PJ_CFETP_1T2xx_1Jan2018.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE CFETP 1T2XX

Headquarters, US Air Force Parts I and II Washington, DC 20330-1030 1 January 2018

AIR FORCE SPECIALTY CODE 1T2XX

PARARESCUE SPECIALTY

CAREER FIELD

EDUCATION AND TRAINING PLAN

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Table of Contents

PART I.

Preface 2

Abbreviations and Terms Explained 3

Section A: General Information 5

- Purpose of the Career Field Education and Training Plan

- Uses

- Coordinating and Obtaining Update and Publication Approval

Section B: Air Force Specialty Progression and Information 7

- Specialty Description

- Skill and Career Progression

- Training Criteria

- Training Decisions

- Community College of the Air Force

- Career Path

Section C: Skill Level Training Requirements 18

- Purpose

- Specialty Qualification

Section D: Resource Constraints 19

PART II.

Section A: Specialty Training Standard 22

Section B: Course Objective List 26

Section C: Support Materials 26

Section D: Training Course Index 26

Section E: MAJCOM Unique Requirements 29

Attachment 1: 1T2XX STS 30 Attachment 2: Glossary of References and Supporting Information 49

OPR: Battlefield Airmen Training Group Detachment 1 Certified: USAF/A3TS (CMSgt Thomas A. Rich) Supersedes: CFETP 1T2XX, 15 May 2008 Number of Pages: 56

PARARESCUE SPECIALTY

1T2XX

CAREER FIELD EDUCATION AND TRAINING PLAN (CFETP)

PART I.

1. Preface. In accordance with (IAW) Air Force Policy Directive 10-35, Battlefield Airmen, 1T2XX is a Battlefield Airmen career field that operates as a component of the Combat Search and Rescue force and/or part of Air Force Special Operations Command Special Tactics Teams to provide Joint Force Commanders the capability to recover combat aircrews and other isolated personnel. They also provide survival and evasion assistance, emergency and field trauma care, and security. Pararescue forces are capable of moving objectives (personnel and materiel) to safety or friendly control when direct recovery by aircraft is not possible. This Pararescue Specialty CFETP is a comprehensive core training document that identifies life-cycle training/education requirements, support resources, and minimum core task requirements for the 1T2XX specialty. The plan is a "training road map" for the career field. It provides personnel a clear career path to success and makes career field training identifiable, measurable, and budget defensible. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule located at https://afrims.amc.af.mil/.

2. The CFETP consists of two parts. Supervisors use both parts of the plan to plan, manage, and control training within the career field.

2.1. Part I provides information necessary for overall management of the specialty.

Section A: Explains how everyone will use the plan. Section B: Identifies career field progression information, duties and responsibilities, training strategies, and career field path.

Section C: Associates each level with specialty qualifications (knowledge, education, training, and other). Section D: Indicates resource constraints (e.g., funds, manpower, equipment, and facilities). Section E: Identifies transition training guide requirements for staff sergeant through master sergeant.

2.2. Part II includes the following: Section A: Identifies the specialty training standard (STS) and includes duties, tasks, and technical references to support training. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) conducted training, wartime courses, and core task and correspondence course requirements. Section B: Contains the course objective list and training standards supervisors will use to determine if airmen satisfy training requirements. Section C:

Identifies available support materials. Examples are: qualification training packages (QTP), which may be developed to support proficiency training; task, conditions, and standards (TCS) identify criterion objectives; and syllabi of instruction to standardize on-the-job training (OJT) across the force. Section D: Identifies a training course index supervisors can use to determine resources available to support training. Both mandatory and optional courses are listed. Section E: Identifies Major Command (MAJCOM)-unique training requirements supervisors can use to determine additional training required for the associated qualification needs.

3. Using guidance provided in the Career Field Education and Training Plan will ensure individuals in this specialty receive effective and efficient training at the appropriate points in https://afrims.amc.af.mil/ their career. This plan enables the career field to train today’s work force for tomorrow’s jobs.

At unit level, supervisors and trainers use Part II to identify, plan, and conduct training commensurate with the overall goals of this plan.

4. Abbreviations and Terms Explained.

4.1. Advanced Training (AT). A formal course that provides individuals who are qualified in one or more positions of their Air Force Specialty (AFS) with additional skills and knowledge to enhance their expertise in the career field. Training is for selected career Airmen at the advanced level of an AFS, after the award of an AFSC.

4.2. Air Force Career Field Manager (AFCFM). The individual charged with the responsibility for overseeing all training and career field management aspects of an AFS.

4.3. Air Force Specialty (AFS). A group of positions requiring common qualifications.

4.4. Air Force Job Qualification Standard/Command Job Qualification Standard (AFJQS/CJQS). A comprehensive task list, which describes a particular job type or duty position. Supervisors use them to document task qualifications. The tasks on AFJQS/CJQS are common to all persons serving in the described duty position.

4.5. Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP). A Career Field Education and Training Plan is a comprehensive, multipurpose document, encapsulating the entire spectrum of education and training for a career field. It outlines a logical growth plan that includes training resources, and is designed to make career field training identifiable, to eliminate duplication, and to ensure this training is budget defensible.

4.6. Continuation Training. Additional training that exceeds requirements with emphasis on present or future duty assignments.

