AUXSAR Instructor Training
As some of you recall, the National
Training Department announced last year that the outdated Auxiliary
Specialty course in Search and Rescue (AUXSAR) would be replaced
by the Coast Guard's Search Coordination and Execution (AUXSCE).
This is a course presented by the Coast Guard Training Center's
National SAR School at Yorktown to the
Active Duty and Reserve and as the result, Auxiliary instructors
will require training by
the SAR school instructors. The course is approximately 40 hours
and the Auxiliary must
teach the course to the standards of the National SAR School.
This past fall, we were able to send several members of the
District for training in SCE
Instruction. Their reports were that the course is just short
of "great!" It is a vast
improvement over the existing SAR course. It does however, require
a solid working knowledge of navigation (piloting) techniques.
The Chief Director's office has just announced four sessions
during 2008 which are intended to train additional AUXSCE instructors
over the five days of the class. While we wait the funding for
the printing of materials so that we can expand the instructor
corps and then present the course to the District, these school
will enable us to add several more to the limited group that
exists.
It is requested that you review the Instructors in your Division
for those who are AUXOP
qualified, have a strong knowledge of piloting skills, excellent
teaching skills and a
willingness to be on the forefront of presenting AUXSCE. All
interested candidates will need to submit a Short-Term Training
Request (STTR) (CG-5223, ANSC 7059) to me by the cut-off date
for the particular class or classes that they may be able to
attend. Selection will be made nationwide on a first come basis.
Reimbursable orders will be issued to all candidates who attend
the classes.
Date & location of class Cut-off date for STTR
21-25 APR, Seattle, WA 22 FEB
12-16 MAY, Traverse City MI 14 MAR
2-6 JUNE Phoenix, AZ 4 APR
28 JUL-8 AUG Helena, MT 30 MAY
Gene Bernstein, DSO-MT
