New PQS Updates    

EXISTING AUXILIARY QUALIFICATIONS

The National Maritime Center has made no changes to their qualifications.  Therefore the following Auxiliary qualifications have no changes:

Auxiliary Assistant Licensing and Document Examiner
Auxiliary Assistant Licensing and Document Evaluator
Commercial Fishing Vessel Examiner
Uninspected Passenger Vessel Examiner

 Canceled PQS's

Auxiliary Assistant harbor safety observer

Auxiliary Safety Watchstander

Above qualifications are going to be canceled on 28th  April  2010

The Auxiliary Assistant Harbor Safety Observer and Auxiliary Marine Safety Wathstander qualifications will be cancelled 90 days after release of the ALCOAST.  All other existing Auxiliary qualifications have been modified

 

NEW QUALIFICATIONS FOR AUXILIARISTS

The following is a list of the new Performance Qualification Standards (PQS) workbooks that will be available to Auxiliarists.

   Auxiliary Assistant Foreign Freight Vessel Examiner

     Auxiliary Assistant Foreign Passenger Vessel Examiner

    Auxiliary Assistant Barge Inspector

    Auxiliary Assistant Hull Inspector

      Auxiliary Assistant K-Boat Inspector

       Auxiliary Assistant Machinery Inspector

       Auxiliary Assistant Machinery Inspector (Steam)

      Auxiliary Assistant T-Boat Inspector

       Auxiliary Assistant Marine Casualty Investigator

   Auxiliary Assistant Maritime Enforcement Investigator

   Auxiliary Assistant Suspension and Revocation Investigator

 Auxiliary Assistant Waterways Management Representative

 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO EXISTING QUALIFICATIONS

Auxiliary Versions of Active Duty Qualifications

Some of the existing qualifications were renamed during the updates.  This is either because the Active Duty version was renamed, or because the existing Auxiliary qualification is a compilation of several active duty qualifications.  Each of these qualifications was completely rewritten and individual tasks cannot be compared.

Existing (Old/Outdated) Auxiliary Qualification	Newly Revised Auxiliary Qualification
Assistant Contingency Preparedness Specialist	Auxiliary Assistant Contingency Planner
Port State Control Boarding Team Assistant	Auxiliary Assistant Port State Control Examiner
Assistant Container Inspector	Auxiliary Assistant Container Inspector
Assistant Pollution Investigator	Auxiliary Assistant Pollution Investigator
Assistant Pollution Response Specialist	Auxiliary Assistant Federal On Scene Coordinator Representative
Assistant Facilitates Inspector	Auxiliary Assistant Facility Inspector
Assistant Life Raft Inspector	Auxiliary Assistant Life Raft Inspector