4.7. Core Task. Tasks the AFCFM identify as minimum qualification requirements within the AFSC, regardless of duty position. Core tasks may be specified for a particular skill level or in general across the AFSC. Guidance for using core tasks can be found in the applicable Career Field Education and Training Plan narrative.

4.8. Course Objective List (COL). A publication derived from initial and advanced training course standards, identifying the tasks and knowledge requirements, and respective standards provided to achieve a 3, 5, or 7-skill level in this career field. Supervisors use the COL to assist in conducting graduate evaluations in accordance with AFI 36-2201, Air Force Training Program.

4.9. Course Training Standard (CTS). An AETC specialized publication that specifies the level of performance and knowledge a student must possess upon graduation from a training course. It contains the specific job elements and functional knowledge and specifies levels of proficiency required in each. It is the prime qualitative course control document.

4.10. Enlisted Specialty Training (EST). A mix of formal training (technical school) and informal training (on-the-job) to qualify and upgrade airmen in each skill-level of a specialty.

4.11. Exportable Training. Additional training via computer assisted, paper text, interactive video, or other necessary means to supplement training.

4.12. Field Technical Training (Type 4). Special or regular on-site training conducted by a field training detachment or by a mobile training team.

4.13. Initial Skills Training. A formal resident course that results in award of the entry level Air Force Specialty.

4.14. Instructional System Development. A deliberate and orderly, but flexible process for planning, developing, implementing, and managing instructional systems. It ensures personnel are taught in a cost efficient way the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for successful job performance.

4.15. MAJCOM Functional Manager (MFM). The individual charged with the responsibility for overseeing all training and career field management aspects of an Air Force Specialty in a given Major Command.

4.16. Occupational Survey Report. A detailed report showing the results of an occupational survey of tasks performed within a particular AFS.

4.17. On-the-Job Training (OJT). Hands-on, over-the-shoulder training conducted to certify personnel in both upgrade (skill level award) and job qualification (duty position certification) training.

4.18. Optimal Training. The ideal combination of training settings results in the highest levels of proficiency on specified performance requirements within the minimum time possible.

4.19. Qualification Training. Actual hands-on, task performance training designed to qualify an individual in a specific duty position. This portion of the dual channel on-the-job training program occurs both during and after the upgrade training process. It is designed to provide the performance skills required to do the job.

4.20. Qualification Training Package (QTP). An instructional package designed for use at the unit to qualify, or aid qualification, in a duty position or program, or on a piece of equipment. It may be printed, computer-based, or in other audiovisual media.

4.21. Resource Constraints. Resource deficiencies, such as money, facilities, time, manpower, and equipment that preclude desired training from being accomplished.

4.22. Specialized Courses (SC). Courses designed specifically for use by Pararescuemen.

4.23. Specialty Training. A mix of formal training (technical school) and informal training (on-the- job) to qualify and upgrade officers and airmen in each skill level of a specialty.

4.24. Specialty Training Package/COMSEC Qualification Training Package. A composite of lesson plans, test material, instructions, policy, doctrine, and procedures necessary to conduct training. These packages are prepared by AETC, approved by National Security Agency (NSA), and administered by qualified communications security (COMSEC) maintenance personnel.

4.25. Specialty Training Standard (STS). An Air Force publication that describes an AFS in terms of tasks and knowledge, which an individual in that specialty may be expected to perform or to know how to do, on the job. An STS identifies the training provided to achieve a 3-, 5-, and 7-skill level within an enlisted AFS. It further serves as a contract between AETC and the MAJCOM functional users to show which of the overall training requirements for an AFSC are taught in formal schools and correspondence courses.

4.26. Specialty Training Requirements Team (STRT). Normally conducted 4 months prior to a U&TW, the STRT like a U&TW is a forum for MAJCOM Air Force Specialty functional managers, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and AETC training personnel that determines career ladder training requirements.

4.27. Standard. An exact value, a physical entity, or an abstract concept, established and defined by authority, custom, or common consent to serve as a reference, model, or rule in measuring quantities or qualities, establishing practices or procedures, or evaluating results. A fixed quantity or quality.

4.28. Task Module (TM). A group of tasks performed within an AFS that are performed together and that require common knowledge, skills, and abilities. An identification code and a statement identify TMs.

4.29. Total Force. All collective Air Force components (active, reserve, guard, and civilian elements) of the United States Air Force.

4.30. Training Pipeline Manager (TPM). BA enlisted and officer personnel assigned to HQ AETC/BA who manage/resource their respective AFSC training pipelines.

4.31. Training Requirements Analysis. A detailed analysis of tasks for a particular AFS to be included in the training decision process.

4.32. Training Setting. The type of forum in which training is provided (formal resident school, on- the-job, field training, mobile training team, self-study etc.).

4.33. Upgrade Training. Mandatory training, which leads to attainment of higher level of proficiency.

4.34. Utilization and Training Pattern. A depiction of the training provided to and the jobs performed by personnel throughout their tenure within a career field or AFS. There are two types of patterns: 1) Current pattern, which is based on the training provided to incumbents and the jobs to which they have been and are assigned; and 2) Alternate pattern, which considers proposed changes in manpower, personnel, and training policies.

4.35. Utilization and Training Workshop (U&TW). A forum of MAJCOM functional managers, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and AETC training personnel that determines career ladder training requirements.

