Operations

FSO-OP John Farrell

 

Division 2 Member Training info

SURFACE OPERATIONS

 

New currency maintenance requirements!

Effective as of 01 January 2007 the five year currency maintenance requirements (check ride) cycle will change to a three year cycle. The three year cycle begins in 2007. Scheduling is as follows:

  • Last check ride 2004 –Next Check ride 2008 - complete New Tasks
  • Last check ride 2005 or 2006 - Next Check ride 2009 - complete New Tasks

     

    Revised Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Manual- Signed

    The revised Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Manual, COMDTINST M16794.51A has been signed and will become effective as of 01 January 2007. The manual is being released now to give members as much time as possible to become familar with the changes made to the Boat Crew Training Program.

    NEXCOM Approves Revision To
    The Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Program

    This year, there has been an effort underway to revise the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Program. The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Standardization Team, which consists of an Operational Training Officer (OTO), a QE/QE-PWC, a Chief QE, a District Commodore, the DC-O and the Chief DIRAUX Surface Operations Chief, was responsible for this review. These revisions were recently approved by the NEXCOM. The final instruction will be signed and promulgated to all members no later than January 1st, 2007.
    In an effort to provide as much information to the membership about the changes that are planned, the Office of the Chief Director and the Department of Operations is providing this “SITREP”. A summary of the major changes follows below.

    Brief Summary of Changes:

  • Incorporation of a Qualification Examiner (QE) Guide to the Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Manual.
  • Changed some initial qualification tasks from optional to required, removed some optional tasks, and changed some optional tasks to waiverable by DIRAUX.
  • Changed the required number of underway time from 8 hours to 12 hours per year, which can be earned as either coxswain or crew. (That is, coxswains can serve as crew members to achieve the new 12 hour requirement!)
  • Annual tasks currency maintenance tasks have been removed!
  • Five year QE Check ride will be reduced to every three years. (Implementation plan pending approval.) But if you are due in 2007 or 2008, be looking for the new task list. You will probably be completing the revised check ride with a QE sometime in 2007.
  • Check ride tasks are being revised and will be published when approved. There will be a few additional tasks in the new check ride taken from the qualification check ride tasks. Nothing you haven't done before, but you might not have done some for a while.
  • One hour annual TCT review, designed by the Department of Operations, that can be conducted without a TCT facilitator at the local level.

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