The Civil Engineer (CE) Career Area provides combat engineering support for deployed Air Force units and weapons systems, emergency repair of war damage to air bases, base denial activities, and other related combat support functions; develops, monitors, and briefs survivability actions and methods to recover capabilities after attack; and organizes, trains, and equips contingency forces for nuclear, biological, chemical, and conventional attack operations and other emergency situations.
The career field also encompasses activities relating to acquisition, maintenance, operation, and disposal of real property facilities, and includes planning, program formulation and execution, policy development, inspection, command, and direction of CE activities.
Included are supervisory, operational, and engineering responsibilities for construction, maintenance, and repair of Air Force real property; operation of utility systems; fire prevention, protection, and aircraft crash rescue; disaster preparedness; explosive ordnance disposal. Functions involving planning and programming for maintenance, repair, and construction requirements; design and preparing plans and specifications for contracts, contract inspection, budgetary development and planning; establishing standards, requirements, and funds management for personnel, supplies, and equipment; environmental protection and base procedures for construction and maintenance of environmental improvements; planning, budgeting, construction, maintenance, and management of military family housing; acquisition, utilization, and disposal of real estate under Air Force jurisdiction; and training and use of CE professional and technical personnel.
Officers performing civil engineering functions not requiring a specific engineering discipline are identified by AFSC 32E3G/1G. Readiness non-engineer positions and personnel are identified by AFSC 32E3D/1D; Readiness engineer positions and personnel are identified by AFSC 32E3B/1B. Non-engineer EOD positions and personnel are identified by AFSC 32E3K/1K. Engineer EOD positions and personnel are identified by AFSC 32E3H/1H. For award of a shredout other than B, D, H, K or G, the mandatory degree must be in the academic area specified by the shredout.
Civil engineer officers will be upgraded based on 2 years of duty in CE regardless of shredout, except suffixes D and K. Upgrading will be in the shredout relating to their academic discipline or suffix G - General Engineer, dependent upon duty position. Officers whose academic area is not compatible with suffixes A, C, E, F, or J will be upgraded in suffix G only.
Officers of all shredouts may be assigned to positions requiring suffix G.
The following is a complete listing of AFSCs for the Civil Engineering Utilization Field.
