training and qualifications Flashcards
(99 cards)
1
Q
Who shall be involved in the unit training plan?
A
XPO, TPO or assistant, all dept heads.
2
Q
what is the focus of the OBTT- team leader?
A
Ensures scenarios are conducted is in accordance with this instruction which includes exercise planning, briefing, execution, debriefing, and administration.
3
Q
what is the evaluator’s job?
A
monitors drill, to ensure drill objectives are met.
(which occasionally entails prompting members). Questions watchstanders to check/improve knowledge level.
Records assessments and provides debriefs to the watch and OBTT.
4
Q
what is the job of the safety observer?
A
safety of the crew ensure all are applicable to safety training.
Safety walk through should be ran prior to drill
5
Q
what is the highest qualification an AUX can hold?
A
Boat crew and engineer
6
Q
what is TCT in your words?
A
its the ultimate team goal to accomplish the mission.
7
Q
what is ORM in your words?
A
To discuss and evaluate the danger of the boat and personal to accomplish a successful outcome.
8
Q
who grants waivers for the following fatigue standards, offshore, heavy weather
A
operational commander
9
Q
when can you ask for AUX boat help?
A
when there is a low change of criminal activity
10
Q
what is the hourly rule for drinking alcohol?
A
12 hrs and must not feel - light-headedness, headache,
sleepiness, fatigue, nausea, and lack of alertness.
11
Q
what are the 5 factors that help determine FATIGUE?
A
(01) Time-of-day.
(02) Sleep duration and quality.
(03) Stability of sleep/wake schedule.
(04) Continuous vs. split sleep.
(05) Period of sustained wakefulness.
12
Q
Alert crews should have a minimum of?
A
8 continuous hours of crew rest
before assuming alert duty, and
8 continuous hours of crew rest in every
24-hour duty period.
13
Q
what shall be logged when fatigue waivers are granted by a coast guard member?
A
When fatigue waivers are granted and fatigued crews undertake missions, the name of the person granting the waiver and the time it was granted shall be noted in the unit’s log.
14
Q
when a unit reaches there crew fatigue limits?
A
a message shall be sent out to the district commander and command center.
15
Q
what underway hour period is considered higher risk?
A
2300-0500 because it interrupts the crews normal physiological cycles
16
Q
what is the fatigue factors for a boat 40ft and above?
A
SEAS LESS THAN 4FT = 10HRS
SEAS GREATER THAN 4FT = 8HRS
HEAVY WX = 6HRS
REST PERIOD = 8 HRS
17
Q
what is the fatigue factors for a boat less then 39ft?
A
SEAS LESS THAN 4FT = 8 HRS
SEAS GREATER THAN 4FT = 6HRS
NO HEAVY WX FACTOR
REST = 8 HRS
18
Q
what is the fatigue factors for trailering?
A
350 MILES OR 8 HRS
Trailering hours shall be counted towards underway limitations for designated boat crews.
19
Q
Although the maximum underway hours varies from boat to boat, crews who perform missions on multiple boat types should not EXCEED?
A
6-10 hours underway in a 24-hr period.
Ultimately it’s the OICs decission bases on the crew/environment
20
Q
what is considered basic crew?
A
coxn, boat crew member and engineer.
26 tanb crew is coxn and bcm
29 min crew is coxn and (02) BCM
45 min crew is coxn, bcm, and engineer
21
Q
what is the MIN crew for29 RBSII AND 45 TAC?
A
1 TAC COXN
2 TAC BCM
1 BO
1 BTM
22
Q
what does 14 U.S.C. 88 AUTHORIZE?
A
allows the CG to Saving Life and Property in the broadest of possible terms.
23
Q
In case of a natural disaster, how long shall you plan for supply?
A
72 hrs worth of supply
24
Q
In a natural disaster, you should keep in contact with?
A
District commander and Nav comm center
25
what natural disasters will you as the OIC care about on the East Coast? and West Coast?
```
East = hurricane and flooding
west = earthquake, mud slides
```
26
who shall be and expert in the reservist field and E7-E-9?
Senior Enlisted Reservist Advisor, must be able to meet with each member semi annually
27
Reservist shall be expected to drill from ?
