Marine Dealer Visits - Participating in the Marine Dealer Visitation Program. State Agencies - Provide support to state agencies, such as the Department of Natural Resources, State Police and Marine Patrols. These advanced courses can be self taught or class room. A test is taken at end of course. The national staff conducts national schools at CG training facilities in different parts of the country.
All national schools have course prerequisites.
Due to the limited number of quotas available to these schools, Auxiliarists are ineligible to attend if they have been enrolled in any Auxiliary national school within the past three years. National Search and Rescue schools may be offered annually to Auxiliarists in locations varying from year to year throughout the country. The general program consists of classroom lectures interspersed with practical problems, guest speakers prominent in the field of search and rescue, workshops, examinations, and homework. All correspondence courses offered by the CG Institute, except classified courses, are available to Auxiliary members. Aviation, boat handling, damage control, electrical, electronics, telephone technician, navigation are a few that are offered.