew. The other topics—weather procedures, medical supply, and payroll policy—fall outside the ship’s organizational framework defined by SORM.

SORM defines how a ship is organized and operated at the crew level. It prescribes the required ship’s billets, instructions, primary and collateral duties, the watch organization, and the division/departmental structure. In other words, it sets who is responsible for what, how watches are arranged, and how the ship’s divisions are lined up to work together. This is essential for a DivO because it provides the official framework for accountability, task assignment, and leadership hierarchy, ensuring consistency and readiness across the crew. The other topics—weather procedures, medical supply, and payroll policy—fall outside the ship’s organizational framework defined by SORM.