scope:

Purpose.

This CFETP provides information necessary for the AFCFM, MFMs, commanders, unit training managers (UTM), supervisors, and trainers to plan, develop, manage, and conduct an effective career field training program. This plan outlines the training that individuals in this AFS should receive to develop and progress throughout their career. This plan identifies initial skills, upgrade, qualification, advanced, and proficiency training. Airmen receive AFS initial skills training upon entry into the AF or retraining into Airfield Management for the award of their 3-skill level. Normally, this training is conducted by AETC at one of the technical training centers. UGT identifies the mandatory courses, task qualification requirements, and correspondence course completion requirements for award of the 3-, 5-, 7-, and 9-skill levels. Qualification training is actual hands-on task performance training designed to qualify a member in a specific duty position. This training program occurs both during and after the UGT process. It is designed to provide the performance skills and knowledge required to do the job. Advanced training is formal specialty training used for selected service members. Proficiency training is additional training, either in-residence or exportable advanced training courses, or OJT, 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 a career field's training program. Also, it is used to help supervisors identify training at the appropriate point in an individual's missing text 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 sources of training and the training delivery method.

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