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COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ: NEW AVIONICS ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN (AET) RATING COURSES
A. ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS MANUAL, COMDTINST M1414.8
(SERIES)
1. NEW AET1 AND AET2 RATING COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AS
PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION GUIDES (PQG) FROM THE CG INSTITUTE. THE
PQG FORMAT COMBINES THE BEST FEATURES OF DISTANCE LEARNING AND ON-
THE-JOB TRAINING (OJT) BY EMBEDDING ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ) WITHIN COURSE MATERIAL AS A STUDY GUIDE. AN
ADDED BENEFIT OF THE PQG FOR UNITS IS THE STANDARDIZATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT INTO THE COURSE STRUCTURE.
2. AET PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN USING THE NEW PQG COURSE
MATERIAL AS SOON AS PRACTICAL BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WITH THE AETS
PRESENT WORLD OF WORK AND INCLUDES VALUABLE REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR
ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING (OJT). THE AET PQG RATING COURSE IS BASED ON
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE AET EPQ (CG-3303C REV 10-2007), AVAILABLE
ON CG CENTRAL FOLLOWING MY WORKSPACE : CAREER MANAGEMENT : ENLISTED
: MY RATINGS AND ON THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE AVAILABLE AT
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. THE EPQ RECORD FORM CG-3303C STILL
SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FOR ANNOTATING COMPLETION OF
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY.
3. THE AET COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED FOR ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY
BEGINNING WITH THE NOVEMBER 2008 SERVICE WIDE EXAM (SWE)
COMPETITION. TO ENROLL IN THE AET PQG COURSE MATERIAL FROM THE CG
INSTITUTE SEE THE EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER (ESO) OR UNIT
ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE. ORDER THE AET1 COURSE USING CODE
0104-1, FOR THE AET2 COURSE USE CODE 0204-1.
4. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW AET PQG COURSE MATERIAL MAY BE
DIRECTED TO THE AET SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST, AET1 MICHAEL OCHS
(252)334-5356 OR THE AET RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, AETCM KARL
STROMAN (202)475-5749.
5. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
6. RDML CYNTHIA A. COOGAN, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING, SENDS.
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