Transcript ABCTM Update Introduction

2008 Auxiliary Boat Crew
Qualification Examiner
Workshop
Presentations will be available at http://www.d1nr-bcqp.us on the ‘QE Corner’ page
Qualification Examiners
1st District Northern Region
March 2008
Welcome!
Over the next few hours, we will look at our
past activities and the road ahead, we will
review some key areas that the field
suggests need training, and discuss some
issues that we can only cover as a whole
group.
Your facilitator: Ned Kroeker, CQEC
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Focus Today on…
…Auxiliary Operations Policy, and the
Maritime SAR Assistance Policy as it
relates to Auxiliary
 Needed
for any checkrides, and for
dockside examinations
 QEs should be highly knowledgeable
 Station QEs may not be aware from the
Auxiliary perspective
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Why the focus?
 Currency
checkride candidates need to be
quizzed to insure knowledge needed for
their certification level … old habits die
hard, especially in the Auxiliary
(New coxswain candidates now take written test)
 Consistent
quizzing needs to be
performed across the district for all
candidates
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Crewmember currency checkride:
Coxswain currency checkride:
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Today’s Agenda
0900
Pre-workshop quiz
0915-0930
0930
-1045
Introduction and some other business
2007 in Review/2008 Preview
BCQP Process Review
(1030-1045 break)
1045-1200
Policy Workshop: Auxiliary Operations and MSAP
1200
Pre-workshop quiz answers handed out
(1200-1245 lunch on-site)
1245-1300
1300-1430
1430-1445
Remarks from guests
QE Currency and Reappointment
QE Governance
OTO remarks (items not previously covered)
(1445-1500 break)
1500-1600
1600
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Discussions: 2007 Checkride Experience;
QE Job Aids; QEs and Training
Workshop Evaluation
Adjourn
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The ‘Standard’ ABCTM Reminder…
The Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Manual is
the first resource for any questions on
“how” the Boat Crew Qualification
Program works.
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2007 In Review
& 2008 Preview
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1st District Northern Region
March 2008
Changes in ABCTM
2007 was the first year of the ABCTM
revision
 3-year currency checkride for all
 Annual 1 Hour TCT Refresher
 NavRules expiration on anniversary, not
year end
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2007 Changes in D1NR
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QE reporting of checkride results
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DIRAUX delegation of BCQP AUXDATA
handling
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Reports are made directly to CQEC
Members receive confirmation
CQEC handles REYR, initial qualification, currency
entry
Members receive confirmation
Active Duty QE appointments
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Stations solicited for recommendations in July ‘07
Active Duty QE result reporting greatly improved
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2007 Changes in QEs

3 QEs departed the QE corps
 2 new QEs appointed after pre-appointment
checkride with OTO
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Bart Gaugh Div 9
Bob Larkin Div 9
Current Auxiliary QE count is 30.
Current Active Duty QE count is 21.
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2008 Changes in QEs

