[Aux-enews] eNews from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary - 31 May 2005

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eNews from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 

31 May 2005

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In this issue of Aux eNews: 

*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_1"NACON Vendors Wanted 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_2"Department of Personnel - Interchange 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_3"Boating Department - WAVES 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_4"ANSC 3026a and 3026 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_5"Want to Publish Your Own Website or Learn
PowerPoint? 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_6"New Trident PQS’s 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_7"Non-Serviceable and Substandard Type 1
Unicellular Plastic Foam Life Preservers 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_8"Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotillas Win Coveted 2005
Boating Safety Grants 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_9"NACON 2005 
*	HYPERLINK \l "BM_10"PA Contest Reminder 
*	HYPERLINK \l "Help"Help Wanted Positions (from the National Web
Site) 
*	HYPERLINK \l "Archive"Unsubscribe and Archive Instructions 

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NACON Vendors Wanted

If you work for, or have a direct connection with a company that should
display their product(s) at NACON, please e-mail the Division Chief-Exhibits
and tell about your contact HYPERLINK
"mailto:PattySmutz at earthlink.net"PattySmutz at earthlink.net .  Please give the
name and address of the company; name of a responsible person; phone number;
and a brief description of the product(s). We will make the arrangements to
get them to the conference.  

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Department of Personnel - Interchange

The current edition of the newsletter of the Department of Personnel, the
Interchange (Adobe Acrobat™ format, 126KB), is now available on line.
Featured articles include the Department Chief's vision of the future of
recruiting and retention as well as updates of the ongoing projects of the
Department.

HYPERLINK
"http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/personnel/Interchange0505.pdf"http://www.cgau
x.org/cgauxweb/personnel/Interchange0505.pdf

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Boating Department - WAVES 

Read the new WAVES (Adobe Acrobat™ format, 181KB) this issue includes a
brief status of the CY 04 accomplishments of the Boating Department, a look
at what we plan to accomplish in CY 05, BoatUS Boating Safety Grant Winners,
the CY 05 North American Safe Boating Campaign, and an introduction to "our"
newest USCG RBS Specialist, Paul Newman, -no not that Paul Newman. 

HYPERLINK
"http://www.auxbdept.org/waves/wave0501.pdf"http://www.auxbdept.org/waves/wa
ve0501.pdf

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ANSC 3026a and 3026 

ANSC is temporarily out of stock on ANSC 3026a and ANSC 3026b, the Coast
Guard America's Waterway Watch wallet card and decal respectively.  However,
they do have ANSC 3024a which is the Auxiliary version of America's Waterway
Watch, a two-sided decal with the eagle.  This decal can be used with either
brochure ANSC 3024 or ANSC 3026.  ANSC should also have their resupply of
ANSC 3005 the Carbon Monoxide pamphlet available shortly.

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Want to Publish Your Own Website or Learn PowerPoint? 

Now is your chance!  There are still a few openings for the AUX-04 Basic
Technology C-School in Alameda, CA 11-15 August 2005.  There you will find a
perfect setting on "CG Island" in San Francisco Bay, for this very
informative class.  Your expenses are reimbursed with CG travel orders, and
the training is first class by professional Instructors.  If you would like
to attend, you must submit your Short Term Training Request ASAP to your
DIRAUX.  For complete details, click: HYPERLINK
"http://cschool.auxservices.org/aux04/"http://cschool.auxservices.org/aux04/
Don't delay if you want this exceptional training opportunity! 

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New Trident PQS’s

I am pleased to announce the release of six new and one revised Marine
Safety, Security And Environmental Protection specific Auxiliary
qualifications (PQS). The six new qualifications include the following: Port
State Control Boarding Team Assistant (AUX-AEI), Assistant Contingency
Preparedness Specialist (AUX-ACP), Assistant License And Document Examiner
(AUX-LDEX), Assistant License And Document Evaluator (AUX-LDEV), Port State
Control Dispatcher (AUX-PSC) and Uninspected Towing Vessel Examiner
(AUX-UTV). The Assistant Facilities Inspector (AUX-EU) qualification was
updated to include Maritime Security Inspection job tasks.

Links to the new PQSs are found below:

*	 Assistant Contingency Preparedness Specialist HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Auxiliary_Assistant_Contingency_Preparedne
ss_Specialist_Final_6JAN05.pdf"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Auxiliary_As
sistant_Contingency_Preparedness_Specialist_Final_6JAN05.pdf 
*	 Port State Control Boarding Team Assistant 
HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Aux_PSC_Boarding_Asst_Final_6JAN05.pdf"htt
p://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Aux_PSC_Boarding_Asst_Final_6JAN05.pdf 
*	 Assistant License & Document Evaluator 
HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_Licensing_Document_evaluator_Final_6J
AN05.pdf"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_Licensing_Document_evaluator_
Final_6JAN05.pdf 
*	 Assistant License & Document Examiner 
HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_Licensing_examinerl_final_6JAN05.pdf"
http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_Licensing_examinerl_final_6JAN05.pdf 
*	 Port State Control Dispatcher 
HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_PSC_Dispatcher_Final_6JAN05.pdf"http:
//www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_PSC_Dispatcher_Final_6JAN05.pdf 
*	 Uninspected Towing Vessel Examiner 
HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Auxiliary_Uninspected_Towing_Vessel_Examin
er_Final_6JAN05.pdf"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Auxiliary_Uninspected_T
owing_Vessel_Examiner_Final_6JAN05.pdf