0800 to 1600 or 8 hrs a day
28
Radio checks is every 30, if a boat does not check in +or - 10 min then the following shall be notified?
unit commander, OPCON and district commander. Followed by a (UMIB) urgent marine information broadcast followed by a message.
29
Communications are followed in the following order?
Boat crew comms
cell phone
VHF or UHF
30
A member enters the water one or two ways?
Fall or ejection... If in doubt whether it was a fall or ejections then classify as Ejection.
31
Upon a operational waiver granted by the Op comm, the ultimate safety of the mission rests
with the unit CO/OIC.
32
Placing a swimmer in the water to aid help shall only be participated:
(01) No other possible way
(02) risk factors assessed
(03) The potential for success sufficiently justifies the risk.
(04) The action can be taken without unduly placing the swimmer’s safety at risk.
33
what are the multi mission types?
```
SAR
Enforcement of laws and treaties
Marine safety
Military OPS
PWCS
ATON
Military Environment Protection
```
34
what does B-0 mean in SAR?
U/W within 30 min
35
What is the order of the SAR organization?
SC - SAR COOR - DISTRICT COMM
SMC - SAR MISS COOR - CIV OR E6 ABOVE
OSC - ON SCENE COOR - PATCOM
SRU - SEARCH RESCUE UNIT
36
What are the 3 phases of SAR?
```
Uncertainty = Doubt
Alert = Apprehensive
Distress = Danger
```
37
Can your unit search for dead bodies?
Only if it doesn't interfere with primary duties of the unit.
38
Name all the Security duties?
```
patrols
awareness
surveillance tracking
fixed security zone protection
Vessel Escorts
security boardings
```
39
what does the boat forces operating insignia detail?
| WAVES, OARS AND BOATHOOK, COMPASS ROSE
WAVES = OPERATIONS
OARS & BOATHOOKS = BOATS
COMPASS ROSE = LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION
40
why is CDR Ray Evans linked with the Outstanding Coxn award?
He fought side by Side with Douglas Monroe at the battle of Point Cruz at the Guadalcanal with one hand on the wheel and controlling the small boat.
41
MLB?
what is considered Basic Coxn?
what is considered HWX COXN?
what is considered SURF?
10 FT WAVES 30 KT WINDS
20FT seas 50 kt winds sustained 8FT SURF
30 FT SEAS 50 KT WINDS AND 20FT SURF
42
RBM limitations
BASIC COXN?
HWX COXN?
8FT SEAS 30 KT WINDS
| 12FT SEAS 50 KT WINDS
43
what is PQS?
personal qualifications standards- meeting the required knowledge and skills in order to perform your duties as a qualified member.
44
what is JQS?
Job qualifications standards- are developed when there is no apparent PQS.
Example = duty OOD
45
what is the reason for Relief of Cause?
In all cases except medical situations of a temporary nature, a member of the Command Cadre unable or unwilling to attain required certs or currency shall be ROC.
46
Member has a medical letter for ?
12 months, after that must get qualified.
47
If a member fails the attain his/her currency?
they shall have to recertify
48
If the period is greater (or anticipated to be greater) than
| two weeks then the CO/OIC shall:
(01) Dec qualification in TMT, or
| (02) O via the Chain of Command.
49
- Command Cadre shall qualify as basic Coxn within?
| - ATON Coxn, Tac Coxn, Pursuit Coxn, HWX Coxswain, as applicable, shall be completed within ?
basic coxn = 6mths
| Tac+ = 12 mths
50
Boat Crew member check ride shall be conducted by ?
| Member fails to get BCM?
- The check-ride will be conducted by an experienced, certified Coxswain from the BCEB.
- Admin actions shall be taken
51
what is the ultimate goal of the BCEB? Who is the Chairman of the Board?
responsible of administration of comprehensive check rides and personal interviews. Minimum of one experianced COXN and ENG.
XPO
52
Who conducts the Coxn checkride?
Experienced COXN from the BCEB
53
What are the duties of the Training Petty officer?
Provide guidance and ensure all personnel receive the quantity and quality of training needed to carry out missions.
Approve the unit training plan
Approve TMT entries
Ensure qualification requirements are completed in a timely manner.
- must be BM equal to the pay of XPO or no less than an E-6
54
What do you look for in a TPO?
