CONTRACTING APPRENTICE CORE MAIN
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Officer in Charge/ Non Commissioned Officer in Charge (OIC/NCOIC) of the
Contingency Support Cell - ✔✔- Provides planning, programming, and execution of all
deployment readiness
- Provides/schedules all required ancillary training for military personnel subject to
deployment
- May serve as Unit Deployment Manager (UDM)
CONTINGENCY= DEPLOYMENT
✔✔Acquisition Flight Commander/Chief - ✔✔- Ensures acquisitions comply with federal
statues, regulations and policy
- Manage acquisitions activities to include
• Acquisition planning
• Small Business participation
• Execution of award
• Performance of contract administration
• ensure all flight members are receiving timely formal training for Acquisition
Professional
• Act as a contracting advisor to customers/ contractors
• Set up customer/ contractor education programs and hold regular meetings to solve
problems and foster a team environment
✔✔Plans and Programs Flight Commander/Chief (P FLIGHT) - ✔✔- Maintains all
IT/Technology resources
- Responsible for the operation and management of automated contracting systems
- Manage incoming Purchase Request(PR)
- Monitor and report on the acquisition workload
- May manage
• Quality assurance
• Government wide Purchase Card (GPC)
• Ensure contract reporting and e-commerce participation comply with AF policies
• Act as a warrant Proctor and manage the Contracting Officer Warrant Program
, ✔✔Contracting Officer - ✔✔Have the authority to enter into, administer, and/or
terminate contracts, which is received through the warrant process
- Expected to be mission-focused business leaders
- Small business participation
- Execution of award
- Performance of contract administration
✔✔Roles and Responsibilities of key personnel within the squadron are outlined where
? - ✔✔AFI 64-102
✔✔Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) - ✔✔Provides a consolidated
reference of the training and education necessary for a clear path from AB to CMSGT
(Breakdown of upgrade training)
✔✔The CFETP is made up of how many parts? - ✔✔2 parts
✔✔What is PART 1 of the CFETP? - ✔✔Part 1- provides information next for the 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,
experience, training etc)
✔✔What is PART 2 of the CFETP? - ✔✔Used by supervisors and trainers to identify,
plan, and conduct training commensurate with overall goals of this plan
- Section A/ identifies the Specialty Training Standard (STS) and includes duties, tasks,
Technical References (TRs) to support training
- Section B/ references the Contracting Apprentice course objectives list
- Section C/ entitled "Support Materials" is reserved
- Section D/ references the Education and Training Course Announcements (ETCA)
website for USAF Formal Schools course descriptions and training information
- Section E/ entitled "MAJCOM Requirements" is reserved
✔✔Where can the Specialty Training Standard (STS) be found? - ✔✔Part 2 Section A
of the CFETP
✔✔Specialty Training Standard (STS) - ✔✔AF publication that describes an AF
specialty in terms of tasks and knowledge an Airman in that specialty may be expected
to perform or know, what you have to learn and when you need to learn it
✔✔STS line items serve as a contract between _________________ and the functional
users to show which of the overall training requirements for and AFSC are taught in
formal Schools. - ✔✔AETC
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Officer in Charge/ Non Commissioned Officer in Charge (OIC/NCOIC) of the
Contingency Support Cell - ✔✔- Provides planning, programming, and execution of all
deployment readiness
- Provides/schedules all required ancillary training for military personnel subject to
deployment
- May serve as Unit Deployment Manager (UDM)
CONTINGENCY= DEPLOYMENT
✔✔Acquisition Flight Commander/Chief - ✔✔- Ensures acquisitions comply with federal
statues, regulations and policy
- Manage acquisitions activities to include
• Acquisition planning
• Small Business participation
• Execution of award
• Performance of contract administration
• ensure all flight members are receiving timely formal training for Acquisition
Professional
• Act as a contracting advisor to customers/ contractors
• Set up customer/ contractor education programs and hold regular meetings to solve
problems and foster a team environment
✔✔Plans and Programs Flight Commander/Chief (P FLIGHT) - ✔✔- Maintains all
IT/Technology resources
- Responsible for the operation and management of automated contracting systems
- Manage incoming Purchase Request(PR)
- Monitor and report on the acquisition workload
- May manage
• Quality assurance
• Government wide Purchase Card (GPC)
• Ensure contract reporting and e-commerce participation comply with AF policies
• Act as a warrant Proctor and manage the Contracting Officer Warrant Program
, ✔✔Contracting Officer - ✔✔Have the authority to enter into, administer, and/or
terminate contracts, which is received through the warrant process
- Expected to be mission-focused business leaders
- Small business participation
- Execution of award
- Performance of contract administration
✔✔Roles and Responsibilities of key personnel within the squadron are outlined where
? - ✔✔AFI 64-102
✔✔Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) - ✔✔Provides a consolidated
reference of the training and education necessary for a clear path from AB to CMSGT
(Breakdown of upgrade training)
✔✔The CFETP is made up of how many parts? - ✔✔2 parts
✔✔What is PART 1 of the CFETP? - ✔✔Part 1- provides information next for the 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,
experience, training etc)
✔✔What is PART 2 of the CFETP? - ✔✔Used by supervisors and trainers to identify,
plan, and conduct training commensurate with overall goals of this plan
- Section A/ identifies the Specialty Training Standard (STS) and includes duties, tasks,
Technical References (TRs) to support training
- Section B/ references the Contracting Apprentice course objectives list
- Section C/ entitled "Support Materials" is reserved
- Section D/ references the Education and Training Course Announcements (ETCA)
website for USAF Formal Schools course descriptions and training information
- Section E/ entitled "MAJCOM Requirements" is reserved
✔✔Where can the Specialty Training Standard (STS) be found? - ✔✔Part 2 Section A
of the CFETP
✔✔Specialty Training Standard (STS) - ✔✔AF publication that describes an AF
specialty in terms of tasks and knowledge an Airman in that specialty may be expected
to perform or know, what you have to learn and when you need to learn it
✔✔STS line items serve as a contract between _________________ and the functional
users to show which of the overall training requirements for and AFSC are taught in
formal Schools. - ✔✔AETC
