CAP EMERGENCY SERVICES SPECIALTIES/QUALIFICATIONS

1. CAP EMERGENCY SERVICES SPECIALTIES/QUALIFICATIONS Training and Administration

2. CAP ES Specialties • There are 41 emergency services specialties listed in CAPR 60-3, including: • Airborne Photographer • Flight Line Marshaller • Ground Team Member • Mission Observer • Mission Pilot • Mission Radio Operator • Mission Scanner • Urban Direction Finding Team

3. Selecting an ES Specialty • Each ES Specialty has specific training tasks that must be accomplished in order to qualify. • To view these, go to the CAP members website > eServices > My Opertions Qualifications > SQTRs > Entry/View Worksheet • Scroll through the various SQTRs and select ones to view that are of potential interest to you.

4. What are the Prerequisites? • Completion of Level I Training/Curry Achievement • Complete the GES 116 exam • Study materials and exam available online: • CAP Members website> Emergency Services > General Emergency Services Training Materials • Exam: CAP Members website > CAP University > On-line Courses & Exams • Commander’s approval for prerequisites • Requested online through checking SQTR field and submitting

5. What am I Supposed to Learn? • The SQTR for the individual specialty lists the various tasks. • However, the specific components of the task are defined in National Emergency Services guides: • Ground and Urban Direction Finding Team Tasks • Aircrew & Flightline Tasks • Mission Base Staff Task Guide • These are available at CAP Members website > Emergency Services > Education and Training • You can also purchase these from Vanguard

6. Who Authenticates my Task Completion? • Within the Tallahassee Squadron there are designated persons who can sign-off on ES task accomplishment • Once they are satisfied that you have demonstrated knowledge of a task, they can authenticate this by signing/initialing your SQTR • You are responsible for safeguarding your SQTR; when everything has been completed it will need to be uploaded to eServices > Operations Qualifications to substantiate your request to be approved for the ES specialty • If you participate in a SAREX, bring your SQTR along to get appropriate sign-offs

7. Administrative Requirements • When you apply for initial approval or requalification, it must go through three levels for approval: Squadron, Group and Wing • Unless the appropriate paperwork has been uploaded to Operations Qualifications, approval will be denied • This includes signed-off SQTRs, First Aid cards and FEMA certificates • Note that CAP exams taken online (e.g., GES 116) automatically populate the right fields on the SQTR. FEMA exams, like IS 100, IS 700, do not; you need to print out the certificate, scan it and upload it yourself • See the View/Upload Documents link

8. Issues • Initial qualifications are good for three years. If you don’t participate in at least one exercise within that period, your qualification will expire. • First aid cards are only good for two years. Specialties that require those (e.g., FLM, GTM3) will lapse if renewals exceed that timeframe. • Different CAP Wings do things differently; we have to do it the way Florida Wing prescribes.

9. Questions • Stump the chump time!