Specialty Track Informational Sheets for New Members

[JC004]

Does anyone have relatively current Specialty Track lists with descriptions for new senior members?

I had one, but it's rather old by now. 

The idea was a brief summary of each Specialty Track, so new seniors could decide which specialties and positions might interest them. 

[jdh]

I dont have one typed out I just brief it verbally and help them with questions during the Level 1 mentor Q&A before signing off their Level 1. Once they pick a track though I reach into my desk and grab a thumb drive that I load with all the stuff they will need for Level 2 and to get their Tech rating in the tracks they choose.

[Elihu.Lowery]

The available specialty tracks include:

• 200 Personnel Officer. Performs duties related to processing unit personnel actions such as membership applications, promotions, and charter changes. Establishes and maintains up-to-date personnel files and ensures all regulations, policy letters, and forms required to administer the unit's personnel program are available and up-to date. Develops local unit personnel policies and procedures, provides assistance and guidance to the unit commander and other staff members on all personnel matters, and monitors the overall personnel program within their jurisdiction.


• 201 Public Affairs Officer. Assists the commander on all media relations and internal information matters. Plans, develops, and implements a public affairs program based on media relations, community relations, and internal information activities. Acts as liaison with other organizations and agencies as required in the performance of these activities.

• 202 Finance Officer. Responsible for posting ledgers and preparing vouchers, checks, and deposits for unit accounts. Prepares unit budget, controls monies, monitors transactions, and prepares monthly activity reports. Keeps commander advised in all financial matters.


• 203 Inspector General. Performs inspections when required. Prepares inspection checklists for all areas of inspection and prepares written reports of inspections as required. Reviews publications, plans, policies, and statistics to determine areas of special interest. Briefs commander and staff on inspections and recommendations.


• 204 Senior Program Officer. Plans, coordinates, and schedules senior member training activities. Maintains unit training records, training library, and operates audio-visual equipment. Prepares documentation in support of training awards for the commander's review. Coordinates member training accomplishments with other staff members. Instructs at training courses. Advises the commander on training required to meet unit manning needs.


• 205 Administration Officer. Maintains master publications library. Prepares correspondence, reports, schedules, inventories, and requisitions. Operates centralized correspondence and message distribution center. Reviews locally developed publications to ensure they are administratively correct prior to publication. Provides management assistance when required.


• 206 Logistics Officer. Responsible for receipt, storage, distribution, recovery, and proper disposal of all CAP property held by the unit. Recommends allocation of motor vehicles and maintains motor vehicle records. Responsible for vehicle maintenance, marking, and painting. Ensures aircraft are painted and identified in accordance with current directives and makes sure aircraft are maintained in an airworthy condition in accordance with FAA requirements.


• 210 Flight Operations Officer. Responsible for the management and control of unit aircrews, aircraft, and flight operations. Understands CAP flight management policies and procedures and the administrative procedures governing flight operations. Assists in the preparation of plans, programs, and directives to govern the unit.


• 211 Operations Officer. Develops operations policies and procedures to ensure mission accomplishment and provide guidance to unit personnel. These activities include developing standing operating procedures, evaluation methods, and accident prevention programs and reporting procedures. Requests transportation and mission authorizations.


• 212 Standardization/Evaluation Officer. Technician: Performs duties as a CAP instructor pilot and check pilot, responsible for flight and ground instruction as well as flight evaluation in CAP aircraft. Senior: Performs duties as a CAP check pilot, administers check flights, written examinations, and maintains pilot training folders. Master: Wing pilot designated to administer check flights, written examinations, and develop wing training and evaluation procedures.


• 213 Emergency Services Officer. Assists the commander by managing and directing emergency service activities. Establishes working relationships with local agencies responsible for search and rescue, disaster relief, and other local emergencies. Develops emergency service plans, training programs, and standard operating procedures and maintains a rapid alerting system to assemble emergency service resources as needed.


