CAP Squadron NC-082 Winston-Salem Composite Squadron

Specialty Tracks
*The brief description of each track is taken from the CAPP 7, except for the Information Technology track.

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.
    -Personnel specialty track study guide: CAPP 200 (.pdf)

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.
    - Public Affairs specialty track study guide: CAPP 201 (.pdf)

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.
    - Finance specialty track study guide: CAPP 202 (.pdf)

203 Inspection Officer: 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. *** Inspection Officer is now Inspector General***
    - Civil Air Patrol Inspector General Program: CAPR 123-1 (.pdf)

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. *** Senior Program is now Professional Development ***
    - Senior Program specialty track study guide: CAPP 204 (.pdf)

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.
    - Administration specialty track study guide: CAPP 205 (.pdf)

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.
    - Logistics specialty track study guide: CAPP 206 (.pdf)

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.
    - Flight Operations specialty track study guide: CAPP 210 (.pdf)

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.
    - Operations specialty track study guide: CAPP 211 (.pdf)

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.
    - Standardization/Evaluation specialty track study guide: CAPP 212 (.pdf)

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.
    - Emergency Services specialty track study guide: CAPP 213 (.pdf)

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.
    - Communications specialty track study guide: CAPP 214 (.pdf)

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.
    - Aerospace Education specialty track study guide: CAPP 215 (.pdf)
    - Aerospace Education Officers handbook: CAPP 15 (.pdf)

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.
    - Cadet Programs specialty track study guide: CAPP 216 (.pdf)

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.
    - Safety specialty track study guide: CAPP 217 (.pdf)

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.
    - Plans and Programs specialty track study guide: CAPP 218 (.pdf)

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 Health Services Officer (was Medical 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.

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.
    - Chaplain specialty track study guide: CAPP 221(.pdf)
    - Chaplains Helping Chaplains specialty track study guide: CAPP 221A (.pdf)

222 Commander designation (was Commanding Officer): Specialty code 222 is used only to designate personnel in command positions and is not a specialty training track.
***Commanders must have a separate specialty training track to progress in duty performance promotions and in the professional development program. 

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.
    - Historian specialty track study guide: CAPP 223 (.pdf)
    - Handbook for CAP Historians: CAPP 5 (.pdf)

225 Moral Leadership: The MLO performs in a capacity similar to a chaplain, but is not required to meet the ecclesiastical endorsement and education level prerequisites for a chaplaincy. 
    - Moral Leadership specialty track study guide: CAPP 225 (.pdf) 

226 Recruiting and Retention Officer:

Information Technology Officer: An Internet Technology specialty track was initially proposed and subsequently amended to an Information Technology specialty track by the 2003 Winter National Board. The Information Technology specialty track was approved for development by the 2003 Winter National Board and is in development by the education and training committee which is scheduled to report back to the August 2003 National Board. See National Board Agenda Item 7 below. For more info on upcoming track, click here.

Squadron Meeting for December 16, 2004    BDU's at the Terminal

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