Strengthening U.S. Coast Guard Oversight and Support of Recognized Organizations: The Case of the Alternate Compliance Program (2021) / Chapter Skim
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89 As part of its charge, the study committee is tasked with reviewing the U.S. Coast Guard's (Coast Guard's)
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90 STRENGTHENING U.S. COAST GUARD OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT OF ROs place or qualification levels for inspectors specific to ACP oversight and the kinds of vessels characteristic of the ACP's older fleet.
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THE COAST GUARD WORKFORCE FOR ACP SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT 91 Coast Guard faces an ongoing challenge in ensuring that inspections are carried out in a consistent and competent manner, especially for vessel types that are not seen very often, such as the El Faro with its legacy technologies and grandfathered regulatory requirements. While training to improve inspector knowledge and proficiency is essential to the Coast Guard's marine inspection program, so too is supporting inspectors with needed tools and procedural guidance.
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92 STRENGTHENING U.S. COAST GUARD OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT OF ROs Coast Guard small-boat unit on a biennial basis to assess compliance with current policy, configuration control, and standardization.2 Teams consist of three to five highly trained and experienced professionals specializing in the operational, deck, and engineering aspects of each boat platform.
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THE COAST GUARD WORKFORCE FOR ACP SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT 93 Marine Inspector Program. To facilitate hiring and retention, as well for ensuring long-term term continuity of operations, the Coast Guard civilian inspectors generally remain at a single location for their entire careers.
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94 STRENGTHENING U.S. COAST GUARD OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT OF ROs -- D9 Breakouts (concentrated, informal on-the-job training on deep-draft vessels breaking out of the ice in spring)
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THE COAST GUARD WORKFORCE FOR ACP SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT 95 at the Coast Guard Academy to introduce cadets to the challenges associated with overseeing marine safety. In 2018 the Coast Guard established the Enlisted Marine Inspector Training Program to develop and train enlisted members as marine inspectors with the goal of becoming commissioned as CWOs to serve as technical experts.
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96 STRENGTHENING U.S. COAST GUARD OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT OF ROs specialties of vessel and facility inspections, waterways management, and marine casualty investigation duties.6 The guidance explains how junior officers can build OAP career paths by achieving certain professional expectations (developing competencies, with specialties and subspecialties)
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THE COAST GUARD WORKFORCE FOR ACP SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT 97 Guard while two new junior officer (Lieutenant Commander) billets were added.
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98 STRENGTHENING U.S. COAST GUARD OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT OF ROs examinations of vessels in the ACP that use ROs, about shortcomings in inspector competencies and experience levels for this purpose, and about the lack of marine safety personnel charged with, and capable of, overseeing ACP compliance and RO performance generally.
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THE COAST GUARD WORKFORCE FOR ACP SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT 99 Recommendation 6: The Coast Guard should review its current career path progression guidance for Operations Ashore Prevention Officers, which was introduced before the El Faro investigations, with an eye to whether the guidance is being followed by sufficient numbers of junior officers, provides opportunities to master the marine inspection specialties, and ensures that mastery of those specialties provides ample career advancement opportunities in the prevention field, including relevant leadership positions such as OCMI. While the Coast Guard has acknowledged the importance of ensuring that OCMIs have marine inspection expertise, it is an imperative for assignments in the country's largest commercial and feeder ports.
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