• 214 Communications Officer. Maintains and operates radio equipment. Familiarizes communications trainees with the basic concept of CAP communications operation. Operates CAP radio stations. Develops and implements communications plans, programs, and directives. Plans and conducts communications conferences, meetings, and workshops.


• 215 Aerospace Education Officer. Implements aerospace education activities and duties involving cadets, seniors, aerospace education members, communities and schools. Develops materials and activities and promotes aerospace education programs for the local community. Assists the commander in making aerospace education related policy decisions.


• 216 Cadet Program Officer. Conducts cadet training in aerospace education, leadership, physical fitness, moral leadership, and other activities. As special assistant to the commander, implements and monitors programs in cadet personnel and administration, cadet activities, aerospace education, or leadership laboratory.


• 217 Safety Officer. Manages the safety program. Develops safety plans, programs, and directives. Coordinates with other staff agencies to develop accident prevention procedures and collects data to determine safety program effectiveness. Conducts accident investigations.


• 218 Plans and Programs Officer. Gets programs started and completed, and keeps the commander informed on the progress of each program. Develops plans and programs to accomplish assigned tasks. Coordinates activities of other staff sections and assigned units in accomplishing goals and objectives set out by the commander. Assigns personnel, establishes suspense dates, and follows up to ensure task completion.


• 219 Legal Officer. The professional fields of law and medicine (219 and 220) do not have study guides. These positions only have a code number. Promotion criteria for these members are outlined in CAPR 35-5, CAP Officer and Noncommissioned Officer Appointments and Promotions. Members of these professions may enter any of the other training tracks using the training guide for those specialties.


• 220 Medical Officer. See (219) above.


• 221 Chaplain. Provides worship, liturgies, rites, and religious observations. Conducts pastoral counseling, spiritual nurture, and ethics and values instruction. Provides group pastoral care and spiritual renewal. Gives advice on religious, ethical, and quality of life concerns and maintains ecclesiastical and clergy relations.


• 222 Commanding Officer. The Command Track is divided into three progressive ratings: Technician, Senior, and Master. Accomplishing the requirements for each rating will prepare trainees for subsequent command duties. Successful completion of the Technician level prepares the trainee for command at the squadron or group level (if applicable). Successful completion of the Senior level prepares the trainee for command at the wing level. Successful completion of the Master level certifies the trainee as a "Master Level Commander" eligible for further executive-level (regional or national) command or staff assignments, and continued executive development.

• 223 Historian. Responsible for unit historical program. Collects and preserves historically significant material. Publishes general and special histories, monographs, and studies. Publishes material to inform the general public about CAP history. Attends meeting of historical and other learned societies.


• 225 Character Development. The Character Development Officer performs in a capacity similar to a chaplain, but is not required to meet the ecclesiastical endorsement and education level prerequisites for a chaplaincy. Talk to your senior program officer and wing chaplain if you are considering this specialty.


• 226 Recruiting and Retention Officer. In order for Civil Air Patrol, or any volunteer organization, to develop and maintain a strong membership base and a well qualified, trained, and experienced force of volunteers, it must rely on the good will and understanding of its prospective, active and inactive members, in addition to the public. The recruiting and retention program includes activities designed to make the Civil Air Patrol missions and activities attractive to the public and Civil Air Patrol's current membership. The overall goal is to persuade and ensure that membership in Civil Air Patrol is worthy of the prospective, active, and inactive member's time and commitment. Recruiting and retention could best be described as human resources, salesmanship, and career development counseling. While every member of Civil Air Patrol is charged with the responsibility as a recruiter, appointed recruiting and retention officers carry the additional responsibility of full-time active pursuit of finding and retaining qualified individuals to fill the needs of the unit and the organization.


• 227 Information Technology Officer. The Information Technology Officer is generally responsible for the configuration and maintenance of computer equipment and related peripherals. The Information Technology Officer may also be called upon to support a Civil Air Patrol presence on the internet that is in accordance with the applicable regulations.