Someone confident and has the drive and determination to help personnel get qualified in a timely manner.
55
As OIC of your new unit what is your certification process?
Boat Crew is 6 Mths for Command Cadre
| Tactical Coxn 1 yr of reporting
56
Who shall sign your letter upon completion?
Operational CDR
57
What will you do if a member can't complete a qualification task?
I will try and get the member TAD or TDY within the time frame, if more than 60 days then send up the chain of command.
Get a waiver from CG-731 saying it can't be complete at the unit. Once deferred then normal certificates are issued.
58
Your Ant EPO shall certify as ?
Boom/Crane operator
59
How many hours are expected for your Currency?
40 day
| 10 night
60
What will you do if a member is having a hard time getting qualified?
If its a E-6 and above I will train the person
E-5 will be trained by E6
E4 will be trained by E5
61
Where do you find the training requirements for your unit?
Boat Operations and Training Manual vol I or Cutter and training manual
62
What are you going to do if your XPOs DWO lapses?
I will pull his letter until he passes his DWO. If he fails he has 21 days to take it, if he fails again he will be ROC for performance violation.
63
Describe the different levels of boatcrew through Coxn?
Boat Crew Member Certificate 12 total:
```
ATON Boat Crew Member
Boom/Crane Operator Certificate
Buoy Deck Supervisor
Tactical Boat Crew Member
Pursuit Boat Crew Member
Engineer
Coxswain
ATON Coxswain
Tactical Coxswain
Pursuit Coxswain
Heavy Weather
Surfman Certificate
```
64
Can your unit still complete SEOPS?
No, must be a WQS now.
65
What is WQS?
I'ts a training system built to help qualify personal on platforms? Such as Lookout, helmsman, etc...
66
What is the Master Training list and where can you find it?
751 website
67
OIC recert?
- AOR fam ride
- pt test,
- pqs,
- uw check ride
68
Who usually appoints the Unit Safety Observer, and who is usually selected?
XPO is usually selected by the OIC, and shall be trained and capable of coordinating safety activities across the board.
69
How often is a Pre Mishap plan coordinated?
annually conduct unit wide exercise of the pre mishap plan.
70
How will you as an OIC determine reservist weekend drill schedule?
It depends on the available resources (boats, training capacity) available at your unit. Ex: Consider scheduling 12 members on two separate weekends.
71
The Office of Boat Forces provides funding through the district funding model to support Coast Guard units and boats.
Shore units receive facility funding based on the number of square feet in the facility and number of authorized personnel billets.
•Ship and Shore units receive funding based on their number of authorized boats allowances. Operating and Maintenance (O&M) funding is provided to units through the Operations and Support Budget Models to support planned maintenance and daily upkeep. A portion of the O&M funding is provided to the MLC for electronics (ESU maintenance) support.
•Funding for Personal Protective Equipment is provided to units based on required boat crew members.
72
How will you as the OIC find out about reserve schedules and competencies for your reservist?
All the information is on the portal, underway daily schedules, competencies, and Reservist updates through the library.
73
What are your Coxn responsibilities?
- responsible for:
1. Safety of the passenger and crew
2. Safe navigation of the boat
3. Completion of mission or sortie
Respond to:
4. Hazards to life and property
5. Violations of laws or regulations.
6. Disc to ATON
74
Co/OIC may defer a task when qualifications cannot be met in a reasonable time and will be in what color in TMT upon approval?
Purple
75
Interim letters are for how long?
Should not exceed 60 days, however OIC may issue extensions until requirements are met.
76
what must you do to recertify as a coxn?
pass a physical fitness test
UW Aor
Check ride
an oral board by BCEB
77
who can override the systems decertification of any member due to error?
Unit Commander/oic
78
What are the time tables for each Task?
1. Physical fitness standards= 2x a yr
2. Water survival = 1x a yr
3. First aid= 1x yr
4. ORM = 1x a yr
5. BEECES= 1 set every 6 mths
6. MOB= 1day/ 1 Night = every 6 mths
7. AOR= 1 day/Night every 6 mths
8. UW hrs= 40 day 10 night
79
what is the job of the instructor on a check ride?
all required tasks are signed off and documented in TMT, also Monitor currency drills and exercises to ensure it is current and accurate.
