Ohio AUXC Qualification

Auxiliary Communicator (AUXC) is an individual qualification designed to specify a Typed Resource compliant with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) via the National Qualification System (NQS). Its prerequisite is the Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) course delivered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The Communications-Electronics Program has developed and runs a 23-week training and qualification course for volunteers looking to qualify to the Auxiliary Communicator (AUXC) standard. The first course started in December 2023, and a second course started in November 2024. Candidates who completed the AUXC prerequisites and the Position Task Book (PTB) with an Ohio Addendum have been deemed qualified by the Ohio Military Reserve, The Adjutant General's Department of the State of Ohio.

• Mark Avery
  KE8NHT, Greene Co, Class of 2025

• Robert Baker
  N8ADO, Greene Co, Class of 2024

• Marcel Casavant
  AD8CM, Franklin Co, Class of 2024

• C. Lee Coyle
  N2LC, Noble Co, Class of 2024

• Elizabeth Klinc
  KE8FMJ, Greene Co, Class of 2024

• Timothy Taylor, WO1 (OH), SDF
  KE8UUK, Union Co, Class of 2024

Others have completed the course and are working through prerequisites to undertake the qualification run. We encourage them to continue and to join their classmates on the list above. A third AUXC qualification course is expected to begin 1 November 2025 and to run for 23 weeks. Watch this space for acceptance of applications, expected to begin in September 2025.

C. M. Curtin, CW2 (OH), SDF
Communications-Electronics Program Manager