Vessel Examination
The Division Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations is a very important position for the division. This officer will excercise staff responsibility and supervision over all matters pertaining to the division's Vessel Safety Check program, the inspection of Auxiliary OPFACs, and to keep the members informed of all developments in this AOR. The officer will maintain very close liaison with the District Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations as well as the Assistant District Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations to implement the VSC program established uniformly for the Division, District and National. The SO-VE will coordinate and cooperate with the SO-PA on promoting and publicizing all VSC activities, with the SO-MT to encourage, increase and train new vessel examiners, with the SO-OP to organize the annual inspection of all OPFACs, and the SO-IS to be certain no vessel examiner falls below their annual VSC quota for maintaining their certification status. He or she will maintain current records of all facility inspections, VSCs, decal distribution and will do the utmost to ensure the quality and integrity of all such VSCs and inspections. Additionally, the officer is responsible for ensuring that all reports are correctly completed and forwarded, will report monthly to the VFC, keep an accounting of all VSC decals, and take an active part in the planning and execution of seminars, workshops, forums, and panel discussions in the officer's AOR. The officer will make every effort to routinely conduct VSC stations each weekend at area marinas and boat ramps and provide a written report to the VDCDR and SO-PE as to each VSC station, location, time and date and number of VSCs conducted at each station.
Vessel Examination Information
Vessel Examination Directorate Web Site
