Building an Aircraft Carrier Training Officer: What Skill Sets Are Needed

摘要

A prospective Training Officer should report on board an aircraft carrier fully trained and possessing the required skills sets that will fully enhance his/her ability to train and execute both the crew and airlifting personnel within the ship's training cycle and ultimate deployment mission. This paper identifies 11 skills sets required for a prospective Training Officer to be successful. On board an aircraft carrier, the training and education of the crew falls under the Training Officer billet. The Commanding Officer of an aircraft carrier places tremendous responsibility on the Training Officer. Therefore, upon reporting on board, he/she needs to be fully trained and ready to function. This paper will provide recommended skills sets that will fully enhance the prospective Training Officers ability to train and educate the aircraft carrier's crew and embarked airwing personnel to meet the training cycle and ultimate deployment mission. There are several areas of study that a prospective Training Officer must possess in order to become an immediate asset to a command. Navy Enlisted Classification (NeC) and School Management are the two most important skills sets a prospective Training Officer should possess. The Training Officer in the course of his/her duties will spend a considerable amount of time in the pursuit of monitoring and controlling these two areas of responsibilities.