Retreads and Retrains | LRH vs COB

L. Ron Hubbard - Founder of Dianetics and Scientology

LRH — Founder of Dianetics and Scientology

“The possession of a certificate carries with it the responsibility of knowing the skills covered by it. Constant retraining within a level for which the auditor has already been classified is forbidden.”

HCO PL 21 February 1964, Issue I
Staff Regulations Auditing vs. Job
(OEC Vol. 0, p. 168)

“YOU CAN AUDIT ANY PROCESS FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED. That meansever certified.”

 

LRH ED 43 INT
29 November 1969
(OEC Vol. 6, p. 722)
David Miscavige (COB*) - Leader of Scientology since LRH's death

David Miscavige — SELF-APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, RTC

Upon the release of the Golden Age of Tech in 1996, all previously trained auditors were ordered to mandatory retreads/retrains on the following:

  1. Student Hat
  2. Pro TRs
  3. Upper Indocs
  4. Pro Metering
  5. Class IV
  6. Class V
  7. Grad V

(“Class VI Certainty” could be substituted for 5 to 7 above for Class VIs and VIIIs.)

  1. New Internships up to that auditor’s level of training

(This last requirement was written up by COB in Inspector General Network Bulletin #35 in 1998, and repeated in Senior C/S Int Bulletin #197 in 2002, but so far has not been enforced outside of the S.O.)

The concept of a blanket retread, or “one size fits all”, violates the most fundamental principles of the Cramming and Data Series.  Even for those who were flubbing, a lack of drilling is only one of several possible reasons for a particular student. Other possible whys are covered in A Talk on a Basic Qual and the Study tapes.