SECTION A: GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Purpose. This CFETP provides the information necessary for the AFCFM, MFMs, commanders, AETC TM and Training Development Element instructional designers, AETC TPM, supervisors, and trainers, to plan, develop, manage, and conduct an effective and efficient career field training program. This CFETP has several purposes. Some are:

1.1. Serves as a management tool to plan, manage, conduct, and evaluate a career field-training program. Supervisors use it to identify training at the appropriate point in an individual’s career.

1.2. 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.

1.3. Lists training courses available in the specialty and identifies sources of training and the training delivery method.

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

2. Uses. The plan will be used by MFMs and supervisors at all levels as a standardizing basis to ensure comprehensive and cohesive training programs are available for each individual in the specialty.

2.1. AETC training personnel will develop and revise formal resident, nonresident, field and exportable training based upon requirements established by the users and documented in Part II of the CFETP. They will also work with the AFCFM to develop acquisition strategies for obtaining resources needed to provide the identified training.

2.2. MFMs will ensure their training programs complement the CFETP mandatory initial, upgrade, and proficiency requirements. OJT, resident training, contract training, or exportable courses may satisfy identified requirements. MAJCOM-developed training supporting this AFSC must be identified for inclusion in this plan.

2.3. Each individual will complete the mandatory training requirements specified in this plan.

The lists of courses in Part II will be used as a reference to support training.

2.4. QTP, TCS, and Special Operating Instructions (SOI) are developed and maintained by MFMs and/or units in coordination with AETC. Unit-developed QTPs, TCSs, and SOIs will be provided to their MAJCOM for approval and, upon approval by the AFCFM, included in the CFETP course index (Part II, Section D).

3. Procedures for Coordinating and Obtaining Approval for Update and Publication. The CFETP and any requested changes to the CFETP are approved by the AFCFM IAW AFI 36-2201. Forward recommended changes to AETC/A3T with follow-on coordination to the AFCFM, HQ USAF/A3TS. MAJCOM requests for additional training must either be accompanied by funding or must be satisfied within existing resources. MAJOCM representatives and AETC training personnel will identify and coordinate on the career field training requirements. The AFCFM and MFMs for this specialty are required to initiate an annual review of this document IAW AFI 36-2201 to ensure accuracy and currency. Using the list of courses in Part II will eliminate duplicate training. The AFCFM will post interim message changes (IMC) for changes or updates to the document IMCs are good for one year. They are added in revision and posted in Section D.

4. Waiver Authority for Mandatory Requirements. IAW AFI 36-2201, the Pararescue CFM is the waiver approval authority for mandatory training, experience, and education listed in the official specialty description referenced in Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD).

Waiver requests must be approved by the Pararescue Functional Area Manager prior to review by the AF Pararescue CFM. See AFI 36-2101, Classifying Military Personnel (Officer and Enlisted), Table 3.3., for specific procedures of processing requests. Waiving any portion of an established standard requires an in-depth consideration on how it will affect the AF mission, the specialty, and the individual.

4.1. The Pararescue CFM is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the specialty. When evaluating waiver requests the Pararescue CFM must remember that established mandatory requirements were justified and validated using MAJCOM inputs. Any waiver request should be compared against predetermined standards to ensure the integrity of the specialty is maintained.

A review should also consider the trainee's task knowledge and performance, capability in relation to mission requirements, ability to learn and transfer this knowledge to performance to meet mission needs and future needs within the specialty equal to peers.

SECTION B: AIR FORCE SPECIALTY PROGRESSION AND INFORMATION

5. Specialty Description. Performs, plans, leads, supervises, instructs, and evaluates Pararescue activities. Performs as the essential surface and air link in Personnel Recovery (PR) and materiel recovery by functioning as the rescue and recovery specialist on flying status as mission crew or as surface elements. Provides rapid response capability and operates in the six geographic disciplines: mountain, desert, arctic, urban, jungle and water, day or night, to include friendly, denied, hostile, or sensitive areas. Provides assistance in and performs survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE). Provides emergency trauma and field medical care, and security.

Moves recovered personnel and materiel to safety or friendly control when recovery by aircraft is not possible.

5.1. Duties and Responsibilities Pararescue Superintendent/Enlisted Manager (9-level)

5.1.1. Conducts, supervises, manages, and evaluates PR and materiel recovery operations.

Plans, organizes, directs, and manages Pararescue forces as surface elements to provide a rapid response search rescue and recovery capability for operations world-wide range of adverse geographic and environmental conditions, day and night, on lane or water across the full spectrum of military operations. Assigns Pararescue forces to operating areas and directly supervises, manages, and evaluates mission planning and preparation, infiltration and exfiltration, insertion and extraction, surface movement, objective area actions, debriefing and reporting, and special mission activities. Plans, manages, and evaluates rescue and recovery of aerospace personnel and hardware in support of Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security operations. Rescue and recovery of personnel and hardware includes recovery of human remains, aerospace hardware using surface, subsurface, and SCUBA (open/closed circuit) techniques.

5.1.2. Conducts, supervises, manages, and evaluates operational plans, policy, and programs.

Develops procedures to support concepts of operations and mission employment tactics.

Develops, reviews, updates, and manages Unit Type Codes and designated operations capabilities statements, identifying Pararescue forces. Performs deliberate and crisis action planning for preparing and documenting operations plans (OPLANS), concept plans (CONPLANs), and operations orders. Conduct inspection, review, and remedial action programs. Provide functional management for Pararescue AFSC. Conduct liaison across the total force (active duty and Air Guard/Reserve components).

