American Red Cross first aid, CPR and AED programs are designed to give you the confidence to respond in an emergency situation with skills that can save a life. Strongly recommended for boat crew. $45 cost for texts and materials.

The Auxiliary Navigation Specialty course covers coastal navigation and embraces two basic concepts - location and direction - and three basic disciplines - dead reckoning, piloting and electronic navigation.

The Auxiliary Communications Specialty course, is focused upon radio communications for the Auxiliary and Coast Guard. It is one of the few specialty courses cited as a requirement for other Auxiliary activities.

AUXSC&E is the Auxiliary version of the Coast Guard’s Search Coordination & Execution course. AUXSC&E is an AUXOP course, and as such, is not required for qualification or currency maintenance for the Boat Crew program.

The Auxiliary Seamanship Specialty course, is designed to present the Auxiliarist with a thorough knowledge of vessels and proficiency in their operation.

The Auxiliary Weather Specialty course, is designed to present the Auxiliarist with a thorough knowledge of weather, its importance in the marine environment and to the conduct of safe and effective operations.

Celestial navigation, in its modern form, is based on solving spherical triangle problems (the "navigational triangle"), but the student does not have to be taking trigonometry to use celestial navigation. Finding latitude by the meridian passage of the sun or by Polaris only requires addition and subtraction, as does sight reduction using pre-calculated tables. Learn the use and care of the sextant, when and how to take sightings, and how to “reduce” the sights to lines of positions that can be plotted on the chart.

The FLC provides an organizational framework and resources to successfully manage Flotillas. It orients participants by presenting leadership and management concepts and providing tools and other online resources that support the requirements of this position.

The FLC covers essential aspects, resources and tools for effective transitioning of a Flotilla to a new administration. The topics covered include: surveying the needs of members, applying Robert’s Rules of Order; conducting effective meetings; managing communications and financial operations; recognizing performance and developing members; recruiting new members; utilizing computer tools and web resources and handling data management issues.

The FLC may be used to satisfy current requirements to stand for election. It is a two day course covering 12 modules and a test is not required. Upon completion of the FLC, a course certificate will be issued and the qualification for election will be entered into AUXDATA.

ICS-400 is designed for senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or multiagency coordination system. This course is designed to provide overall incident management skills rather than tactical expertise. Additional courses are available on developing and implementing incident tactics.

The qualification of Auxiliary communicators is now based on the successful accomplishment of given tasks, as in other Auxiliary programs. Operators are then qualified and certified with assurance that they are trained to standard. That standard is Auxiliary Telecommunications Operator Specialty (TC-PQS). This Standard has been developed and approved by the Auxiliary and CG‐5421. This PQS is a task‐oriented qualification guide, designed to provide the members with focused training and enhanced skills to deal with both internal and external radio communications. Successful completion of the PQS will qualify the candidate as a Telecommunications Operator (TCO).