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A common question that comes up in Vessel Safety Check exams - how do boaters safely discard expired flares?

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Disposal of flares and other pyrotechnic devices need to be disposed properly. \n Properly is defined by the community in which they live. Owners/users of these devices should contact their local sanitation, fire or refuse...

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Do you have to be BQ'd to be a VE or can a IQ take the test and become a VE?

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An Auxiliarist must be in BQ status before they can fully qualify in any Auxiliary discipline/watchstation, such as VE - do they have to be in BQ status just to take the VE exam? - no, they can be in IQ status to train as a VE and take the exam -...

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Do to illness I went REYR as a Vessel Examiner. I will be doing my 5 exams as a trainee with a qualified examiner. My question is can I count the 5 exams I do to requalify as a VE in my total hours for the RBS device?

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Per the NADCO-RBS, the answer is \"YES\".

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PFD Requirements - ALAUX 006/08

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Issue 27 Feb 2008\n\n1. The Coast Guard has recently announced a soon to be implemented change to its list of approved life jackets which all active duty and many auxiliarists will have to comply with by June 1, 2009. The only life...

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In old days the below question and answer was provided to members of the Auxiliary. At present a New VE trainee is told to do only 5 with a qualified VE and then they are finished for the year. The beginning of the following year within the AUXDATA Training Status Report the member, if he doesn't do any other than the 5 VSC he will go from Green (qualified) to Red (not maintained qualified) once the year rolls around. Is the member required, in the year the member was trained, to do an additional 5 VSC's (on their own) so the member maintains currency?

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The qualification process states that after the member passes the VE exam and successfully completes five supervised VSC they come qualified and are eligible to perform VSC without supervision. After the initial year of qualifications there is...

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As a PV,I made contacts with business through out the area and introducted them to AWW and gave them a decal to display. I went back to each business a second time and gave them additional information. All of this was submitted on ANSC-7046 (1-04) Activity Reports. I called this Project: ROW (Reaching Out for Waterway Watch. The question came up that the contacts should have not been placed on the 7046 form.

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This question could have been asnwered by your FSO-PV and or assoicated chain.\n To add names you would use Form 7047, available

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I have been using USCG approved type II flotation devices for PWC, it appears that most are using type III. I would have assumed that type II would be safer, are both USCG approved for PWC?

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Updated: 10 Sept 2007\n For a PFD to be acceptable on a PWC it must have an impact rating equal or better than the top speed of the PWC. If your PFD has this classification, then you can wear that particular PFD.\n The OpsPolMan states:\n\n...

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Is there a requirement for the location to place the CME Decal on a particular window or Windshield? Many folks want to place it on the hull on the stern where it can be easily seen from the rear, etc. Other like to place it on a seat back or even on the main mast where it can be seen.

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From the COMDTINST M16796.8 page 9:\n\nAwarding the VSC Decal\n\nA decal shall be awarded upon the successful completion of the VSC. The VE shall ensure it is affixed immediately by the operator in the presence of the VE. It shall be affixed in a...

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I have just joined this flotilla and I am trying to locate information to study for the Vessel examination program , to qualify as a vessel examiner.

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Your FSO-MT or FSO-VE should be available to answer these questions.\n\nThe manual is here:\n\nhttp://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg3/cg3pcx/publications/comdtinst/vsc_man.p df

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Where can I purchase the Operations Polo Shirt?

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The Vessel Examiner polo shirt, available through the .\n\nThe Operations Polo Shirt was announced in ALAUX 014/05:\n\nAUXILIARY OPERATIONS POLO SHIRT AVAILABLE -014/05\n\n1. The Auxiliary Operations Polo Shirt is now available for...

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