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Position Description:

This is a position that interacts with the public and therefore requires training and maturity.  When performing Vessel Safety Checks you will work directly with boat owners in your community. This is a non-operational position.

The vessel safety check program helps to achieve voluntary compliance with federal and state recreational boating safety laws, particularly regarding the carriage of safety equipment. It also raises boaters’ awareness of safety issues through one-on-one contact by vessel examiners. Using training acquired through study and mentored vessel safety checks, the vessel examiner will be able to educate boaters through direct, face-to-face boating safety information exchanges. With this knowledge, it is hoped that recreational boaters will become more involved in maintaining and operating their boats in a safe manner, taking boating safety courses to increase their knowledge and skills in boating, and promoting safe boating to others.

Position Requirements:

• You must join the US Coast Guard Auxiliary.  
• Membership is open to any citizen of the U.S. and its territories and possessions who is seventeen (17) years of age or older.  There is no mandatory maximum age.  
• Membership is predicated on full and successful completion of the Auxiliary enrollment application, including passing the New Member Exam.
• No specific physical standards must be met in order to be eligible to enroll in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary.
• Any Auxiliarist, regardless of physical limitations, may participate in training to achieve certification in a non-operational or operational position.
• You will be required to satisfactorily complete the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Core training course, including the Basic Qualifications Course, and satisfactorily pass the Vessel Examiner Initial Qualification test before being assigned Vessel Examiner duties.
• You will be required to satisfactorily complete the Vessel Examiner Initial Qualification.
• For initial qualification as a vessel examiner, trainees must take and pass the current vessel examiner qualification examination.
• This examination is an open book exam with a three hour time limit and a passing score of 90%.Trainees must satisfactorily conduct five vessel safety checks and/or Auxiliary surface facility inspections under the observation of a certified vessel examiner.
• All training for Auxiliarist is free.

Vessel Examiner FSO-VE
Joe Cabral
joesmename@comcast.net
or
Human Resources (FSO-HR)
Mark Stanley Collins
eMail: gunny.collins@retusmc.com
Mobile: (774) 320-0509