Please note that the Facilities Inspector PQS has also been revised, and is
available at: HYPERLINK
"http://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_Facility_Inspector_Final_6JAN05.pdf"h
ttp://www.opr.auxnstaff.org/pdf/Asst_Facility_Inspector_Final_6JAN05.pdf

HYPERLINK
"http://list.cgaux.info/pipermail/chdiraux-l/2005-May/000162.html"http://lis
t.cgaux.info/pipermail/chdiraux-l/2005-May/000162.html

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Non-Serviceable and Substandard Type 1 Unicellular Plastic Foam Life
Preservers

Recently during several annual inspections of small passenger vessels, Coast
Guard Marine Inspectors discovered a number of problems with Personal
Flotation Devices (PFDs) manufactured by Atlantic-Pacific Manufacturing Co.
(APCO). APCO formerly produced various types of PFDs including several sizes
of unicellular plastic foam life 
preservers and is currently out of business. PFDs from other manufacturers
could have similar problems. 

A close inspection revealed - 

* varying body strap lengths, sometimes less than 54" from the tip of the
snap hook to the tip of the D-ring, resulting in a very tight fitting adult
sized PFD on average sized crewmember, 

* non-resilient and brittle condition of the PFD flotation foam, 

* differences in foam volumes and physical size for the same model of PFD
and, 

* inaccurate markings, incorrect Q-spec numbers (106.055 vs. 160.055),
misspelled words, and incorrect narratives. 

Additionally, follow-up buoyancy tests of suspect PFDs performed by the
Marine Inspectors resulted in numerous failures. All PFDS that had failed
were condemned and each exhibited noticeable shrinkage and compression. Many
of these PFDs have been in use since the 1970's and may have reached the end
of their service life. 

See images on PDF file available at HYPERLINK
"http://safetyseal.net/pdf_files/PFD3-05.pdf"http://safetyseal.net/pdf_files
/PFD3-05.pdf

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Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotillas Win Coveted 2005 Boating Safety Grants

The annual BOATU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety & Clean Water has
announced the 2005 winners of their Boating Safety Grants. 

Over $40,000 in grants were bestowed on this years’ winners; who bid for
seed money to institute innovated ideas on teaching and displaying safe
boating and environmentally sound boating practices.

HYPERLINK
"http://www.auxpa.org/releases/rbs/052705.html"http://www.auxpa.org/releases
/rbs/052705.html

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NACON 2005

NACON 2005 is available for your web surfing pleasure.  Florida’s tropical
breezes, white sandy beaches and top tourist attractions beckon us once
again to our National Conference in Orlando August 25th through September
5th.  District Seven will be our generous hosts for the conference and their
local team are working hard to provide us with true Southern hospitality.
The National Conference staff has made it even easier for you to register
for the conference, reserve your hotel accommodations and book discount
tickets for the Disneyland, Universal Studios, SeaWorld and more.  Just
click on the NACON link below.   Experience the “Winds of Change” for
yourself – See you in Orlando!!!

HYPERLINK "http://news.auxidept.org/NACON/"http://news.auxidept.org/NACON/

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PA Contest Reminder

The Department of Public Affairs discusses the details of its PA Contests
(for Public Affairs, photos, and publications) for 2005 in this notice
(Adobe Acrobat™ format, 23KB).  A reminder that the deadline for submission
is no later than 31 JULY 05.

HYPERLINK
"http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/pubaffairs/PAContestLetter2005.pdf"http://www
.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/pubaffairs/PAContestLetter2005.pdf

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HELP WANTED POSITIONS (from the National Web Site)

The following "Help Wanted " ads appeared on the National Web Site as of the
date of this newsletter:

 HYPERLINK
"http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/cgi-bin/wantads.cgi"http://www.cgaux.org/cgau
xweb/cgi-bin/wantads.cgi

*	Branch Chief - IS Future Enhancements -- Marilyn McBain DVC-IS --
5/16/2005 
*	Deputy Chief - Info. & Comm. Services -- Jeff Mahl DC-I -- 5/16/2005

*	Seeking Voice-Over Talent -- Tom Conroy BC-AIA -- 5/12/2005 
*	Division Chief-Advanced Training (DVC-TA) -- Gail Venezio --
5/10/2005 
*	Division Chief-Training Instructional Design -- Gail Venezio --
5/5/2005 
*	VIDEOGRAPHERS WANTED -- Jeff Pielet, BC-AIT -- 5/4/2005 
*	PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WEBMASTER -- Eric J. HeBert, DVC-AI --
4/28/2005 
*	Branch Assistant Personnel Administrative Asst. -- David A.
Hastings, DVC-PS -- 3/27/2005 
*	Branch Chief - Boating Liaison Marine Industry  -- John T. Potts,
DVC-BL -- 3/24/2005 
*	Branch Assistant Training Administrative Assistant  -- Gail A.
Fisher -- 3/21/2005 

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