SUBJ: REVISED STOREKEEPER (SK) ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS
AND STOREKEEPER THIRD CLASS (SK3) RATE TRAINING COURSE
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES REVISIONS TO THE SK ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ) AND THIRD CLASS RATE TRAINING COURSE. ALL SK
PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO BASE THEIR STUDY ON THE SK EPQ FORM
CG-3303C-SK (REV 03-2009) AS IT INCLUDES A NEW ACQUISITION,
4.C.01, EPQ AND FINANCIAL EPQ, ALL OF 4.D., AT THE E4 LEVEL
AFFECTING SK A SCHOOL, THE STRIKER COURSE, AND SWE. THE REVISIONS
WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MAY 2010 SERVICE WIDE EXAM (SWE) AND
SUBSEQUENT SWE. THE REVISED SK EPQ FORM (REV 03-2009) AND EXISTING
SK3 PQG IS AVAILABLE VIA THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE AT
HTTP://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. SEE THE EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER (ESO)
TO ENROLL IN THE SK3 COURSE (0348-2) IF YOU PLAN TO TAKE THE EOCT.
2. THE SK EPQS (REV 03-2009) ARE EFFECTIVE AND MUST BE COMPLETED
FOR PLACEMENT ON THE STRIKER ADVANCEMENT LIST. THOSE CURRENTLY ON
THE STRIKER ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY LIST ARE NOT AFFECTED.
APPLICABLE PQG LESSONS BASED ON THE NEW SK3 EPQS WILL BE POSTED ON
THE CG LEARNING PORTAL OOA 01AUG09. THOSE ALREADY ENROLLED SHOULD
DOWNLOAD THE LESSONS. STUDENTS WILL NEED TO APPEND THE NEW LESSONS
TO THEIR PQG COURSE TO PREPARE/STUDY FOR THE EOCT. ONCE THE NEW
LESSONS ARE POSTED ON THE PORTAL THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED TESTABLE.
THE LESSONS WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE PQG FOR NEW ENROLLMENTS WHEN
MADE AVAILABLE. THE SK EPQ FORM CG-3303C-SK (REV. 03-2009) MUST BE
SIGNED AND VERIFIED ON PAGE TWO PRIOR TO TAKING ANY RATE TRAINING
END-OF-COURSE TEST (EOCT).
3. SK GUIDING PRINCIPLES. SK GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE APPENDED TO
THE REVISED EPQ FORM. THEY WERE DEVELOPED BY AND FOR THE SK
COMMUNITY. WHILE COAST GUARD CORE VALUES CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUAL
VIRTUES DESIRED OF ALL COAST GUARD PERSONNEL, SK GUIDING
PRINCIPLES PORTRAY THE VALUES THAT ARE CORE TO THE SK RATING AT
LARGE. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES DESCRIBE THE CULTURE, NORMS, AND
DUTY ON WHICH STOREKEEPERS BASE THEIR PRACTICES. THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES PROVIDE A BENCHMARK BY WHICH AN SK CAN GAUGE HIS OR HER
OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SK PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE
A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
4. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW SK EPQ MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE SK
RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, SKCM MARK FERGUSON, (202)475-5750.
QUESTIONS REGARDING PQG RATING COURSE MATERIAL MAY BE ADDRESSED TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST (SMS) SKC BRAD FELTY, (707)765-7128.
5. RDML D. R. MAY, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING SENDS.
6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.