5.1.3. Conduct, supervise, manage, and evaluate current operations and training. Conduct current operations including contingency and exercise management. Supervises, manages, and evaluates Pararescue mission planning and tasking requirements. Coordinate aircraft scheduling, configuration, and use. Manages work schedules and flying duty day requirements to ensure availability of personnel to support tasking. Monitors support functions to ensure availability of equipment, accessibility to mission and intelligence data, and transportation. Additionally conducts, supervises, and evaluates intelligence and operations debriefings and prepares written reports. Prepares and evaluates operations readiness reports. Conducts, manages, and evaluates Pararescue pipeline training, formal schools programs, continuation training activities, and specialized training programs to meet changing mission commitments. Evaluate unit air and ground training programs and mission performance to ensure directive compliance and proper mission accomplishment. Serve on mishap review panels.

5.1.4. Conducts, supervises, manages, and evaluates mission-specific manpower and logistics programs. Identifies and validates manpower, finances, material, and facilities requirements for Pararescue forces. Researches, develops, monitors, and evaluates test and evaluation of procedures, techniques, and equipment related to search, rescue, and recovery operations.

Develops, reviews, updates, and manages war readiness kits and materiel. Manages, monitors, and evaluates materiel deficiency programs and reports.

5.2. Duties and Responsibilities Pararescue Craftsman (7-level).

5.2.1. Must have completed all 7-level core tasks as outlined in Part II and been awarded the Special Experience Identifier (SEI) 340, Element Leader (EL), as well as all other items deemed necessary by their specific CJQS and unit upgrade training plan.

5.2.2. Performs chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive (CBRNE) warfare defense; provides SERE expertise; provides enroute emergency/field trauma care and team/patrol medicine. Conducts recoveries of personnel/equipment and ensures transfer of care/control to higher echelons.

5.2.3. Performs Static Line Jump Master, Military Freefall Jump Master, and Dive Supervisor duties in support of aerial insertion, extraction, and rescue/recovery operations on both land and water. Provides recovery zone security and aircraft reception; assists on-load of personnel/equipment through air, land, and maritime recovery methods.

5.2.4. Conducts land/water navigation; performs overt, low-visibility, or clandestine movement in friendly, hostile, denied or sensitive global land and water environments. Performs CBRNE warfare defense and discrete surface-to-air, surface electronic, visual communications and signaling activities. Employs firearms and munition to provide movement security; performs immediate action drills; directs and adjusts ground and aerial fire support; enables reception for resupply operations; conducts subsurface, SCUBA (open/closed circuit), adverse terrain and mountain rescue/recovery operations.

5.2.5. Conducts surface, contact, and on-scene authentication; provides area security; manages on-scene triage and survivor handling. Performs recovery of aerospace materiel and provides photographic documentation.

5.2.6. Supports debriefing and reporting. Provides intelligence and operations information during debriefings and prepares written reports.

5.3. Duties and Responsibilities Recovery Team Leader (RTL).

5.3.1. The RTL will be chosen from the most qualified 7- Levels on a Pararescue Team and be recommended by their supervisor. Upon receiving the recommendation for RTL up-grade, the individual will be required to successfully complete a Mission Evaluation while performing as an RTL. Upon completion of the Mission Evaluation, all required documentation will be completed and the individual will be awarded the RTL SEI 341 - Recovery Team Leader.

5.3.2. Leads all phases of planning, employment and recovery of designated Pararescue recovery teams. Understands the unique role of the RTL at the tactical and operational levels of warfare; duties and responsibilities for ELs/TLs/Combat Rescue Officer (CRO)/Ground Force Commander. Ensures mission success through the application of sound Risk Management during garrison and combat operations. Expertly manages resources (time, personnel, equipment, funding) in order to enhance mission success. Succinctly aligns team capabilities with mission requirements through Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs). Understands/applies the principles of the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) in order to develop recovery plans at the tactical and operational level. Expertly briefs leadership/recovery team members on all phases of an operation. Initiates paperwork to obtain Top Secret clearance.

5.4. Duties and Responsibilities Pararescue Journeyman (5-level).

5.4.1. Must have completed all 5-Level core tasks as outlined in Part II as well as all other items deemed necessary by their specific CJQS and unit upgrade training plans. Performs as the essential surface/air link on PR and materiel recovery operations. Provides a rapid response capability and operates in a wide range of adverse geographic and environmental conditions, day or night, on land or water, across the full spectrum of military operations. Provide short and long term survival and evasion assistance, both short and long-term emergency/field trauma care and team/patrol medicine, and security. Moves objectives (personnel and/or materiel) to safety or friendly control when direct recovery by aircraft is not possible.

5.4.2. Supports mission planning and preparation. Responds to warning orders or mission requirements; studies terrain and situation; prepares uniforms, mission equipment, weapons, and munitions; rehearses mission plan; safeguards information; and loads/configures air/land/maritime based modes of transportation.

5.4.3. Performs infiltration and exfiltration; CBRNE warfare defense. Prepares and dons mission/personal equipment. Provides enroute emergency/field trauma care, team/patrol medicine. Provides on/off-load and transfer of objectives to higher echelon medical care.

Provides SERE expertise.

