b'theadvancedcoursesthroughourQualitywhorememberedthememberandIf we can become part of the more advanced Partnership meetings. We believe that PVAtheir message.Coast Guard in-person training, we hope can and will again fi nd a role as participantsto reestablish this very benefi cial aspect in educating our Coast Guard partners.The transition to self-paced study on anof the broader partnership interactions.individual basis might meet the needs ofWebelievethatthePVAintroduction The Coast Guard and PVA entered into atraining, but so much is lost in the absenceatthatlevelwouldbuildanimprovedformalpartnershipin1996.Thecharterof instructor, student, and guest presentermutualunderstandingofstreamlined described a three-time-a-year meeting of Coastinteractionthatbuildsrelationshipsinspection, safety management systems, Guard senior leadership and the leadership ofwithin the Coast Guard community andrisk-based inspection, security planning,PVA. This partnership was an initiative underwith the industry. non-tank vessel regulation, technical issues the Prevention Through People program thatarising from inspection requirements and established an acknowledgement that marineWehavelostforthemomentanon-conformance reports, and a host of safety was a mutual goal and responsibilitycollaborationthatwasakeytotheother subjects presented by addressing real for both the regulated and the regulator. successofthebroaderaspectsofthetime issues.Quality Partnership.One of the fi rst expansions beyond the three yearly meetings was to build a relationship of waterfront cooperation by bringing frontline industrypeopletoYorktowntoeducate newmarineinspectorsaboutPVAand what its members brought to the table. This interaction became a regular event at each of fi ve course convenings each year. A cadre of members became regular participants in presenting at the school.This ability to present and interact was alsoa learning experience for our members. The CoastGuardheadquartersrepresentative frommarineinspectionwouldsharethe morning with PVA and we would listen to each others presentations and interact to the benefi t of the presenter, the questioner, and the students.Our members also got to see the students in their school environment. Each student satatadeskbehindanedge-to-edge rowofregulations,policies,consensus standards,technicalmanuals,andother study materials. It was a visual presentation of the depth and quantity of material thatPOWER TO KEEP the student was to absorb during the weeks of instruction. YOU MOVING The classroom was decorated with mementos thateachclassleftbehind.TheserangedWithouruncompromisingstandards,putting fromadecoratedandsignedpaddletoaperformance and reliability at the heart of every-plaque, from an inspection article to sports equipment, and other items that could bething we do, HamiltonJet deliver waterjet systems signedbythestudents.Eachclasswantedto keep your operation moving.to leave behind a token of their time at the school.Theimaginationandtheimpliedclassbondingwasalmostassignifi canta demonstrationasthearrayoftechnical material on their desks.Oneoftherewardstoourpresenters wastosubsequentlymeetaninspector DECEMBER 2021 33 REGULATORY REPORT'