VE Recruiting

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• VE Recruiting Retention

Prepared by the Qualification Division USCG
Auxiliary, V-Department
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Recruiting Retention

• Key Focal Points
• Recruit new Auxiliarists doing VSC
• Recruit VEs from new members
• VEs at Risk
• Recovering former VEs

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Recruiting on the Docks

• PREPARE
• Know what attracts people to the Coast Guard
  Auxiliary.
• ENTHUSIASM!! -
• FRIENDLINESS!!
• COMPETENCE!!
• BOATING!!!
• THE LIST GOES ON .

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Recruiting on the Docks

• Have your materials ready.
• Vessel Examiners should have all forms, decals,
  pens and clipboard organized.
• Additionally, all vessel examiners should carry
  Handout Packets containing pertinent information
  for all boaters

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Recruiting on the Docks

• MEET AND EVALUATE
• Situation 1 This boater takes care of the boat,
  has the right equipment on board and seems to
  care about being a good boater. They need not be
  perfect - just willing to learn. Consider this
  boater a prospect for the Auxiliary.
• Situation 2 This vessel is missing many safety
  items, has not been taken care of and the vessel
  operator seems inept in the handling of the boat.
  Consider this person as a prospect for a Public
  Education class. Perhaps, after a boating course
  has been taken, this boater will be a more viable
  candidate for membership.

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Recruiting on the Docks

• CONNECT AND INVITE
• Do you do a lot of boating?
• Have you ever taken a boating safety class?
• We are looking for quality boaters such as you
  to get special training to work with the Coast
  Guard on a volunteer basis. Would you be
  interested in getting more information about this
  program?

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Recruiting on the Docks

• FOLLOW-UP AND SIGN-UP
• The follow-up phone call should be made within 48
  hours, or a written response received within one
  week.
• Sign them up for a class and/or invite them to an
  Auxiliary activity in the near future

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Recruiting from New Members
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Recruiting from New Members
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Retention

• Members in REYR .
• Obtain a list from the local IS officer of those
  in REYR
• Contact those members to determine why they
  missed meeting the annual certification
  requirement
• Ask them to recertify. For a VE it is just two
  (2) supervised VSCs.
• Tell them they are NEEDED

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Retention

• Be Pro-active!
• Identify those VEs at risk. Not meeting the
  minimum certification requirement.
• Encourage them to be active and that they are
  NEEDED