5.4.4. Performs insertion and extraction operations to include Static Line (SL) and Military Freefall (MFF) parachuting; provides recovery zone security for air/land/maritime based operations.

5.4.5. Performs surface movement in overt, low-visibility, clandestine, friendly, hostile, denied, or sensitive global environments. Performs land/water navigation, security formations, uses rallying points; prepares bivouac sites. Performs discrete surface-to-air and surface-to surface electronic/visual communication/signaling techniques. Employs firearms and munitions to perform immediate action drills; requests ground and aerial fire support; provides reception for re-supply operations.

5.4.6. Performs surface/sub-surface, SCUBA (open/closed circuit), adverse terrain rescue operations. Performs objective area actions, surface search, contact, and on-scene authentication; provides security, on-scene survivor handling to include emergency/field trauma care, team/patrol medicine; and recovers priority aerospace materiel.

5.4.7. Performs debriefing and reporting. Provides intelligence and operation information during debriefings.

5.5. Duties and Responsibilities Element Leader (EL).

5.5.1. The Element Leader (EL) will be chosen from the most qualified 5-Levels on a Pararescue Team and be recommended by their supervisor. Upon receiving the recommendation for EL up-grade, the individual will be required to successfully complete a Mission Evaluation while performing as an EL. Upon completion of the Mission Evaluation all required documentation will be completed and the individual will be awarded the EL SEI 340 - Element Leader.

5.5.2. Performs TLPs in support of planning, employment and recovery of designated Pararescue recovery teams at the lowest tactical level while leading 2-3 man formations.

Understands and utilizes OPLANS/CONPLANS to facilitate deliberate/crisis action planning through use of the MDMP. Identifies doctrine, concepts of operations and policies governing Pararescue forces.

5.6. Duties and Responsibilities Pararescue Apprentice (3-level)

5.6.1. Performs as the surface element and essential surface/air link on PR and materiel recovery operations. Provides a rapid response capability and operates in a wide range of adverse geographic and environmental conditions, day or night, on land or water, across the full spectrum of military operations. Provides short and long term survival and evasion assistance, both short and long-term emergency/field trauma care, team/patrol medicine, and security. Move objectives (personnel and/or materiel) to safety or friendly control when direct recovery by aircraft is not possible.

5.6.2. Supports mission planning and preparation. Responds to warning orders or mission requirements; studies terrain and situation; prepares uniforms, mission equipment, weapons, and munitions; rehearses mission plan; safeguards information; and loads and configures aircraft.

5.6.3. Performs infiltration and exfiltration. Performs flight following and confirms waypoint passage; prepares and dons mission and personal equipment; performs CBRNE warfare defense;

provides SERE expertise; provides enroute emergency/field trauma care, team/patrol medicine;

and performs offload and transfer of objectives to higher echelon/trauma care; performs non-rated aircrew duties on flying status, and may provide avoidance and suppression of air and surface threats through day/night scanning, navigation assistance, and aerial gunnery operations.

5.6.4. Performs insertion and extraction. Provides input for on-scene operations, confirms insertion points, performs chemical warfare defense, performs aerial insertion and extraction operations to include static line and military freefall, provides recovery zone security and aircraft reception, and performs or assists on-load of objectives using aerial and surface methods.

5.6.5. Performs surface movement. Performs overt, low visibility, or clandestine movement in friendly, hostile, denied, or sensitive global land and water areas; performs CBRNE warfare defense; performs land/water navigation; performs formation security; uses rallying points;

prepares bivouac sites; performs discrete surface-to-air and surface-to-surface electronic and visual communications and signaling activities; employs firearms and munitions to perform immediate action drills; requests ground and aerial fire support; provides reception for re-supply operations; performs surface, subsurface, SCUBA (open/closed circuit), adverse terrain, and mountain rescue operations; provides survival and evasion assistance; provides enroute emergency/field trauma care, team/patrol medicine; and performs SERE.

5.6.6. Performs objective area actions. Performs surface search, contact, and on-scene authentication; provides local security; provides emergency survival assistance; provides on-scene triage and survivor handling; provides emergency/field trauma care, team/patrol medicine;

and recovers priority aerospace materiel. Performs debriefing and reporting. Provides intelligence and operation information during debriefings.

6. Skill and Career Progression. Adequate training and timely progression from the apprentice or the superintendent level play an important role in the Air Force’s ability to accomplish its mission. Everyone involved in training must do his or her part to plan, manage, and conduct an effective training program. The guidance provided in this part of the CFETP will ensure each Airman receives viable training at the appropriate points in their career.

6.1. Apprentice 3-Skill Level. Initial skills training in this specialty consists of the tasks and knowledge training provided in the Pararescue Apprentice Course. Task and knowledge training requirements are identified in the STS (Part II, Section A). Individuals must complete the Pararescue Apprentice Course and all prerequisite courses (see Figure 1 for Pararescue Training Pipeline Flow) to be awarded AFSC 1T231.

6.2. Journeyman 5-Skill Level. Upgrade training to the 5-skill level is initiated immediately after arriving to first duty station. Training will consist of a minimum 12 months or 9 months for re-trainees. In this specialty, upgrade training consists of completing 5-skill level CDCs (if available), 5-skill level core tasks, duty position requirements per the STS, and any other MAJCOM or unit directed OJT requirements.

