comdtinst m16114.32c - U.S. Coast Guard

Part 3 – Station Operations
Chapter 1 – Station Organization and Watch-Standing
( 10) Be responsible for procurement, custody, issue, and condition of
all general and special tools required by the Engineering
Department.
(11) Establish internal methods and procedures by which maintenance
personnel can obtain required materiel to support the maintenance
effort.
Training
D.4. Training
Petty Officer
D.4.a. Surfman
Trainer
Designated Training Petty Officer (TPO) billets, including designated
Surf Trainer billets, manage the unit training program. This includes
oversight of the unit’s reserve training program and facilitates
improvements in reserve readiness for mobilization, reserve
administration and reserve education opportunities. The TPO will
normally be staffed with a Boatswain’s Mate (BM) equal to the pay
grade of the XPO, but not less than E-6. Units assigned a TPO billet
(this does not pertain to units with collateral duty TPO) will assume a
day worker status and are not intended to be duty watch personnel. See
Part 3, Chapter 1, Section D, Duties and Responsibilities paragraph
D.13. The TPO shall maintain Coxswain qualifications on all platforms
assigned in accordance with this Manual Part 4, Boat Crew Training, or
as directed by the CO/OIC. The TPO shall maintain certification as
Boarding Officer in accordance with Reference (tt). The TPO shall work
directly for the XO/XPO.
In addition to the duties of the Training Petty Officer (see Section D.4),
the Surfman Trainer shall train prospective Heavy Weather Coxswains
and Surfmen. The Surfman Trainer is not considered part of the
Command Cadre and fills a designated Surfman billet and as such is
available to stand duty in the Surfman rotation. The duty rotation shall
be mandated by the CO/OIC so that the surfman trainers experience and
knowledge will be available to all duty sections. Surfman Trainer duty
shall be as needed by the training program not only when surf conditions
exist. The CO/OIC shall ensure collateral duties are commensurate to
assigned Surfman Trainer duties and do not interfere with the Surfman
Trainer’s primary job of training prospective Heavy Weather Coxswains
and Surfmen. Surfman Trainers shall attend the Coast Guard’s Instructor
Development Course, course code 230140, within one year of being
placed in the Surfman Trainer billet. Surfman Trainers shall work
closely with the National Motor Lifeboat School to ensure adherence to
standardized training techniques to the maximum extent possible.
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