R 170049Z NOV 09 ALCOAST 658/09 COMDTNOTE 1550 SUBJ: MANDATED TRAINING (MT) REQUIREMENTS FOR CY09 AND CY10 A. MANDATORY USE OF TRAINING MANAGEMENT TOOL (TMT), COMDTINST 5270.2 (SERIES) 1. THIS ALCOAST UPDATES REF (A) WHEREAS GENERAL MANDATED TRAINING (GMT) IS NOW REFERRED TO AS MANDATED TRAINING (MT). THIS MESSAGE PUBLISHES A REVISED LIST OF RECURRING MT REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF MT ON THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER RECOGNIZING THAT EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL HAVE COMPLETED MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF THE SAME TRAINING THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. 2. THE PURPOSE OF MT IS TO BUILD AWARENESS AND ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND ATTITUDES OF OUR WORKFORCE REQUIRED TO PERFORM CG MISSIONS. MT MAY ONLY BE ESTABLISHED WHEN EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY AN OFFICIAL MANDATE SUCH AS PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT POLICY, PUBLIC LAW, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) OR COAST GUARD POLICY REQUIREMENTS, OR WHEN MT IS DETERMINED BY THE FORCE READINESS COMMAND (FORCECOM) AS THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF DELIVERY FOR A VALID TRAINING REQUIREMENT. 3. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF ALL MT HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER THE SINGULAR AUTHORITY OF FORCECOM. FORCECOM HAS TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO MINIMIZE THE TRAINING BURDEN ON UNITS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT COMPROMISING MT REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS THE ELIMINATION OF ALL UNVALIDATED LEGACY GMT AND THE CREATION OF POLICY AND CONTROLS TO STANDARDIZE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT OF MT. THESE STEPS INCLUDE THE USE OF E-LEARNING WHENEVER FEASIBLE, TARGETING MT TO THE REQUIRED AUDIENCE, AND ALLOWING MEMBERS TO TAKE A PRE-TEST TO TEST OUT OF THE COURSE IF ALL TRAINING OBJECTIVES ARE MET. MT CONTENT WILL BE TAILORED TO THE USER BASED ON PRE-TEST RESULTS, DEVLIVERING CUSTOMIZABLE CONTENT BASED ON OBJECTIVES NOT MET, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING DELIVERY TIME. DIRECTIONS ON TEST OUT CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. USERS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT OUT ALL COURSES. MT COURSES WILL BE LIMITED TO 45 MINUTES IN LENGTH, UNLESS APPROVED BY FORCECOM (FC-5). THE AVERAGE TOTAL TIME TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE SERIES OF MT COURSES IN 2008 WAS OVER 17 HOURS PER PERSON. THE NEW DESIGN FEATURES DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE THE AVERAGE TOTAL TIME TO COMPLETE THE MT SERIES TO FEWER THAN 6 HOURS. WHEN THE REDESIGN IS COMPLETE OOA JULY 2010, THE AVERAGE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH MEMBER TO TAKE MT WILL BE LESS THAN 4 HOURS. FOR EXAMPLE, RECENTLY A MEMBER WITH 15 YEARS IN THE CG COMPLETED THE ENTIRE SET OF MT IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. THE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE REOCURRING MT COURSES ALLOWED HIM TO TEST OUT OF A MAJORITY OF THE COURSES BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATERIAL THROUGH THE PRE-TEST OPTION. 4. THE APPROVED TRAINING TOPICS ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS MESSAGE TO ASSIST COMMANDING OFFICERS AND UNIT TRAINING OFFICERS WITH ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING EXECUTION PLAN. THIS LIST ADDRESSES ONLY WORKFORCE WIDE MT REQUIREMENTS, NOW KNOWN AS CATEGORY (A) MANDATED TRAINING. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE PARTICIPATION BY THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: ACTIVE DUTY, RESERVE, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND AUXILIARISTS AND CONTRACTORS. FUTURE LISTS AND STATUS OF MT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE LIST OF MANDATED TRAINING, FORMERLY REFERED TO AS GMT (B), WILL BE PUBLISHED. THIS LIST NOW CALLED MT CATEGORY (B) WORKFORCE TRAINING APPLIES TO REQUIREMENTS MANDATED FOR A SPECIFIC DUTY POSITION/RESPONSIBILITY OR FUNCTION IDENTIFIED IN AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMANTATION. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF TRAINING IS THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GOVERNTMENT TRAVEL CREDIT CARD (GTCC) TRAINING OR HEARING CONSERVATION TRAINING. 