CONTACT:
Trent Jensen
trent_jensen@hotmail.com

STAFF OFFICER POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Flotilla Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations is a very important position for the Flotilla. This officer will excercise staff responsibility and supervision over all matters pertaining to the Flotilla'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 Division Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations as well as the District Staff Officer or Assistant District Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations to implement the VSC program established uniformly for the Division, District and National. The FSO-VE will coordinate and cooperate with the FSO-PA on promoting and publicizing all VSC activities, with the FSO-MT to encourage, increase and train new vessel examiners, with the FSO-OP to organize the annual inspection of all OPFACs, and the FSO-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 VFC and SO-PE as to each VSC station, location, time and date and number of VSCs conducted at each station.

Requirements: 3 hours classroom instruction and practical applications which permit the member to participate in the Vessel Safety Check Program and qualify as a Staff Officer of Vessel Examinations. Auxiliarists must pass an open book test and conduct 5 Vessel Safety Checks annually to remain certified.

A Vessel Safety Check (VSC) is a courtesy examination of a boat (Vessel) to verify the presence and condition of certain Safety Equipment required by State and the Federal regulations. The Vessel Examiner is a trained specialist and is a member of the United States Power Squadrons or the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. They will also make certain recommendations and discuss certain safety issues that will make for a safer boater.

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