scope:

Purpose.

This Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) provides the information necessary for CFM, Major Command Functional Manager, commanders, Unit Training Managers (UTM), supervisors, and trainers to plan, develop, manage, and conduct an effective and efficient career field training program. The plan outlines the training individuals in this Air Force Specialty (AFS) should receive to develop and progress throughout their careers. This plan identifies initial skills, upgrade, qualification, advanced and proficiency training. Initial skills training is the AFS specific training an individual receives upon entry into the Air Force or upon retraining into this specialty for award of the 3-skill level. Normally, this training is conducted by Air Education and Training Command (AETC) at one of the technical training centers. Upgrade Training (UGT) identifies the mandatory courses, task qualification requirements, and correspondence course completion requirements for award of the 3-, 5-, 7-, 9-skill level. Qualification Training (QT) is actual hands-on task performance training designed to qualify an Airman in a specific duty position. This training program occurs both during and after the upgrade training process. It is designed to provide the performance skills and knowledge required to do the job. AT is formal specialty training used for selected Airmen. Proficiency Training is additional training, either in-residence or exportable AT courses, or On-The-Job (OJT) training provided to personnel to increase their skills and knowledge beyond the minimum required for upgrade. The CFETP has several purposes-some are:

Serves as a management tool to plan, manage, conduct, and evaluate the 3F1X1 career field training program. It is used to help supervisors identify training requirements throughout an individual's career.

Identifies task and knowledge training requirements for each skill level in the specialty and recommends education and training throughout each phase of an individual's career.

Lists training courses available in the specialty, identifies training sources, and provides the training method.

Identifies major resource constraints that impact full implementation of the desired career field training process.