ALCOAST 160/08
COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ: NEW BOATSWAINS MATE BM1 AND BM2 RATING COURSES AND
ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC MSG 021305Z JUL 07/ALCOAST 323/07
1. NEW BM1 AND BM2 RATING COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AS PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATION GUIDES (PQG) FROM THE CG INSTITUTE. THE PQG FORMAT
COMBINES THE BEST FEATURES OF DISTANCE LEARNING AND ON-THE-JOB
TRAINING (OJT) BY EMBEDDING ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS
(EPQ) WITHIN COURSE MATERIAL AS A STUDY GUIDE. AN ADDED BENEFIT OF
THE PQG FOR UNITS IS THE STANDARDIZATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT
INTO THE COURSE STRUCTURE.
2. BM PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN USING THE NEW PQG COURSE
MATERIAL AS SOON AS PRACTICAL BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WITH THE BM PRESENT
WORLD OF WORK AND INCLUDES VALUABLE REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR ON-THE-
JOB-TRAINING (OJT). THE BM1 AND BM2 PQG RATING COURSES ARE BASED ON
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE BM EPQ (CG-3303C REV 12-2006), AVAILABLE
ON THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE AVAILABLE AT
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. THE EPQ RECORD FORM CG-3303C REMAINS THE
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FOR ANNOTATING COMPLETION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR
EOCT AND ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY.
3. THE BM1 COURSE (CODE 0112-2) AND BM2 COURSE (CODE 0212-2) MUST
BE COMPLETED FOR ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY BEGINNING WITH THE MAY
2009 ACTIVE DUTY AND OCTOBER 2009 RESERVE SERVICE WIDE EXAM (SWE)
COMPETITIONS. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2009, THE COAST GUARD INSTITUTE
WILL NO LONGER GRADE OLDER VERSIONS OF THESE COURSES. THOSE WHO
HAVE PASSED EARLIER EDITIONS OF THE BM1 AND BM2 COURSE WILL BE
GRANDFATHERED FROM COMPLETING THESE NEW COURSES FOR ADVANCEMENT AND
SWE ELIGIBILITY. TO ENROLL IN THE NEW BM1 AND BM2 PQG COURSE, SEE
THE EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER (ESO) OR UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE
REPRESENTATIVE.
4. BM1 AND BM2 ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE
ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN REF A AND B AND EFFECTIVE THE
DATE OF THIS ALCOAST, MEMBERS DESIRING TO COMPETE FOR ADVANCEMENT
TO BM2 MUST ATTAIN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES: QUARTERMASTER
OF THE WATCH, COXSWAIN, OR UNDERWAY DECK WATCH OFFICER. MEMBERS
DESIRING TO COMPETE FOR ADVANCEMENT TO BM1 MUST COMPLETE THE DECK
WATCH OFFICER EXAMINATION (DWINTO OR DWINTR) WITH A PASSING SCORE
OF 90 PERCENT OR BETTER AND CERTIFY AS COXSWAIN. SPECIAL
ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL BM RATINGS ARE LISTED ON THE LAST
PAGE OF THE 12-2006 EPQ FORM. SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE OF COMPLETION OF
COMPETENCIES IS REQUIRED ON PAGE 2 OF THE SAME.
5. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW BM PQG COURSE MATERIAL MAY BE
DIRECTED TO THE BM SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST, BMC GEORGE SMITH
(757) 856-2175. QUESTIONS REGARDING BM ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS MAY
BE DIRECTED TO BM RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, BMCM KEVIN LEASK (202)
372-2296.
6. RDML D. R. MAY, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING, SENDS.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.