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AFIT school can help with “Year of Continuing Education” success

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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  With 2012 designated as Air Force Materiel Command's "Year of Continuing Education," there is no better time to tackle your academic and certification goals. The Air Force Institute of Technology can help you succeed in that endeavor, whether you are officer, enlisted or civil service.

Need Continuous Learning Points? Working to fulfill requirements for your training plan? Striving to complete a certification? Want to enhance your job-related knowledge? Professional Continuing Education is a core mission for AFIT. The School of Systems & Logistics (AFIT/LS) alone provides nearly 125 web-based and live courses -- ranging from one hour to five weeks in length -- to help you meet your education goals.

If you are a new hire or have recently rotated into a new position, consider taking an AFIT web-based course. Online classes are user friendly, provide a convenient way to get up-to-speed on new processes and enable you to learn at your own pace. If you are an experienced professional, AFIT's courses will enhance your process currency, helping you to "dust off the cobwebs."

AFIT's live courses can be equally beneficial. Instructor-led PCE brings the latest updates about Air Force acquisition and logistics policies and processes to life through practical, application-based curricula. Dynamic interaction between instructors and students is created though exercises, case studies, and class discussion.

Certifications, by which individuals demonstrate an initial and then increasing proficiency in a discipline, are receiving more attention in recent years, both in the commercial and government arena. AFIT/LS now offers a Project Management Professional test preparation course. AFIT courses are also included in new command certification plans.

Some of the many courses AFIT/LS offers include:
  • SYS 281 Air Force Acquisition and Sustainment -- examines the challenges and initiatives impacting acquisition and logistics
  • SYS 400 Current Topics in Acquisition and Support -- examines those challenges and initiatives in more detail
  • LOG 238 Critical Chain Project Management Foundational Concepts -- offers practical applications for improving depot processes
  • LOG 299 Combat Logistics -- provides tools for those that deploy or support deployments
  • SYS 282 Management of the Systems Engineering Process -- provides background on systems engineering
Other courses include SYS 208 Life Cycle Risk Management, SYS 213 Assessing Manufacturing Readiness, SYS 108 Teaming Environment for Acquisition Managers, SYS 230 Air Force Technical Order Acquisition and Management, and many more. The school is also developing nearly 20 new courses.

In this "Year of Continuing Education," AFIT can be a valuable tool in your academic toolbox. Find us on the web at http://www.afit.edu/index.cfm or https://www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/afitnow/ or schedule an appointment with your training manager to see how AFIT can help you succeed on your educational journey!