6.3. Craftsman 7-Skill Level. Upgrade training to the 7-skill level is initiated on 1 Sep of the year the trainee is selected for promotion to Staff sergeant. Training will consist of a minimum of 12 months or 6 months for re-trainees. In this specialty, upgrade training consists of completing all 7-skill level core tasks, duty position requirements per the STS, and any other MAJCOM- or unit-directed training requirements.

6.4. Superintendent 9-Skill Level. Must be a Pararescue Craftsman. In this specialty, upgrade training consists of completing all 7-skill level core tasks, duty position requirements per the STS, and any other MAJCOM or unit-directed training requirements.

7. Training Criteria. The CFETP uses a building block approach (simple to complex) to encompass the entire spectrum of training requirements for the Pararescue career field. The spectrum includes a strategy for when, where, and how to meet training requirements. The strategy must be apparent and affordable to reduce duplication of training and eliminate a disjointed approach to training.

7.1. Pararescue Pipeline Mandatory Courses of Initial Entry. All non-prior service Airmen (Basic Military Training (BMT) graduates) only will enter the Pararescue pipeline at the Battlefield Airmen Preparatory Pilot after BMT graduation. Upon graduation, non-prior service students will join all Pararescue retrainees, prior service, guard, and reserve students at Pararescue Development Course. Upon graduation, all students will enter and must graduate the Pararescue Indoctrination Course before they can enter the follow-on Pararescue training pipeline (see figure 1 for the Pararescue training pipeline flow).

7.1.1. The Pararescue Indoctrination Course is designed to fulfill three purposes: (1) function as an indoctrination to the rigors of the Pararescue pipeline and career field by training Airmen in the fundamentals of physical fitness (run, swim, calisthenics, weight training, and underwater confidence); (2) emphasize teamwork and the Pararescue core values built upon the Air Force core values of integrity, service before self, and excellence in all we do; and (3) prepare an individual for pipeline and career field success. By building the core value of integrity, we instill in Airmen the moral traits of accepting responsibility, having courage to do what’s right, having a sense of justice (being fair), having self-respect, and understanding the importance of meeting standards. The core value of service before self is reflected in the Pararescueman's Code: “It is my duty, as a Pararescueman to save lives and aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before my personal desires and comforts. These things I do that others may live." We instill “Excellence in all we do” in Airmen so they will develop a passion for continuous improvement in their careers.

7.1.2. Upon completion of the Pararescue Indoctrination Course, individuals will complete the following Pararescue pipeline Enlisted Initial Skills (EIS) qualification training:

7.1.2.1. AF Combat Dive - Open Circuit Course

7.1.2.2. AF Combat Dive - Closed Circuit Course

7.1.2.3. US Army Airborne Course

7.1.2.4. Combat Survival Training Course (S-V80-A)

7.1.2.5. Underwater Egress Course (S-V84-A)

7.1.2.6. AF Contract Military Freefall, US Navy Freefall Course or US Army MFF Parachutist Course

7.1.2.7. Pararescue Emergency Medical Technician-Basic

7.1.2.8. Pararescue Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic

7.1.3. These courses are mandatory prerequisites for entry into the AFSC awarding Pararescue Apprentice Course. Personnel must complete the Pararescue pipeline EIS qualification not already accomplished.

7.1.4. Retrainees and Prior Service Personnel will complete the Pararescue pipeline prerequisite qualifications not already accomplished. AETC PJ MFM/TPM is responsible for advising BA TG Det 1/CC/Pipeline Schedulers of any retrainee or prior service personnel previously qualified in Pararescue pipeline courses.

7.2. 5-Level Upgrade Requirements. Member enters journeyman training immediately after arriving at first duty station. Training will consist of a minimum of 15 months or 9 months for retrainees (OJT). Refer to AFI 36-2201 for minimum time in training waiver process.

7.3. 7-Level Upgrade Requirements. Training will consist of a minimum of 12 months or 6 months for retrainees.

7.4. Mission Readiness and Continuation Training. Training conducted IAW AFI 10-3502 Vol 1, Pararescue and Combat Rescue Officer Training.

Figure 1: Pararescue Training Pipeline Flow

Pararescue EMT-Basic

L1AQP1T231-0B0A (7 weeks) Kirtland AFB, NM

Pararescue EMT- Paramedic L1AQP1T231-0P0A (28 weeks)

Kirtland AFB, NM

NOTE: 1T2XX pipeline cost factors can be found on the AF Portals search engine by loading AFI 65-503, US Air Force Cost and Planning Factors, Attachment A18-1a Variable Cost by Enlisted Air Force Specialty Initial Skill Training

AF Combat Survival S-V-80A (19 days) Fairchild AFB, WA

AF Underwater Egress Training S-V-84A (1 day) Fairchild AFB, WA

NOTE: Flex scheduling can occur prior to/after EMT Basic/Paramedic start when pipeline schedule dictates.

