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AFSC 32E4 Staff
AFSC 32E3, Qualified
AFSC 32E1, Entry

Specialty Summary. Develops and implements civil engineer (CE) force employment, and provides staff supervision and technical advice. Performs and manages CE functions and activities to provide facilities and infrastructure supporting the United States and allies. Activities include programming, budgeting, project management, drafting, surveying, planning, feasibility studies, construction management, utilities operations, energy and environmental programs, land management, real property accounting, fire protection, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), disaster preparedness (DP) programs, family housing and dorm management, and mobilization programs at base level. Serves on response teams and related installation support services. Advises commanders and government officials on effective use of CE resources. Related DoD Occupational Group: 4A.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Supports combat operations and activities. Maintains trained and equipped forces capable of responding to worldwide contingencies and military operations other than war. Evaluates capabilities and develops contingency methodologies to accomplish mission objectives. Maintains emergency response force to cope with enemy attacks, major accidents, and natural disasters. Plans, develops, and executes procedures to mitigate the effects, render safe, and dispose of conventional, nuclear, chemical biological ordnance and improvised explosive devices. Provides on-scene advice to commander on control and integration of emergency response force. Develops, monitors, and briefs survivability actions and methods to recover capabilities after attack. Organizes, trains, and equips contingency forces for conventional and nuclear, biological, and chemical attack operations, and other emergency situations. Acts as weapons recovery cell director as a member of the response task force for nuclear accidents.

Determines requirements, establishes plans, provides designs, and directs operations, maintenance, repair, alteration, addition, and construction of facilities and utility systems. Determines personnel and material resource requirements. Plans and establishes land use, and provides environmental stewardship. Directs CE forces in support of customers’ requirements, and coordinates activities with subordinate and lateral units and functions. Determines proper use of facilities and effective employment of utility systems. Acts as technical representative and engineering consultant for operations and maintenance activities. Coordinates activities with local, state, federal, and host country agencies.

Develops CE plans and policies. Evaluates impact of legislative action, executive orders, directives, and management decisions. Consults with manpower, organization, and personnel staffs to ensure appropriate use of CE personnel. Coordinates with staff agencies on fiscal and legal matters. Directs training, business practices, and professional development activities. Serves as CE advisor to commanders. Implements standardization and evaluation, and monitors compliance of programs and policies. Directs and conducts engineering research and feasibility studies and surveys.

Specialty Qualifications:

Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: contingency engineering, contingency base operations, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), and survivability skills, including force bed-down, expedient damage repair, and recovery after attack: methods, sources, and techniques of engineering design, construction, maintenance, operation, and repair of facilities and utility systems; resource acquisition and management; military facilities programming and planning; environmental stewardship; housing management; management of real property; fire prevention, protection, and aircraft crash rescue procedures; engineering research and development; and formulation, coordination, and administration of plans and programs.

Education. The following education is required for entry into AFSCs 32E1X as indicated:

32E1A/B/C/E/F/G/H. Undergraduate academic specialization is mandatory in architecture or civil, electrical, general, environmental, construction, architectural, or mechanical engineering in a school that has at least one program accredited by a nationally recognized body in engineering; or in architecture in a school that is accredited by a nationally recognized body in architecture; or graduation from a service academy with a major in an engineering discipline. For entry into suffixes A, C, E, or F, undergraduate academic specialization in the area specified by the suffix is mandatory. Architects may fill A or G suffixes. (Currently, the national accrediting bodies are the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the National Architectural Accreditation Board.)

32E1G. Prior qualification in AFSC 1916/32E4 or 1944/32E3D, 12 months of base level experience, and being in a DP or Air Base Operability (ABO) position on 31 Oct 93, or prior qualification in AFSC 4016/21A4 or 4024B/21A3K, 12 months of base level experience, and being in an EOD position on 30 Apr 94, may be substituted for an engineering degree.

32E1J. Program completion is desirable of undergraduate academic specialization in environmental engineering. Degree disciplines outlined in 1 may be substituted.

Training. The following training is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated:

32E3A/B/C/E/F/G/H/J. Completion of Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) course WMGT 101, Introduction to Base Civil Engineering Organization. NOTE: For Air Reserve Component officers, AFIT courses WMGT 102, Introduction to Base Civil Engineer Organizations for Reserve Forces, and WMGT 484, Reserve Forces Air Base Combat Engineering, may be substituted for AFIT course WMGT 10

32E3B. Completion of AFIT course WMGT 410, CE Readiness Management Applications and the AETC Readiness Flight Officer (RFO) course. 32E3H. Completion of the initial skills training course for EOD.

Experience. The following experience is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated:

32E3A/B/C/E/F/G/H/J. A minimum of 12 months of experience in the specialty shredout.

32E3D. Must have previously held AFSC 1944/1916, and have served at least 12 months at base level, and be filling a Disaster Preparedness/ABO position on 31 October 1999.

32E3K. Must have previously held AFSC 21A4 or 21A3B, and have served at least 12 months at base level, and been filling an EOD position on 30 April 1999. Other. None.

Specialty Shredouts:

A.......................Architect/Architectural Engineer
B........................Readiness Engineer
C........................Civil Engineer
D.......................Readiness (Non-Engineer)
E........................Electrical Engineer
F........................Mechanical Engineer
G.......................General Engineer
H .......................Explosive Ordnance Disposal Engineer
J.....................Environmental Engineer
K .......................Explosive Ordnance Disposal (Non-Engineer)

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Above Information Derived from AFMAN 36-2105