R 261256Z FEB 10 

ALCOAST 091/10
COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ: MACHINERY TECHNICIAN (MK) ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS
REVISION
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES A REVISED SET OF MK ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ). ALL MK PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN
USING THE NEW EPQ FORM CG-3303C-MK (REV 03-2009) AS SOON AS
PRACTICAL BECAUSE IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.
2. MK CANDIDATES MAY USE THE 06-2002 OR 03-2009 VERSIONS TO QUALIFY
FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 2010 SERVICE WIDE EXAM (SWE). RATING
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE MAY 2010 SWE, HOWEVER, WILL BE BASED
SOLELY ON THE 03-2009 EPQ REQUIREMENTS. THE MK EPQ (REV 03-2009) IS
NOW REQUIRED FOR SWE PARTICIPATION BEGINNING WITH THE OCT/NOV 2010
SERVICE-WIDE EXAM CYCLES.
3. THE EPQS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE,
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. IAW REF A, THE EPQ RECORD (FORM
CG-3303C-MK) SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FOR ANNOTATING
COMPLETION OF ENLISTED QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY.
SUPERVISORS AND DESIGNATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHES (PDC)
MAY TRANSFER SIGNATURES FROM THE OLDER EPQ EDITION (REV 06-2002) TO
THE CURRENT EPQ EDITION (REV 03-2009) WHEN THEY DIRECTLY CROSS-
REFERENCE.
4. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EPQS AND RATING COURSES ARE
CONNECTED AND DESIGNED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER PRIOR TO THE
STUDENT BEING ADMINISTERED AN END OF COURSE TEST (EOCT). ALTHOUGH
THE NEW EPQS DO NOT EXACTLY ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT MK1 COURSE
(EDITION 0132-4), MK2 COURSE (EDITION 0232-5), AND MK3 COURSE
(EDITION 0332-5), THE COURSES ARE STILL RELEVANT AND REQUIRED FOR
ADVANCEMENT. NEW MK COURSES ARE PRESENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT AND WILL
BE ANNOUNCED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
5. MK GUIDING PRINCIPLES. MK GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE APPENDED TO THE
REVISED EPQ FORM. THEY WERE DEVELOPED BY AND FOR THE MK COMMUNITY.
WHILE COAST GUARD CORE VALUES CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUAL VIRTUES
DESIRED OF ALL COAST GUARD PERSONNEL, MK GUIDING PRINCIPLES PORTRAY
THE VALUES THAT ARE CORE TO THE MK RATING AT LARGE. THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES DESCRIBE THE CULTURE, NORMS, AND DUTY ON WHICH MACHINERY
TECHNICIANS BASE THEIR PRACTICES. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES PROVIDE A
BENCHMARK BY WHICH AN MK CAN GAUGE HIS OR HER OWN PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT. MK PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A PERSONAL
COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THEIR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
6. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW MK EPQ MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE MK
RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, MKCM G. L. (ROC) DELLA ROCCO, (202)
475-5756. QUESTIONS REGARDING COURSE MATERIALS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO
THE MK SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST MKCM JOHN RECTOR AT (757)
856-2207.
7. RELEASED BY RADM T. S. SULLIVAN, COMMANDER, FORCE READINESS
COMMAND.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.