Auxiliary QE Currency and Reappointment

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Auxiliary QE Currency and Reappointment
Qualification Examiners 1st District Northern
Region March 2008
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QE Coxswain Underway

• Difficult to measure QE underway time, no
  consistent recording of QE mission time over the
  years
• In past, CHDIRAUX has recommended 20 hours as
  lead plus QE mission time for each QE each year

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From the ABCTM

• QEs must maintain coxswain currency and the
  expected levels of QE activity, as defined by the
  OTO, to remain qualified as a QE.

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D1NR Coxswains(underway as lead)
49 have 20 hours or less
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D1NR QEs(underway as lead or reported as QE
mission)
47 have 20 hours or less
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D1NR QEs
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Average Hours for 2007
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QE Annual Underway Time?

• We dont want evaluation only, no actual
  coxswain mission time QEs
• We dont want all coxswain mission time, no
  evaluation time QEs
• Somewhere there is a desireable middle ground for
  expectation for skill maintenance for volunteers

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Encouragement

• Plan to perform SOME mission lead time (e.g.
  acting as coxswain and not as a QE) every year
• Proportion of time spent during the year as QE,
  as a crewmember, as coxswain is up to each
  individual, but remember we want QEs to be top
  notch performers
• Time not reflected in AUXDATA Active
  harbormasters, USCG Reserve coxswains

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Auxiliary QE Reappointment

• Auxiliary QE appointments are finite term (3
  years here)
• A mechanism for evaluation of QEs is important to
  give information to DIRAUX for reappointment
  decision
• Some evaluation can be measured from records
• Some evaluation must be done in the field

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Why Reappointment?

• The goal is to insure we have the highest
  quality, highest performing QE corps, yet with
  enough QEs for appropriate coverage and service
• Members activity level changes over time as
  private lives and circumstances change. Past high
  performers might not be future high performers
  for a variety of reasons.

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Term Limits?

• Some districts (notably D7) have a term limit on
  QE appointment
• This administratively helps some hard decisions,
  and helps avoid self-driven QE burnout
• This can limit the pool from which to select
  capable QEs
• Appointment after time off is handled just as any
  potential new QE appointment is handled

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Examples of Measurement

• Attendance at Annual QE Workshops
• Underway hours
• QE missions performed
• Maintenance history of coxswain and instructor
  certifications (e.g. any REYR?)
• All of the above are not absolute go/no go
  measurements

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Field Measurement

• Difficult to insure availability of checkrides to
  provide underway evaluation of a QE performing
  the checkride
• Each QE has their own coxswain currency
  checkride, thoughjust not on the QE appointment
  interval, but on their 3-year BCQP currency
  schedule

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From the ABCTM

• All QEs must go through an evaluation by the OTO
  or his/her designee every three years. This
  evaluation is usually done by the OTO but may be
  delegated, if necessary to the Chief QE
  Coordinator (CQEC) or an AQEC. The evaluation
  will require the OTO or his/her designee
  observing the QE performing a dockside oral exam
  and an underway check ride of a crew or coxswain
  candidate. The QE must complete these tasks to
  the satisfaction of the observer to remain
  certified as a QE.

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Field Measurement

• The OTO (or a designate if absolutely necessary)
  will plan on being aboard for Auxiliary QEs own
  currency checkrides
• Auxiliary QEs need to report plans to the OTO for
  their own currency checkrides 2 weeks or more
  prior to the checkride so the OTO can schedule
  his presence

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Schedule of QE Coxswain Currency

• 2008 QE personal currency checkridesQuinn,
  Cotter, Anderson, Levangie
• 2009 QE personal currency checkrides Bloomquist,
  Bornstein, Farren, Gaugh, Griffith, Kroeker,
  Lambert, Larkin, Leibovitz, Lipouskey, MacIsaac,
  Milone, Potter, Rivest, Roderick, Snowman,
  Spofford
• 2010 QE personal currency checkridesArmstrong,
  Audette, Bernstein, Eggleston, Gianni, Haig,
  Pearce, Pendergast, Pendergast

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Discussion

• What should we have for measurement and
  evaluation of an Auxiliary QE for review when
  reappointment time comes?
• What is done/evaluated over the duration of the
  previous appointment vs done/evaluated just prior
  to reappointment?
• (DONT FORGET 2008 has a MANDATORY Instructor
  workshop!)