• 228 Drug Demand Reduction Officer. The Drug Demand Reduction Officer Specialty Track Study Guide is for individuals to use in progressing from the entry level of technician to the intermediate level of senior and the highest rating of master. The technician level provides the individual with basic information to use in performing duty as a Drug Demand Reduction Officer at the unit level. The senior level prepares the Drug Demand Reduction Officer at the unit level to serve as a functional Drug Demand Reduction Officer and also is an expanded role as an advisor to the wing. Master level qualifies members to advance to the highest level through the provisions of extensive knowledge concerning all phases of the DDR program. A member who has achieved the Master rating might serve as the Drug Demand Reduction Coordinator at the region level, or in any capacity within the Drug Demand Reduction Program throughout CAP.


• 229 Organizational Excellence. The Organizational Excellence specialty track is meant for those CAP members that truly desire to take their leadership and influence to the next level. Training in the "Organizational Excellence track" is mostly self-paced and intended to take place on-the-job and through self-study. However, in all levels you will be guided by a mentor. This pamphlet guides senior members through that training process and is designed to help them learn to function effectively as Organizational Excellence officers at all organizational levels of Civil Air Patrol. Credit for education, training, time in service, time in grade, performance requirements, and rank, are retroactive.



Specialty Track descriptions compliments of:  Wright Brothers 282nd Aero Composite Squadron ( http://208.76.246.144/~squadron/trainingspecialties.html )

[Lord of the North]

• 222 Commanding Officer. Specialty code 222 is used only to designate personnel in command positions and is not a specialty training track.

The Command Specialty Track is a training track with all three levels available.  This was established over a year ago.

[Alaric]

The available specialty tracks include:

• 200 Personnel Officer. Performs duties related to processing unit personnel actions such as membership applications, promotions, and charter changes. Establishes and maintains up-to-date personnel files and ensures all regulations, policy letters, and forms required to administer the unit's personnel program are available and up-to date. Develops local unit personnel policies and procedures, provides assistance and guidance to the unit commander and other staff members on all personnel matters, and monitors the overall personnel program within their jurisdiction.


• 201 Public Affairs Officer. Assists the commander on all media relations and internal information matters. Plans, develops, and implements a public affairs program based on media relations, community relations, and internal information activities. Acts as liaison with other organizations and agencies as required in the performance of these activities.

• 202 Finance Officer. Responsible for posting ledgers and preparing vouchers, checks, and deposits for unit accounts. Prepares unit budget, controls monies, monitors transactions, and prepares monthly activity reports. Keeps commander advised in all financial matters.


• 203 Inspector General. Performs inspections when required. Prepares inspection checklists for all areas of inspection and prepares written reports of inspections as required. Reviews publications, plans, policies, and statistics to determine areas of special interest. Briefs commander and staff on inspections and recommendations.


• 204 Senior Program Officer. Plans, coordinates, and schedules senior member training activities. Maintains unit training records, training library, and operates audio-visual equipment. Prepares documentation in support of training awards for the commander's review. Coordinates member training accomplishments with other staff members. Instructs at training courses. Advises the commander on training required to meet unit manning needs.


• 205 Administration Officer. Maintains master publications library. Prepares correspondence, reports, schedules, inventories, and requisitions. Operates centralized correspondence and message distribution center. Reviews locally developed publications to ensure they are administratively correct prior to publication. Provides management assistance when required.


• 206 Logistics Officer. Responsible for receipt, storage, distribution, recovery, and proper disposal of all CAP property held by the unit. Recommends allocation of motor vehicles and maintains motor vehicle records. Responsible for vehicle maintenance, marking, and painting. Ensures aircraft are painted and identified in accordance with current directives and makes sure aircraft are maintained in an airworthy condition in accordance with FAA requirements.


• 210 Flight Operations Officer. Responsible for the management and control of unit aircrews, aircraft, and flight operations. Understands CAP flight management policies and procedures and the administrative procedures governing flight operations. Assists in the preparation of plans, programs, and directives to govern the unit.