80
What is Warranted Risk?
The probability of saving human life warrants a maximum effort. When no alternative is available, and the mission has a chance of success, the risk to damage or abuse a boat is acceptable, even though damage may be unrecoverable.
Possibility of saving human life or the probablility of preventing or relieving intense pain or suffering warrant the risk of damage or abuse of the boat if recovering the boat is expected.
81
What is the policy on saving property?
probability of saving property of the US or its citizens warrants the risk of damage to the boat if the value of the property to be saved is greater than the cost of boat damage and the boat is fully expected to be recoverable.
82
Is recovering evidence and interdicting or apprehending violators warrant a probable damage to or abuse of the boat?
No, you cannot damage a boat for that reason.
83
Boat forces operation insignia meaning?
Pewter tone waves?
super imposed compass rose?
crossed boat hooks?
Pewter tone waves? = operations
super imposed compass rose? = leadership and direction
crossed boat hooks and oar? = representing boats
84
Boat forces operation insignia can be worn by?
Enlisted, officer of CG, Reserve or inactive, civilian and aux
85
If in doubt whether a mishap is a fall or an ejection?
classify the mishap as an ejection
86
What are your Tac Coxn responsibilities?
-In addition to the duties of Coxswain, duties include close quarters maneuvers and applying law enforcement principles during PWCS missions.
87
Aton Coxn Responsibilities?
In addition to the duties of Coxswain, duties include having an understanding of ATON administration, positioning/systems, wreckage locating, and servicing of fixed and floating aids.
88
Primary goal of every station?
Train, Maintain, and operate
89
Who conducts and Tactical BCM check ride?
- The check-ride will be conducted by an experienced, certified Tactical Coxswain from the BCEB.
90
what are you looking for in an oral board and report?
BCEB has two main duties:
(01) Interview the candidate and evaluate their leadership ability, judgment, maturity, and knowledge.
(02) Provide the unit Commander a written report on the individual that recommends or does not recommend certification.
91
During a comprehensive check-ride, the trainee will demonstrate required proficiency, including
"skills to observe"
92
Contingency is a reservist with the minimum crew hours of?
30 hrs total
| 5 night hours
93
What is a reserve augmented unit?
unit that relies on the reserves for at least 1/3rd of its primary duty section staffing 3 or more months a yr.
94
Command cadre course shall be completed no later than ?
6 months of being in the command cadre position.
95
The following Cutters are not required to have a Unit training board? Shall be assumed by the UTPO.
```
WLM= 225
WPC= sentinal class 154
WPB's= 87', 110'
WLIC's= construction tender
WLR's= River tender
WYTL's=65
```
96
What is the AIA(Assessment, Inspection, and Audit 5040.6A
This Instruction
establishes a governance structure for AIA activities and further defines a process to validate
requirements, identify redundancy, evaluate risk, consolidate scheduling, and provide
transparency of AIA results.
97
Timing Assestment for
A unit will either complete a self-assessment (completed by either the
unit (or a third party authorized by the unit’s Operational Commander) or receive a third party
assessment from an AIA each calendar year. When the program determines, in accordance with
Reference (b), that the benefit of self-assessments is greater than the burden that they create, then
one shall be conducted and submitted to the AIA. The self-assessment, and subsequent
submission, shall be done no less than 90 days after the most recent third party assessment and
no less than 90 days before the next third party assessment.
98
* Command Assessment of Readiness and Training (CART)
* Comprehensive Law Enforcement Assessment of Readiness (CLEAR)
* Electronic Key Management System (EKMS)
* Food Service Assistance and Training Team (FSAT) cancelled, ask Fincen for help or CS portal.
* Ordnance Safety Inspection (OSI)
* Ready for Operations (RFO)
* Standardization Team (STANTEAM)
* Material Inspections
* Safety Mobile Assistance and Response Team (SMART)
* Unit Safety Assessment Tool (USAT)
```
CART =
CLEAR =
EKMS=
OSI=
RFO=
STAN=
SMART=
USAT=
MI=ANNUALLY
```
99
how often are you required to conduct cutter drills for your 87?
Check 751 and they have an excel spread sheet with annual, semi and quarterly called the 87 drill frequency table.
