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Boat Crew Qualification Program (BCQP)
Contact:
Boat Crew Program Participants,
The Boat Crew training program on Lake Norman is just beginning.
I know there are a number of you interested in the on water
Boat Crew program and I am excited to get started. I need
to know who already has a Boat Crew Book and Qualification
Guide and who needs one. I would like to place an order with
AUXCEN to get these materials to you. The Manual is available
under the manuals section of our web site at www.cgadavidson.org.
However there are too many pages for an individual to print
out, but you can use it to become familiar with the Boat
Crew Seamanship Manual COMDTINST M16114.5C until we can
provide you with your own copy. Most of this study material
is used for the shore side mentor sign offs. The sign-offs
will be done in the Boat
Crew Qualification Guide. Please review this document.
This has all the items that you need to be proficient in.
We will do some of this on the water as well, but you need
to be familiar with the entire manual. If you let me know
ahead of time that you have read chapters and would like Jimmy
or myself to sign-off on any items in the Qualification guide
at one of our meetings or at another time, we will make ourselves
available.
At the conclusion of 12 hours of water training we will ask
for a Qualifications Examiner (QE) to come in a complete the
dock side oral exam and the water practical. This is pretty
intense and once the mentor enters a date for the first sign-off,
you will have two years to complete the program. I have been
speaking with the Division Captain (DCP) about having them
come down and assisting us or we can go up to Lake Norman
and train with them. We currently have only one qualified
coxswain and once qualified crew. To do this training correctly
and effectively we need two qualified crews to be on the water
simultaneously with two facilities to perform the side tow
and stern tow evolutions. This is one of the major areas that
you will be tested on with the QE.
You will be required to pass The Operations Policy Exam online
at the National
Testing Center. This is required before I can get a QE
to come and test you. Prior to logging in to the site you
are required to confirm your email address with the Auxiliary
E-Directory. The National Testing center is also used
for taking the Vessel Examinations (VE) Exam and The Recreational
Boating Safety Visitation Program (RSVP) Exam. There are other
open book exams that you can take to further your education
with the Auxiliary. All of the Manuals are available online
to view and use while taking any open book exam.
Team Coordination Training (TCT) is also a requirement of
the Boat Crew Program. I know some of you have already taken
it, but I need to know who will need it in the future. The
8 Hour TCT course is good for 5 years. Then it needs to be
taken again. There is also a 1-hour TCT refresher course,
and Operations Workshop that is required by District every
year. We can do these at one of our meetings or on a designated
day.
Once you are qualified there will be more paperwork to fill
out. You will be considered Direct Operational with the Coast
Guard and be required to take 3 additional sets of fingerprints
(We Do these in house) and fill our the Federal Standard Form
SF86 for a more extensive background check. This is a very
long form and it will be mailed directly to the Directors
due to the fact that it may contain more sensitive personal
information.
New QE Procedures
There are a number of changes for the way the QE procedures
will take place and it is important that we get all QE's as
well as the membership up to date on the new changes and the
way we will prosecute the new procedures. There are Administrative
changes as well as the operational type changes that need
addressing prior to our actual implementation of the new program.
The QE's will have these changes addressed to them at their
Sector 2007 QE Workshops. To ensure our customers receive
accurate and up-to-date information and after talking with
the OTO, CWO Lukasik, a moratorium is being placed on all
QE missions until the QE's have been able to attend their
Sector QE Workshops. The workshops are all scheduled for early
on in the year in order to achieve this goal so there should
be a minimum of inconvenience to any new candidates or recertifications.
This information needs to flow to all 05SR members and to
do that I ask the addressees to forward ! this message as
requested below. The AQEC's should be able to field any problems
with this procedure. Thank you for your assistance in this
endeavor.
Bobby A. Swindell
D-CR 05SR
SNC QE Coord
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