5. COAST GUARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALTERNATE MEANS OF DELIVERY FOR MT PRODUCTS. COURSE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED AT HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL AS CONTENT AND OTHER MEDIA BECOME AVAILABLE. 6. TO PROVIDE UNITS WITH FLEXIBILITY IN MANAGING THEIR WORKFORCE, COURSE DUE DATES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON A CALENDAR YEAR SCHEDULE. SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE CURRENCY EXPIRATION DATE THE CGBI INDICATOR WILL TURN YELLOW AND ONCE CURRENCY EXPIRES THE CGBI INDICATOR WILL TURN RED. 7. THE CURRENT REQUIRED MANDATED TRAINING LIST IS AS FOLLOWS: COURSE TITLE INTERVAL AUDIENCE A. SEXUAL HARASS (AND) ASSAULT ANNUAL ACT/RES/CIV/NAF/AUX(A) PREVENTION/RESPONSE (SHAPR) B. NO FEAR ACT BIENNIAL CIV/MIL SUPERVISOR C. INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANNUAL ALL(A)/CONTR(B) SECURITY (ISS) D. PRIVACY AWARENESS ANNUAL ALL(A)/CONTR(B) E. SUICIDE PREVENTION(C) ANNUAL ACT/CIV/RES/CONTR(B) F. SUBSTANCE ABUSE FREE TRIENNIAL ACT/RES ENVIRONMENT (SAFE) G. SECURITY EDUCATION ANNUAL ALL(A)/CONTR(B) TRAINING AWARENESS (SETA) (A) SEE PARA 9. NOTE, ALL(A) INC. ACT/RES/CIV/AUX. (B) CONTRACTOR TRAINING REQUIREMENT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED IN CONTRACTUAL STATEMENT OF WORK. (C) COURSE NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. 8. CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR TAKING THE INFLUENZA COURSE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO ONCE IN A CAREER. SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS CAN BE ADDED AS NATIONAL HEALTH CONCERNS DICTATE AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED VIA SEPARATE ALCOAST. COURSE TITLE INTERVAL AUDIENCE A. INFLUENZA TRAINING ONCE ACT/RES/CIV/AUX (A) 9. AUXILARIST CLARIFICATION FOR MANDATED COURSES ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. ALL AUXILARISTS: 1. SEXUAL HARASS (AND) ASSAULT PREVENTION/RESPONSE (SHAPR) 2. PRIVACY AWARENESS 3. SECURITY EDUCATION (AND) TRAINING AWARENESS (SETA) 4. INFLUENZA TRAINING (ONCE PER CAREER) B. ALL AUXILARISTS WITH CGDN ACCESS 1. ALL IN SUB PARA (A) 2. INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY 10. THE MAJORITY OF MT CONTENT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE LEARNING PORTAL AT HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. THE SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE BY DEC 09. UNITS MAY PRESENT MT IN A CLASSROOM, MESS DECK OR HANGAR DECK ENVIRONMENT. IN THOSE OFFLINE INSTANCES, UNIT TRAINING OFFICERS SHALL RECORD COMPLETION FOR INDIVIDUALS INTO THE TRAINING MANAGEMENT TOOL (TMT) LOCATED AT HTTP://AOPS.OSC.USCG.MIL. FOR THOSE COURSES TAKEN AND ASSESSED ONLINE, COMPLETION WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE RECORDED INTO TMT AND THEN TO CGBI. 11. CG PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO A NON-CG FACILITY MUST SATISFY MT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH THE COAST GUARD AND THE HOST AGENCY. MEMBERS DESIRING TO TRACK HOST AGENCY MT COURSE WORK SHOULD PROVIDE COMPLETION CERTIFICATES OR OTHER PROOF OF ACCOMPLISHMENT TO THEIR CG SERVICING PERSONNEL OFFICE (SPO) FOR RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES. 12. COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE UNIT TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDES ALL APPLICABLE TOPICS OUTLINED IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS MESSAGE. COMMANDING OFFICERS AND UNIT TRAINING OFFICERS ARE NOW ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL/UNIT STATUS IN CGBI REPORTS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://CGBI.OSC.USCG.MIL/. ALL USERS SHOULD VALIDATE THEIR MT COURSE COMPLETION STATUS USING CGBI TO DETERMINE THEIR MT COMPLETION STATUS FOR CY09 AND CY10. 13. QUESTIONS/CONCERNS REGARDING MT RELATED COURSE CONTENT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER PROGRAM MANAGER. GENERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO MT, AND CONCERNS OR IDEAS FOR IMPROVING THE LEARNING PORTAL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO DR. CHRISTOPHER SLATER FORCECOM (FC-51 STAFF) AT (202) 475-5502. FUTURE MT EXPECTATIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR VIA HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL AND ALCOAST. THIS EFFORT REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE IMPORTANT FIRST YEAR GOAL OF FORCECOM TO REDUCE THE GMT BURDEN ON FIELD UNITS. 14. RELEASED BY RADM T. S. SULLIVAN, COMMANDER, FORCE READINESS COMMAND. 15. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.