5 QEs in REYR (two corrected now, one still has
longstanding coxswain qual issues, two others
missing required items)
 2 additional QEs with Instructor status in REYR
 3 QEs in training ready for pre-appointment
checkride
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Luke Williams Div 1
Joe Antanavich Div 3
Richard King Div 11
Transition this year to the formal ABCTM QE
selection process
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Active Duty QEs
 NNE:
Eastport: 1
 NNE: South Portland: 5
 BOS: Merrimack River: 3
 BOS: Gloucester: 3
 BOS: Pt Allerton: 2
 SENE: Chatham: 3
 SENE: Woods Hole: 2
 SENE: Provincetown: 2
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Incident Command System
 Complete
transition has now been made
to the USCG requirement
 Any existing crew or coxswains were
placed in REYR February 2008 if courses
were not recorded
 Reporting remains the weak link (member
doesn’t report or something fails in the
overall system)
 Use the pre-checkride Check Lists
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2007 New Qualifications
Cox
Crew
Div
1
Div
2
Div
3
1
5
2
6
1
Div
4
Div
5
Div
6
Div
7
Div
8
Div
9
Div
10
Div
11
Div
12
8
7
5
1
2
3
2
3
30
38 Initial Qualification Checkrides
(only successful checkrides known)
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End of 2007 BCQP Members
(prior to 2008 REYR processing)
Div
1
Cox
Crew
Div
2
Div
3
Div
4
Div
5
Div
6
Div
7
14 32 15 12 15 14 10
Div
8
Div
9
5
8
Div
10
Div
11
Div
12
19 28 20 192
21 65 18 31 52 33 33 17 22 27 51 41 411
BCQP Members in REYR as of March 9, 2008
Div
1
Div
2
Div
3
Div
4
Div
5
Div
6
Div
7
Div
8
Div
9
Div
10
Div
11
Div
12
Cox
1
4
2
2
4
2
1
0
1
3
0
5
25
Crew
3
12
2
7
9
13
6
7
2
5
5
9
80
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2007 Currency Checkrides
Div
1
Div
2
Div
3
Div
4
Div
5
Div
6
Cox
5
12
9
1
3
2
Crew
5
19
4
4
12
6
Div
7
6
Div
8
Div
9
Div
10
Div
11
Div
12
1
2
6
12
8
61
6
7
6
16
10
101
162 Currency Checkrides
(only successful checkrides known)
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2007 QE “Checkrides”
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12
Active Duty QEs
6
4
3
Farren, Gianni, Leibovitz
11
10
9
8
Milone, Pearce
2
Eggleston, Haig, Kunz, G.
Pendergast
Levangie
Armstrong, Bloomquist,
Bornstein, Cotter
1
0
7
Auchy
Not qual
Lipousky, Lehmkuhl
Audette, Bernstein,
Roderick
Potter
MacIsaac, Rivest
P. Pendergast, Kroeker
Anderson, Lambert,
Snowman
Griffith, Quinn
Caveats: based on candidates reported; QE missions not under control of QE;
members do other operational tasks including underway training; unsuccessful
checkride missions not known; QE-In-Training not shown. This is reference only.
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The Look Ahead
20071
20082
20093
Cox
61
38
90
Crew
101
77
211
Total
162
115
301
1includes
only successful checkrides
2includes rollover of missed currency checkrides from 2007
3Summer 2009 will include a very large Boston marine event
Numbers do not include initial qualification work
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Graphical View
by year, by division
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Div 01
Div 02
Div 03
Div 04
2009
Div 05
Currency Checkrides
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Div 06
Div 07
2008
Div 08
Div 09
2007
Div 10
Div 11
Div 12
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QE Locations
Future QE
QE
USCG Stations
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BCQP Process Review
… and some topics that members
might ask you about
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BCQP Process (in one page!)
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Member trains on all tasks, performs for mentor
signoff
Checkride checklist verified
QE performs dockside examination
QE evaluates underway checkride
QE reports results to CQEC
CQEC validates all requirements, enters into
AUXDATA, notifies OTO for letter/certificate to
member, confirms to QE and member.
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BCQP 3-Year Currency
 QE
evaluates underway checkride
 QE reports results to CQEC
 CQEC validates all requirements, enters
into AUXDATA, confirms to QE and
member. There is no formal letter.
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“QE reports results to CQEC”
 Send
email or postal mail directly to Ned
Kroeker, CQEC
 Candidate name, Member #, date(s) of
underway checkride, vessel(s) used for
underway checkride, tow target vessel(s)
used, statement that candidate has a
positive recommendation for certification
 Don’t delay after checkride
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QE Expectation
 You’ll
get an email confirmation when a
candidate has been processed (as will the
candidate! [if they have a valid email recorded in AUXDATA] )
 If you don’t receive a confirmation within 2
weeks, follow up: first with CQEC, then
with OTO
 Normal response time is 24-72 hours after
receipt of QE notification
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Candidate Status

Entry of BCQP certification status into AUXDATA
represents OTO certification. POMS will have
that info within 24 hours after AUXDATA entry
 Candidate may act under orders using
certification as of the AUXDATA entry and POMS
receipt of that entry
 Candidate does not need to wait for printed
letter and certificate to wend their way through
Auxiliary channels
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REYR handling

REYR removal can take more time to process
 Required underway hours as trainee (if needed)
must have gone through POMS and AUXDATA
and be fully entered
 All needed items (including underway time)
WILL be verified
 Even if checkride was final element, it may take
calendar time for U/W hours to get into system
locally
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REYR handling

If REYR status involves a checkride, QE
reporting of checkride status will trigger review of
REYR status
 All other REYR items require formal request
(AFTER the item(s) is/are entered into
AUXDATA) to the OTO by the candidate’s Flotilla
Commander
 Sometimes the CQEC will notice the completion
of requirements and will take early action on
REYR, but don’t depend on this!
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Please Avoid REYR
 Always
emphasize to members that it is
FAR, FAR easier for everybody to fulfill
requirements rather than do “makeup”. A
lot of people must spend volunteer time to
handle REYR updates for a single
member, time that could be spent on other
Auxiliary activities.
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Temporary Status for Health
 If
a member won’t be able to fulfill
requirements due to a limited duration
health issue, they can request a temporary
deferral through the OTO.
 This only delays, not eliminates,
requirements, and suspends their current
certification.
 This should be done in ADVANCE of
REYR, not after-the-fact.
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Your Own QE Status
(Auxiliary QEs)
 Maintain
your Coxswain qualification
(watch your NavRules expiration!)
 Maintain
 Take
your Instructor qualification
8-Hour TCT class every 2 years
(make sure you indicated “QE” on roster!!)
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Underway Time for QEs
(Auxiliary QEs)
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On QE underway missions, you should be
listed on the patrol orders as crew…but you
should not be part of the minimum crew
count.
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If you choose to submit separate missions for
Category 7C, QE Underway, you must make
sure the SO-IS for the vessel involved in the
patrol manually removes your name from the
AUXDATA crew reporting.
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The “I can’t get Patrol Orders
in POMS” Question
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This nearly always means a certification problem or a
facility inspection problem in AUXDATA
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The underlying problem must be fixed in AUXDATA, not
POMS
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This requires DIRAUX-staff resolution, not an Auxiliary IS
issue or a Sector Ops issue
…BUT…
Auxiliary IS staff can help in identifying the underlying
problem
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Once fixed, it will still take up to 24 hours to get into
POMS
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Q&A
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