Army Airborne Parachutist Course L9AQA1T231-0A1A (3 weeks) Ft Benning, GA

Army Military Freefall Parachutist Crse L9AQA1XXXX-0F1A (4 weeks) Yuma APG, AZ

Battlefield Airmen Preparatory Course L2AQR1T231-0P1A (8 weeks) JBSA-Lackland, TX

PJ Development Course L3AQR1T231-0P2B (2 weeks) JBSA-Lackland Annex, TX

AF Combat Dive Open Circuit Course LCAQP1XXXX-01OB (4 weeks) NSA Panama City, FL

PJ Indoctrination Course L3AQR1T231-0P1B (9 weeks) JBSA-Lackland Annex, TX

AF Combat Dive Closed Circuit Course LCAQP1XXXX-01CA (2 wks/3 days) NSA Panama City, FL

PCS to Kirtland AFB NM for Home-Basing

USAF PJ Apprentice Course L3ABP1T231-0P4E (24 weeks) Kirtland AFB, NM

AF Military Freefall Parachutist Course L1AQC1T231-0F1A (4 weeks) Location TBD

7.5. Requalification Training. Prior service Pararescue personnel returning to the career field and who have not practiced Pararescue skills for five years or more must meet the following re-qualification requirements. NOTE: AETC PJ MFM/TPM will notify BA TG Det 1/CC/Pipeline Schedulers of any returning Pararescue personnel in order to schedule any pipeline courses needed for requalification.

7.5.1. Pass Pararescue physical fitness evaluation IAW AFI 10-3502, Vol 2, Pararescue and Combat Rescue Officer Standardization and Evaluation Program.

7.5.2. Pass a Class III flight physical.

7.5.3. Complete altitude chamber training.

7.5.4. Qualify for appropriate security clearance.

7.5.5. Complete requalification requirements for military freefall IAW AFI 11-410, Personnel Parachute Operations and Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 11-411, Special Forces Military Freefall Operations (restricted).

7.5.6. Complete requalification requirements for Open/Closed Circuit Dive IAW US Navy standards as required.

7.5.7. Complete re-qualification requirements for Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) IAW National Registry EMT.

7.5.8. Complete the Pararescue Apprentice Course. This requirement is not waiverable.

8. Training Decisions. The CFETP uses a building block approach (simple to complex) to encompass the entire spectrum of training requirements for the 1T2XX career field. The spectrum includes a strategy for when, where, and how to meet the training requirements. The Specialty Training Requirements Team met in February 2014 and used the Occupational Survey Report to generate the requirements for the Training Planning Team (TPT) to use. The TPT was conducted, in July 2016, to provide suggestions and guidance to the U&TW. The training decisions reflected in this part of the CFETP are the results of the September 2017 Pararescue Career Field U&TW. The U&TW accepted the following for the 1T2 career field.

9. Community College of the Air Force (CCAF). CCAF provides the opportunity to obtain an Associate in Applied Sciences Degree. In addition, CCAF offers the following:

9.1. Occupational Instructor Certificate. Upon completion of instructor qualification training, consisting of an instructor methods course and supervised practice teaching, CCAF instructors who possess an associate degree or higher may be nominated by their school commander and commandant for certification as an occupational instructor.

9.2. Trade Skill Certification. When a CCAF student separates or retires, a trade skill certification is awarded for the primary occupational specialty. The college uses a competency-based assessment process for trade skill certification at one of the four proficiency levels:

apprentice, journeyman, craftsman/supervisor, or master craftsman/manager. All are transcribed on the CCAF transcript.

9.3. Degree Requirements. All Airmen are automatically entered into the CCAF program upon completion of Basic Military Training. Airmen must possess the 5-skill level before the award of the degree. In addition, the following requirements must be met.

Pararescue (7GDP) CCAF Degree Degree Completion Requirements 1T2XX Semester Hours Technical Education 24 Leadership, Management, and Military Studies 6 Physical Education 4 General Education 15 Program Elective 15

TOTAL 64

9.3.1. Technical Education. (24 Semester Hours): A minimum of 12 semester hours of technical core subjects or courses must be applied and the remaining semester hours applied from technical core, technical elective subjects or courses. Requests to substitute comparable courses or to exceed specified semester hour values in any subject or course must be approved in advance by the Services Branch.

Technical Core Semester Hours Air Operations 12 CCAF Specialty Internship 18 Emergency Medicine 12 Evasion and Recovery 3 General Principles of Survival 12 Ground Operations 12 Mountain Travel/Rescue Techniques 9 Personnel Recovery Indoctrination 3 Psychology of Environmental Stress 3

Technical Electives Maximum Semester Hours Computer Science 6 Human Anatomy and Physiology 4 Marksmanship 3 Parachuting/SCUBA Diving 6 Physical Geography 3

9.3.2. Leadership, Management and Military Studies (LMMS). (6 semester hours):

Professional military education, civilian management courses accepted in transfer and/or by testing credit.

9.3.3. Physical Education. (4 semester hours)

9.3.4. General Education. (15 semester hours). Applicable courses must meet the criteria for application of courses to the general education requirement and agree with the definitions of applicable courses such as:

9.3.5. Communications (6 credits), Mathematics (3 credits), Social Science (3 credits), and Humanities (3 credits).

9.3.6. Program Elective. (15 semester hours). Courses applying to technical education, LMMS or general education requirements; natural science courses meeting general education requirement application criteria; foreign language credit earned at Defense Language Institute;

maximum 9 semester hours of CCAF degree-applicable technical course credit otherwise not applicable to program of enrollment.

