USPS Public Programs Administrative Software
The following software packages are to be used exclusively to electronically submit boating course and seminar student information to USPS Headquarters. Note that boating course and seminar registration and course completion information must be submitted via the on-line HQ-800/ED-27 process. Other submission methods of class and seminar results are not accepted at Headquarters.
- Boating Class Workbook (Excel spreadsheet based tool for boating classes)
- Boating Course Assistant (Standalone software tool for boating classes and seminars)
- Seminar Workbook (Excel spreadsheet based tool for seminars)
Boating Class Workbook
A simple tool for
boating class administrators to manage their boating classes is now available.
Coupled with on-line registration, this Excel spreadsheet application substantially
reduces manual data entry. It includes the ability to print student wallet
cards and certificates and, upon completion of the course, all the ED26
and ED46 information can be automatically uploaded to the master file at
Headquarters. This new update (Version 2) contains a link for online submittals
of ED27 statistics. It is compatible with Office 2007 products as well
as the Vista operating system. More details are in the PDF file (20KB).
Download the zipped file (247KB)
containing the files to your hard drive and extract the workbook application
folder to your C: drive. Print the instructions document and follow the
directions. (02 Aug 07 )
This application is the result of the combined efforts of Bill
Badgley of Bellevue PS, P/C Dan Bartell, R/C Dave Hinders, Kathy
Kesterson at Headquarters, P/R/C Pat Governale and P/C Don Baker.
We hope you find it useful.
Boating Course Assistant
Boating Course Assistant, or BCA, is a program designed to help with the management of the public boating courses and includes the following functions:
- Compatible with Boat Smart, America's Boating Course, and The Squadron Boating Course.
- Include any State part of course.
- Print certificates and wallet cards.
- Print ED-26 headers.
- Keep database of student information by course (ED-46).
- Print correct answer overlay.
- Calculate student examination score.
- Missed question analysis.
- Course statistics.
- Make merit mark recommendations.
- Compatible with DB2000 Database Manager to simplify data entry.
- Print PWC endorsement labels.
- Print Membership Application Form.
- Upload ED-26 data electronically.
- Upload USPS Seminar data electronically.
Up-to-date instructions and documentation, as well as the latest release of BCA, are available for download directly from the developer's web page.
Seminar Workbook
The Seminar Workbook is the tool for squadrons to manage
student records for Seminars. It is one of only two ways to submit
student data to Headquarters for USPS University credit. (Boating
Course Assistant is the other way.) Similar to the Boating Class Workbook
and coupled with on-line registration, this Excel spreadsheet application
substantially reduces manual data entry. It also includes the ability to
print student certificates. Read more in the announcement (13KB,
PDF).
See Using the
Seminar Workbook (34KB, PDF) for complete details.
Download the latest version of the SeminarWorkbook.zip file (135KB)
to your computer. Extract the SeminarWorkbook folder containing the application
files to your C: drive. Print the instructions document and follow the directions. (19
Oct 06)
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