R 172203Z JUN 09 

SUBJ: NEW DAMAGE CONTROLMAN FIRST CLASS (DC1) RATING COURSE
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. A NEW DC1 PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION GUIDE (PQG) RATING COURSE
(COURSE CODE 0116-2) IS AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING FROM THE CG
INSTITUTE. THE NEW DC1 RATING COURSE IS BASED ON THE LATEST
ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ) FOR THE DAMAGE
CONTROLMAN RATING (REV 11-2007). THE DC EPQ FORM (CG-3303C-DC) AND
DC1 PQG IS ACCESSIBLE VIA THE LEARNING PORTAL AT
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. EPQS ARE TIED TO THE PQG AND MUST BE
COMPLETED PRIOR TO TAKING A RATING END-OF-COURSE TEST (EOCT).
2. THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE OLD DC1 (0116-1) EOCT ARE
EXEMPT FROM COMPLETING THE NEW COURSE. THE DC1 EOCT VERSION
(0116-1) WILL BECOME OBSOLETE EFFECTIVE 01 OCT 09.
3. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW DC1 PQG COURSE MATERIAL MAY BE
DIRECTED TO THE DC SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST, DCCM DUANE WIEGARDT
(757) 856-2206. QUESTIONS REGARDING DC1 ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS
MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE DC RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, DCCM ALBERTO
ALICEA (202) 475-5757.
4. RDML D. R. MAY, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING, SENDS.
5. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.