ALCOAST 288/08
COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ: HEALTH SERVICES TECHNICIAN (HS) ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS REVISION AND NEW HS3 ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENT
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES A REVISED SET OF HS ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ). ALL HS PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN
USING THE NEW SET OF EPQ (REV 05-2008) AS SOON AS PRACTICAL BECAUSE
THEY MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THE
NEW EPQ (REV 05-2008) WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ADVANCEMENT COMPETITION
STARTING WITH THE MAY/OCT 2009 SERVICE-WIDE EXAM CYCLES.
2. THE EPQS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE,
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. A COPY MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE
UNITS EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER (ESO) OR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
ADVISOR (CDA). IAW REF A, THE EPQ RECORD (FORM CG-3303C) 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 07-2006) TO THE CURRENT
EPQ EDITION (REV 05-2008) WHEN THEY DIRECTLY CROSS-REFERENCE.
3. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EPQS AND THE PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATION GUIDE (PQG) RATING COURSES ARE ASSOCIATED 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 HS1 (EDITION 0130-3) AND HS2
(EDITION 0230-3) PQG RATING COURSE MATERIAL, THE COURSES ARE STILL
RELEVANT AND REQUIRED FOR ADVANCEMENT. NEW HS PQG RATING COURSE
MATERIAL IS PRESENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
AVAILABLE DURING FY-2009.
4. NEW HS3 ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE ADVANCEMENT
REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN REF A AND EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF THIS
ALCOAST, MEMBERS DESIRING ADVANCEMENT TO HS3 MUST ATTAIN NREMT
BASIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (EMT) CERTIFICATION. THIS EMT
COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT CANNOT BE DEFERRED. HS A SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO
FAIL TWICE TO PASS THE BASIC EMT EXAM MAY GRADUATE WITH HS
DESIGNATION BUT WILL BE REQUIRED  TO RETAKE THE NREMT BASIC EMT
EXAM AT THEIR FOLLOW-ON PDS AND RECEIVE CERTFICATION TO ADVANCE TO
E-4. COMPLETION OF THE EMT BASIC CERTIFICATION COMPETENCY SHALL BE
DOCUMENTED ON PAGE 2 OF THE HS EPQ FORM.
5. HS STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS. HS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
ARE APPENDED TO THE REVISED EPQ FORM. THEY WERE DEVELOPED BY AND
FOR THE HS COMMUNITY. WHILE COAST GUARD CORE VALUES CAPTURE THE
INDIVIDUAL VIRTUES DESIRED OF ALL COAST GUARD PERSONNEL, HS
STANDARDS PORTRAY THE VALUES THAT ARE CORE TO THE HS RATING AT
LARGE. THE STANDARDS DESCRIBE THE CULTURE, NORMS, AND DUTY ON WHICH
HEALTH SERVICES TECHNICIANS BASE THEIR PRACTICES. THE STANDARDS
PROVIDE CRITERIA FOR SCREENING HS A SCHOOL APPLICANTS AND STUDENTS
WHO DESIRE TO ENTER THE HS COMMUNITY. THEY FURTHER PROVIDE
CRITERION TO JUDGE OVERALL PROFESSIONALISM THROUGHOUT ONES HS
CAREER. HS PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT
AND TO UPHOLD YOUR STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.
6. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW HS EPQ MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE HS
RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, HSCM KIRK WATSON, (202)475-5174.
QUESTIONS REGARDING PQG RATING COURSE MATERIAL MAY BE ADDRESSED TO
THE HS SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST (SMS) AT (707) 765-7296.
7. RDML D. R. MAY, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING, SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED