scope:

Purpose.

This CFETP provides the information necessary for Air Force Career Field Managers (AFCFM), Chief Enlisted Managers (CEM), commanders, training managers, supervisors, and trainers to plan, develop, manage, and conduct an effective and efficient career field training program. The plan outlines the training that individuals in this AFS should receive in order to develop and progress throughout their career. 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, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) conducts this training at one of the technical training bases. Upgrade training identifies the mandatory courses, task qualification requirements, and correspondence course completion requirements for award of the 3-, 5-, 7-, 9-skill level. Qualification training 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 will provide the performance skills and knowledge required to do the job. Selected Airman will use advanced formal specialty training. Proficiency training, either in-residence or exportable, is additional training, advanced training courses, or on-the-job training provided to personnel to increase their skills and knowledge beyond the minimum requirement for upgrade. The CFETP has several purposes:

Serves as a management tool to plan, manage, conduct, and evaluate career field training programs. It is also used to help supervisors identify training at the appropriate point in an individual's career.

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

Lists training courses available in this AFS, identifies sources of training, and the training delivery method.

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