• 211 Operations Officer. Develops operations policies and procedures to ensure mission accomplishment and provide guidance to unit personnel. These activities include developing standing operating procedures, evaluation methods, and accident prevention programs and reporting procedures. Requests transportation and mission authorizations.


• 212 Standardization/Evaluation Officer. Technician: Performs duties as a CAP instructor pilot and check pilot, responsible for flight and ground instruction as well as flight evaluation in CAP aircraft. Senior: Performs duties as a CAP check pilot, administers check flights, written examinations, and maintains pilot training folders. Master: Wing pilot designated to administer check flights, written examinations, and develop wing training and evaluation procedures.


• 213 Emergency Services Officer. Assists the commander by managing and directing emergency service activities. Establishes working relationships with local agencies responsible for search and rescue, disaster relief, and other local emergencies. Develops emergency service plans, training programs, and standard operating procedures and maintains a rapid alerting system to assemble emergency service resources as needed.


• 214 Communications Officer. Maintains and operates radio equipment. Familiarizes communications trainees with the basic concept of CAP communications operation. Operates CAP radio stations. Develops and implements communications plans, programs, and directives. Plans and conducts communications conferences, meetings, and workshops.


• 215 Aerospace Education Officer. Implements aerospace education activities and duties involving cadets, seniors, aerospace education members, communities and schools. Develops materials and activities and promotes aerospace education programs for the local community. Assists the commander in making aerospace education related policy decisions.


• 216 Cadet Program Officer. Conducts cadet training in aerospace education, leadership, physical fitness, moral leadership, and other activities. As special assistant to the commander, implements and monitors programs in cadet personnel and administration, cadet activities, aerospace education, or leadership laboratory.


• 217 Safety Officer. Manages the safety program. Develops safety plans, programs, and directives. Coordinates with other staff agencies to develop accident prevention procedures and collects data to determine safety program effectiveness. Conducts accident investigations.


• 218 Plans and Programs Officer. Gets programs started and completed, and keeps the commander informed on the progress of each program. Develops plans and programs to accomplish assigned tasks. Coordinates activities of other staff sections and assigned units in accomplishing goals and objectives set out by the commander. Assigns personnel, establishes suspense dates, and follows up to ensure task completion.


• 219 Legal Officer. The professional fields of law and medicine (219 and 220) do not have study guides. These positions only have a code number. Promotion criteria for these members are outlined in CAPR 35-5, CAP Officer and Noncommissioned Officer Appointments and Promotions. Members of these professions may enter any of the other training tracks using the training guide for those specialties.


• 220 Medical Officer. See (219) above.


• 221 Chaplain. Provides worship, liturgies, rites, and religious observations. Conducts pastoral counseling, spiritual nurture, and ethics and values instruction. Provides group pastoral care and spiritual renewal. Gives advice on religious, ethical, and quality of life concerns and maintains ecclesiastical and clergy relations.


• 222 Commanding Officer. The Command Track is divided into three progressive ratings: Technician, Senior, and Master. Accomplishing the requirements for each rating will prepare trainees for subsequent command duties. Successful completion of the Technician level prepares the trainee for command at the squadron or group level (if applicable). Successful completion of the Senior level prepares the trainee for command at the wing level. Successful completion of the Master level certifies the trainee as a "Master Level Commander" eligible for further executive-level (regional or national) command or staff assignments, and continued executive development.

• 223 Historian. Responsible for unit historical program. Collects and preserves historically significant material. Publishes general and special histories, monographs, and studies. Publishes material to inform the general public about CAP history. Attends meeting of historical and other learned societies.


• 225 Character Development. The Character Development Officer performs in a capacity similar to a chaplain, but is not required to meet the ecclesiastical endorsement and education level prerequisites for a chaplaincy. Talk to your senior program officer and wing chaplain if you are considering this specialty.


