National Aids to Navigation Program

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NationalAids to NavigationProgram

• SCF REPORTING

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NOAA - AUXILIARYPARTNERSHIP
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SCF Training Program
Presented by members of the US Coast Guard
Auxiliary Aid to Navigation Team
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Presentation Objectives

• To acquire a general knowledge of the
  responsibilities of the Auxiliary for reporting
  Small Craft Facilities.
• To become familiar with the items in a SCF-Small
  Craft Facility that must be reported.
• To become familiar with the procedures for
  preparing accurate, complete, credible and
  professional reports to NOAA.

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The available Small Craft Facility training tools
are

• Information from a new on-line USCGAUX Small
  Craft Facility Study Guide.
• Visual self-instruction from this SCF PowerPoint
  presentation on-line.
• On-line forms that you can use to prepare
  professional looking reports on your home PC.
• Personal assistance to help you become a
  proficient SCF reporter in a short period of time.

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Documents needed for SCF Reporting.

• Most documents are now available on line.

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needed as reference.

• Current nautical chart of your AOR.
• Coast Pilot for your AOR.
• Also available ON-LINE.
• Print only the area where you are working.

DOCUMENTS
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Your Operational Role

• All Auxiliary vessels while underway should be
  checking all Aids to Navigation and charts for
  every type of discrepancy on ATONs (Federal
  Aids), PATONs (Private Aids), Bridges, Nautical
  Charts and Small Craft Facilities.
• Report discrepancies by the most expeditious
  means.
• Follow up with a hard copy report within 24
  hours, if required.

IMPORTANT
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PLANNING IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS

• Take the time to
• pre-plan your Small Craft Reporting events.

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for SCF planning.

• Reference the latest edition Nautical Chart.
• Provided free from NOAA when a valid SCF report
  is accepted by NOAA with an attached chartlet.
• Correct your chart to the latest LNM-Local
  Notice to Mariners
• Writing instrument. (0.7 automatic with HB lead)
• USCGAUX 77-5 Small Craft Facility Worksheets.
  (Available on the First Northern AN Web Site)

TOOLS
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for SCF Planning.

• Without a plan, you are doomed to failure!
• Review a practical area of your chart at a time.
  Make it easy on yourself.
• Prepare a list of the facilities that you plan
  to check in the order that you plan to check
  them.
• Use the SCF Worksheet for recording the
  information while conducting the interview.

PLAN
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for SCF Reporting.

• Check comparative data about the site in the
  Coast Pilot.
• All definitions, specifications and narratives
  about an area must correspond.
• Recheck your GPS on site against a charted
  object to insure it is reading accurately. Note
  this action in your CU report.
• You must visit the site to validate that the
  data received corresponds to your observations.
• Use your camera to further prove your point.

PLAN
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for SCF reporting.

• ANY QUESTION ABOUT PLANNING FOR A SMALL CRAFT
  FACILITY UPDATING MISSION?

PLAN
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Preparing ANSC 7037-BSCF Worksheet

• How to prepare and use this SCF tool.
• Reference the ANSC 7037-B copy that was handed
  out during this section.

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Heading Info
• Enter your District, Division, and Flotilla
  Numbers.
• Enter your report number.
• Year / Numerical Sequence 2007 001

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Enter your member information.
• Member ID Number (8 digits)
• Last Name
• First name and Initial
• Street Address, City, Town and Zip.
• E-mail address
• Phone number (Home and Business Phone)
• Date of Investigation mm-dd-yy
• Time of Investigation. 24 hr clock hhmm

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Chart Reference (Enter)
• Chart Number
• Chart Name
• Chart Edition
• Hours Expended
• Enter the total hours expended preparing and
  observing the data submitted on this report.
• This total is used by NOAA in awarding points for
  your report.

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Location of facility
• Latitude dd-mm-ss.sss N
• Longitude ddd-mm-ss.sss W
• Locating Method Used DGPS, GPS, WAAS.
• EPE or HDOP.
• QC Reading

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Report Submitted to
• NOAA
• USACE
• USCG.
• Access to the Facility by land.
• Enter the directions to the facility from a major
  land route.

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Facility Availability
• Annual
• Seasonal indicate opening and closing dates
  mmdd
• Hours of operation.
• Weekdays of operation.

