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Value Added Training includes such modules as Chain of Leadership (communicating information & concerns), Robert's Rules of Order (conducting meetings), Building Effective Training (capturing audience attention), Influencing the Spectator Fleet (using positive assertiveness) and New Member Integration (keeping them involved)

V-Department Courses
Program Visitor, Vessel Safety Check & OPFAC Inspection Training has been updated.  Each series contains refresher modules.  A TEAM approach to engaging marinas & yacht clubs in Recreation Boating Safety programs is presented.

ICS & NIMS Mandatory Courses
Crew: ICS-100 and NIMS-700; Coxswains/Watchstanders: ICS-100, 200 & 210, NIMS-700 & 800  -  take courses online

Boat Crew Navigation Rules Policy
Navigation Rules Requirement - 031/07 for Coxswains and PWC operators  -  Navigation Rules training & exam

Discounted USCG Licensing Courses
CG Captain's License Course 25% discount from Mariners Learning Systems through Shop Auxiliary (log in, click logo)

Online Training / e-Learning

  E-Learning Courses, Manuals & Exams

  Training Documentation – Current Revisions

  National Testing Center (NTC) / Online Exam Gateway

Proctored Exams can be taken online (requires a Test Administrator & Proctor)

Boat Crew Qualification (BCQ)

BCQ Training Program usually offered in the spring consists of classroom, one-on-one mentoring, dockside & on-the-water activities designed to help Members develop knowledge, skills & expertise required to become boat crew, coxswain or PWC qualified.  See online Calendar for dates, times and location.

BCQ Program Materials & Study Aids:

  Directorate for Response & Prevention

  Response Dept - Surface Program

  Boat Crew Seamanship Manual

  Auxiliary Boat Crew Training Manual

  Boat Crew Qualification Guide, Vol. I: Crew

  Boat Crew Qualification Guide, Vol. II: Coxswain

  Boat Crew Qualification Guide, Vol. III: PWC Operator

  Auxiliary Operations Policy Manual

  USCG Navigation Center - Navigation Rules Homepage

-  E-Learning Nav Rules Online Course

-  BoatUS Nav Rules Online Course

  Operational Risk Management (ORM) COMDTINST 3500.3

-  Risk Based Decision Making

-  Situational Awareness

-  Maritime Security (CG-5)

  Operations Workshop

-  Facilitator Reference

  Team Coordination Training (TCT)

-  Full

-  Refresher - Participant Guide

+  Facilitators Guide

+  Presentation

  Incident Command System (ICS) / National Incident Management System (NIMS)  -  Send copies of course
  completion certificates to Auxiliarist Richard.D.Dunnington@uscg.mil

District 1N:  ICS / NIMS FAQ's

Surface Program:  ICS FAQ's

ICS & NIMS Online Courses

-  ICS-100  /  NIMS-700

-  ICS-200  /  NIMS- 800

Vessel Examiner (VE) & Program Visitor (PV)

  Becoming a VE or PV

  Vessel Examiner Training, Workshop & Instructor Guide

  Vessel Safety Check (VSC) Manual

-  Errata, Explanations & FAQ's

  VE Resources

-  Doing a PWC VSC

-  Doing an OPFAC VSC

  PV Training, Workshop & Instructor Guide

  RBSVP - PV Manual

Marine Safety & Environmental Protection (MSEP)

  Prevention Dept

  Navigation Systems Division (Aids to Navigation & Chart Updating)

-  Become an Aids Verifier

  Roles Auxiliarists can fill as CG Marine Safety, Security & Environmental Protection (CG-MSSEP) Inspectors

  Initial Indocternation to Marine Safety (IIMS) Course

  Trident Program Overview

  Trident Program

Instructor Trainer (IT)

  Instructor Development Course

  Instructor Workshop

  Building Effective Training - Capturing & Retaining Audience Attention

Watchstander

  Operations Dept - Telecommunications

  TOC Mentoring Guide

  Communications Watchstander Qualification Guide

  Search and Rescue Training Aid for Boat Crew & Watchstanders

  Performance Qualification System (PQS) Workbook

Specialty Courses (see SCW)

  Communications (AUXCOM)

  Navigation (AUXACN)

  Patrols (AUXPAT)

  Search Coordination & Execution (AUXSC&E)

-  Training Policy

  Seamanship (AUXSEA)

  Weather (AUXWEA)

Elected Officer

  Awards Guide

  Leadership Development Framework

  Recruiting & Retention Resources Toolkit (Bottom of Page)

Other

  Introduction to Personnel & Membership

  Auxiliary Public Affairs (PA) Guide

  Public Education Classes

Auxiliary C-School Training Program

Only students on C School orders will be permitted into C School classes – no exceptions.  No one is permitted to observe or audit C School Classes and no one is allowed to take a C School Class at their own expense.  This policy applies to all C Schools sponsored by CG-5421.

  USCG Auxiliary C-School Portal

  Available Auxiliary C-Schools

  Course Schedule

  Short Term Training Request Form

Workshops & Specialty Course Weekends (SCW)

Sector Baltimore Workshops

Usually held at Southern High School in Harwood, MD or South River High School in Edgewater, MD during February  -  see Online Calendar* for dates, times, location and program information.

Operations / Team Coordination Training (TCT) Workshop

is offered in the spring starting with the Sector Baltimore Workshop typically held in February.  Attendance is mandatory for all District 5SR boat and aviation qualified members.  -  see Online Calendar* for dates, times and location or "BCQ Program Materials & Study Aids" for Operations Workshop and TCT Presentation

Sector Baltimore Specialty Course Weekend (SCW)

Offered at CG Yard, Curtis Bay.  Provides members opportunity over a weekend to interact with Auxiliarists from throughout Sector Baltimore while reviewing material in CGAux specialty course (Communications, Navigation, Patrols, Seamanship, Search Coordination & Execution or Weather) and then taking final exam -  see Online Calendar* for dates & times and "Specialty Courses" for course materials and study aids

Yorktown Specialty Course Weekend (SCW)

Offered at CG Training Facility (TRACEN) in Yorktown, VA provides members opportunity over a weekend to interact with Auxiliarists from throughout District 5SR while reviewing material in CGAux specialty course (Communications, Navigation, Patrols, Seamanship, Search Coordination & Execution or Weather) and then taking final exam.  Overnight billeting is available at TRACEN Yorktown, VA. -  see Online Calendar* for dates & times and "Specialty Courses" for course materials and study aids