First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Auxiliary Surface Operations Qualifications District Board & Staff February 17, 2006 Edwin “Ned” Kroeker First District Northern Region Qualification Examiner Coordinator Home Office Fax Wireless

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 BCQP website

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Background: BCQP is 22 years old The Auxiliary Boat Crew Qualification Program is intended to facilitate the qualification of members in surface operations, not to act as a “rite of passage” or an unnecessary burden The process must be professional and complete Not all Auxiliary members are suited for surface operations roles, even if motivated.

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Scheduling QE Sessions A list of QEs appears in the front section of the D1NR Directory; call or directly. QEs are district resources, but the idea is to schedule QEs who live close by. Longer distance is OK (QEs can get travel reimbursement over 50 miles). Contact QE Coordinator if there is trouble scheduling, or more than 1 or 2 QEs are needed.

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Scheduling QE Sessions The BCQP website has checklists for both crew and coxswain: what must be done prior to QE sessions The candidate needs to be ready! Leadership must agree with mentors!

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 QE Questions or Problems The QE Coordinator is the ombudsman for the program; call or or write confidentially if there is a quality issue or other problem. The QE Coordinator can answer questions about specific candidates, particularly REYR questions.

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 QE and Station Locations

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 REYR Status REYR status means that some prior year currency requirement was not met (TCT, 5 Year QE approval, NavRules, previous year workshop, underway hours, underway tasks) Depends upon how long in REYR what steps are required to get certification back. Certification is suspended (trainee only, no qual hours, no tasks) while in REYR.

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 How to Get out of REYR Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Manual is the reference: M with CH-1: Chapter 5, Section B Recertification. Ask QEC about any specific candidate and you can receive the specific items the candidate must rectify and how. Process depends upon how many years the candidate has been in REYR. Explicit OTO action is needed after rectifying items; REYR doesn’t go away automatically.

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Certification and POMS POMS does not manage certification and facilities, AUXDATA does. POMS is only the gatekeeper to underway orders. AUXDATA changes take 24 hours to be imported into POMS. Problems in POMS means problems in AUXDATA that must be fixed. DON’T BLAME POMS, CHECK AUXDATA.

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 D1NR Coxswain Underway Hours

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Trends: Coxswains Number of active Coxswains (those with at least some underway time): , Δ , Δ -13, 6% from , Δ -10, 5% from major events: DNC, Tall Ships Rhode Island 2005 had 30 zero-time, 80 not certified (recent or long-term)

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Trends: Crew Number of active Crew (those with at least some underway time) , Δ +42, 11% , Δ -43, 10% from , Δ -8, 2% from major events: DNC, Tall Ships Rhode Island 2005 had 28 zero-time, 235 not certified (recent or long-term)

First District Northern Region District Board & Staff February 2006 Q & A