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ANSC 7037-B SCF Worksheet

• Comments enter any required or needed
  information about the facility.
• Attachments
• Business Card (evidence you visited the site)
• Brochure of facility (enhances the credibility
  of your report )
• Chartlet (places the marina in a specific area
  for the cartographer, especially when the marina
  is not charted)
• Photographs (further evidence to build confidence
  in your report)

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SCF ProgramNOAA Credit is awarded upon receipt
of

• ANSC 7035 USCGAUX SCF Worksheet.
• Copy of chart section showing the item or object
  being reported.
• The other pertinent documentation.
• Submit the info to NOAA via your DSO-AN.
• Acknowledgement provided via DSO-AN.

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First Northern AN Web Site

• Download a copy of the USCGAUX 77-5 Small Craft
  Facility Worksheet from the First Northern AN Web
  Site.
• All of the instructions that you will need in
  order to update a facility are included on the
  USCGAUX Small Craft Facility Updating Study
  Guide.
• A copy of this SCF Updating Training
  PowerPoint presentation is included on the First
  Northern AN Web Site for your continuous review
  and self training.

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SCF Update Reporting

• Conduct your interview on-scene and record the
  data on a USCGAUX Small Craft Facility Worksheet.

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Small Craft Facility Updating

• Enhance your Chart Update Reports with data on
  every Marine Facility within your AOR.

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SCF Visit Frequency

• Can be conducted on an annual basis.
• You can use
• OPFAC while underway on a Safety or ATON Patrol.
• By private vehicle or on foot.
• Conduct as part of a PV visit.

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SCF reporting criteria . . .

• To be reportable, the Small Craft Facility must
• Charted on a Small Craft Chart.
• Have an approach depth.
• Have an alongside depth.
• Have a pump out facility (or have access to a
  municipality or community facility).
• Sell fuel (Diesel or Gas)
• Provide transient berths and/or moorings.
• (in addition to its regular facilities.)
• Must be a public use facility, not private.

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SCF reporting criteria . . .

• When the Small Craft Facility does not meet the
  SCF criteria, submit your facility report as a
  Coast Pilot Update.
• Pre-check whether the Facility is referenced in
  the Coast Pilot.
• Review your nautical chart. If not charted, you
  may submit a chart update for the facility.
• Check that the dock size is chartable.

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SCF reporting criteria . . .

• When the Small Craft Facility is listed but has
  been discontinued,or does not meet the criteria
  for a SCF, report it as a Small Craft Facility
  Discontinue. Explain the reason for the report.
• The Coast Pilot will be sent a copy of this
  report and, if it is listed in the Coast Pilot,
  will remove it.
• You dont have to submit a separate Coast Pilot
  Update report.

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Uniforms

• As a representative of the Coast Guard Auxiliary,
  you should be in the proper uniform while
  conducting a Small Craft Facility reporting
  mission.
• If not operating under orders, notify your FC or
  VFC prior to the start of this mission.

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Requirement

• As a representative of the USCGAUX, you must
  always act in a professional manner and be
  knowledgeable about the procedure for verifying a
  Small Craft Facility.
• You are the Coast Guard to the facility owner.

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Visit Procedure

• 1. Focus the visit on the owner/manager.
• 2. Introduce yourself and provide a clear
  explanation of the purpose of the visit.
• Explain that you are participating in an
  Auxiliary program to update Small Craft Charts
  with marine facility information in support of
  NOS/NOAA charts and other publications.
• 3. Demonstrate how the information is used
• Show a Small Craft Chart.
• Show Coast Pilot references.
• Indicate that other almanacs and ENCs pick up
  information from NOAA.

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Visit Procedure

• 4. Be prudent when answering questions.
• Avoid technical questions outside your expertise.
• Never perform measurements or any other technical
  activity regarding the data that you receive.
• 5. Simply record the data as it is presented.
• 6. Be discreet when you dont have an answer to
  a question.
• Refer the owner/operator to the nearest Coast
  Guard unit.
• Follow up and the get the owner an answer.

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Visit Procedure

• 7. Close out your visit with a summary
• Review the information that you received and
  recorded on the USCGAUX Small Craft Facility
  Workshop.
• Express appreciation for the level of cooperation
  that was provided.

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How to Get Credit for your Chart Updating and
Small Craft Facility reporting activities

• Use a ANSC-7030 Activity Report Mission form.
• Submit your report to your IS Staff Officer for
  entry in AUXDATA within 15 days.

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Type of Resource Individual Mission 41 Remarks Give reason for the mission
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Join the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY Aid
to Navigation Team Assist us checking all of the
Small Craft Facilities in your District, Division
or Flotilla.