Standards
Training Instruction Series, 1712
Associated Group Standard
Use the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions for this series in conjunction with the Individual Occupational Requirements described below.
Individual Occupational Requirements
EDUCATION
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled.
OR
EXPERIENCE
General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided evidence of the ability to instruct students in the use of equipment, principles, or practices of the subject or occupation. This experience may have been gained as a teacher or instructor; in on-the-job supervision or instruction of subordinates or fellow workers; or in work involving application of the principles, practices, and techniques of the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled.
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s).
Supervising or administering a training program.
Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results.
Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis.
For Community College of the Air Force GS-1712 positions only:
Section 9315 of 10 USC directs the commander of the Community College
of the Air Force (CCAF) to comply with standards established by the
Secretary of Education to confer associate degrees upon enlisted members
who have completed the requirements for the prescribed programs of study.
To comply with this directive, all faculty members of the Community College
of the Air Force must meet minimum educational requirements as prescribed
by the accrediting body Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,
Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC), i.e. all teachers must hold at least
an associate's degree in order for the school to meet accreditation
criteria.