10. Career Path.

10.1. Manpower Table:

CMSgt: 16 SMSgt: 24 MSgt: 84 TSgt: 135 SSgt: 185 SrA: 90 A1C: 49 Total: 583

10.2 Enlisted Education and Training.

Table 9.2 Enlisted Career Path

Education and Training Requirements

Grade Requirements

Rank Average Sew-On

Earliest Sew- On

High Year of Tenure (HYT)

Basic Military Training Apprentice School (3-Skill Level) Amn 6 months Upgrade to Journeyman (5-Skill Level)

- Minimum 12 months or 9 months for retrainees

- Complete CDC if available

A1C SrA

16 months 3 years

12 years

Airman Leadership School (ALS)

- SrA with 48 months’ time-in-service or SSgt Select.

- Resident graduation is a prerequisite for SSgt sew-on (Active Duty only).

Upgrade to Craftsman (7-skill level)

- Minimum rank of SSgt.

- Minimum 12 months/6 months for retrainees.

- Complete appropriate CDC if/when available.

- Advanced Technical School.

SSgt 7.5 years 3 years 20 years

Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA)

- Must be a TSgt or TSgt Select.

- Resident graduation is a prerequisite for MSgt sew-on (Active Duty only).

TSgt

MSgt

12.5 years

16 years

5 years

8 years

24 years

26 years

USAF Senior NCO Academy (SNCOA)

- Must be a MSgt or SMSgt Select.

- Resident graduation is a prerequisite for CMSgt sew-on (Active Duty only).

SMSgt 19.2 years 11 years 28 years

Upgrade to Superintendent (9-skill level)

- Minimum rank of SMSgt

CMSgt 21.5 years 14 years 30 years

10.3. Enlisted Leadership Development Chart.

SECTION C: SKILL LEVEL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

11. Purpose. Skill level training requirements in this career field are defined in terms of tasks and knowledge requirements. This section outlines the specialty qualification requirements for each skill level in broad, general terms and establishes the mandatory requirements for entry, award, and retention of each skill level. The specific task and knowledge training requirements are identified in the STS at Part II, Section A of this CFETP. Unit work centers must develop a structured training program utilizing the Air Staff approved Pararescue TCS documents.

12. Specialty Qualification Requirements.

12.1. Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: mission planning and preparation; aircraft and load characteristics; infiltration and exfiltration; insertion and extraction; surface movement;

objective area actions; debriefing and reporting; team leader actions; emergency trauma and field medical care; basic and advance parachuting; adverse terrain and mountain operations; scuba and water operations; NBC warfare defense; SERE; night vision devices; firearms and munitions;

communications and signaling; photographic documentation; legal responsibilities and ethics;

vehicle operations; security, occupational safety and health, administration, and publications;

individual fitness; and equipment qualification, inspection, maintenance, and accountability.

12.2. Education. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school is desirable. Also, completion of emergency medical technician or paramedic course is desirable.

12.3. Training. For award of AFSC 1T231, completion of the following courses are mandatory:

12.3.1. Pararescue Battlefield Airmen Preparatory Course

12.3.2. Pararescue Development Course

12.3.3. Pararescue Indoctrination Course

12.3.4. Air Force Combat Dive - Open Circuit Course

12.3.5. Air Force Combat Dive - Closed Circuit Course

12.3.6. US Army Airborne Parachutist Course

12.3.7. AF Contract, Navy, or Army Military Freefall Parachutist Course

12.3.8. AF Combat Survival

12.3.9. AF Underwater Egress Training

12.3.10. Pararescue Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Course

12.3.11. Pararescue Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Course

12.4. Experience. The following experience is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated:

12.4.1. 1T251: Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1T231. Also, experience performing Pararescue duties.

12.4.2. 1T271: Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1T251. Also experience performing or supervising Pararescue Duties.

12.4.3. 1T291: Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1T271. Also, experience performing or managing Pararescue functions as a Pararescue Team Leader.

12.5. For entry into this specialty:

12.5.1. Successful completion of the Pararescue Physical Ability and Stamina Test (PAST) located on the HQ AETC/A3T Portal Page.

12.5.2. See attachment 4 of the AFECD for additional entry requirements.

12.6. The following are mandatory for retraining candidates:

12.6.1. Grade of E-5 or below with less than 10 years Total Active Federal Military Service or Total Federal Military Service for Reserve Air Force Personnel.

12.6.2. Current commander's written recommendation.

12.6.3. Completion of the Pararescue Retraining Assessment.

12.7. For entry, award, and retention of these AFSCs, physical qualification for aircrew, parachute, and marine diving duty according to AFI 48-123, Medical Examinations and Standards.

12.8. For award and retention of AFSCs 1T231/51/71/91:

12.8.1. Qualification, currency, and proficiency as a SL and MFF parachutist, and as a military SCUBA (open/closed circuit) diver.

12.8.2. Certification from the National Registry (or State) as an Emergency Medical Technicians. After initial certification, continued certification is mandatory.

12.8.3. Physical certification and maintenance of personal physical standards as defined in AFI 10-3502, Volume 1.

12.9. For award and retention of these AFSCs, must maintain local network access IAW AFMANs 33-152, User Responsibilities and Guidance for Information Systems.

12.10. Specialty requires routine access to Secret material or similar environment. For award and retention of AFSCs 1T2XX, completion of a current National Agency Check, Local Agency Checks and Credit (NACLC) according to AFI 31-501, Personnel Security Program Management.

NOTE: Award of the 3-skill level without a completed NACLC is authorized provided an interim Secret clearance has been granted according to AFI 31-501.

SECTION D: RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS

13. Purpose. This section identifies known resource constraints that preclude optimal/desired training from…