• 226 Recruiting and Retention Officer. In order for Civil Air Patrol, or any volunteer organization, to develop and maintain a strong membership base and a well qualified, trained, and experienced force of volunteers, it must rely on the good will and understanding of its prospective, active and inactive members, in addition to the public. The recruiting and retention program includes activities designed to make the Civil Air Patrol missions and activities attractive to the public and Civil Air Patrol's current membership. The overall goal is to persuade and ensure that membership in Civil Air Patrol is worthy of the prospective, active, and inactive member's time and commitment. Recruiting and retention could best be described as human resources, salesmanship, and career development counseling. While every member of Civil Air Patrol is charged with the responsibility as a recruiter, appointed recruiting and retention officers carry the additional responsibility of full-time active pursuit of finding and retaining qualified individuals to fill the needs of the unit and the organization.


• 227 Information Technology Officer. The Information Technology Officer is generally responsible for the configuration and maintenance of computer equipment and related peripherals. The Information Technology Officer may also be called upon to support a Civil Air Patrol presence on the internet that is in accordance with the applicable regulations.


• 228 Drug Demand Reduction Officer. The Drug Demand Reduction Officer Specialty Track Study Guide is for individuals to use in progressing from the entry level of technician to the intermediate level of senior and the highest rating of master. The technician level provides the individual with basic information to use in performing duty as a Drug Demand Reduction Officer at the unit level. The senior level prepares the Drug Demand Reduction Officer at the unit level to serve as a functional Drug Demand Reduction Officer and also is an expanded role as an advisor to the wing. Master level qualifies members to advance to the highest level through the provisions of extensive knowledge concerning all phases of the DDR program. A member who has achieved the Master rating might serve as the Drug Demand Reduction Coordinator at the region level, or in any capacity within the Drug Demand Reduction Program throughout CAP.


• 229 Organizational Excellence. The Organizational Excellence specialty track is meant for those CAP members that truly desire to take their leadership and influence to the next level. Training in the "Organizational Excellence track" is mostly self-paced and intended to take place on-the-job and through self-study. However, in all levels you will be guided by a mentor. This pamphlet guides senior members through that training process and is designed to help them learn to function effectively as Organizational Excellence officers at all organizational levels of Civil Air Patrol. Credit for education, training, time in service, time in grade, performance requirements, and rank, are retroactive.



Specialty Track descriptions compliments of:  Wright Brothers 282nd Aero Composite Squadron ( http://208.76.246.144/~squadron/trainingspecialties.html )

Plans and Programs was discontinued as a specialty track more than a year ago

[jeders]

Plans and Programs was discontinued as a specialty track more than a year ago

So was DDR, which was folded into CP.

[LSThiker]

• 219 Legal Officer. The professional fields of law and medicine (219 and 220) do not have study guides. These positions only have a code number. Promotion criteria for these members are outlined in CAPR 35-5, CAP Officer and Noncommissioned Officer Appointments and Promotions. Members of these professions may enter any of the other training tracks using the training guide for those specialties.


• 220 Medical Officer. See (219) above.

Legal has a specialty track with tech through master ratings.  See CAPP 219.

220 is Health Services and not medical officer as it applies to Medical Officers, Nurse Officers, and Health Services Personnel.

[Chappie]

The available specialty tracks include:

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• 225 Character Development. The Character Development Officer performs in a capacity similar to a chaplain, but is not required to meet the ecclesiastical endorsement and education level prerequisites for a chaplaincy. Talk to your senior program officer and wing chaplain if you are considering this specialty.

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I would prefer seeing the following description used for Character Development Instructors.  (Based on the CAPR 265-1 and CAPP 221A)

Character Development Instructors assist and support the CAP Chaplains Corps program by teaching and contributing to character development training.

[Elihu.Lowery]

Good catch guys I was at work and just scanned over the list I will go back and update it ASAP when I get near a PC. Trying to fix it using my phone would just drive me crazy. But hopefully it will be what the op needed once we update it.

[Tim Medeiros]

Just a note, IG also handles the complaints program.