Why do Coxswains need to take additional courses?
Actually, it is not just Coxswains, but pilots and anyone who leads a team, including all of the folks working in the Trident program at your local sector. You are known as a “single unit resource leader”. Each of you has responsibility for accepting orders or direction and performing a function within the response. You are also responsible for directing members of your team, preparing reports to document your activities, and providing summaries at the end of your patrol, mission, or assignment. Therefore, you need to know more than other Auxiliary members about how the incident management system works and how you work within the system.
