Curriculum Development & Delivery

The course trains participants to prepare and deliver effective presentations. Content includes objective creation, lesson plan development, visual aid creation, communication skills, components of an effective presentation, and brief evaluation methods. Students apply the class principles by presenting a short informal lecture, briefing, or demonstration performance. Class size is limited to eight students.

This workshop provides DPMAP employees with the tools to provide properly constructed input to their supervisors for year-end review/appraisal. Students must bring a copy of their Performance Plan (PP) to the class as the instructor will explain how to write statements justifying the Fully Successful and Outstanding standards on the plan, and students will practice with their own PP. When conditions permit, instructors will explain/show students how to upload inputs to the MyBiz tool.

Formerly known as the 8-Step Problem Solving Method, this training helps participants develop critical thinking cultures to improve work processes. In the course, attendees learn to solve day-to-day work area problems regardless of organizational level and to apply CPI methods. This problem-solving approach is the framework for the application of all CPI approaches, methodologies, tools, and techniques available to the practitioner. Instructors emphasize Practical Problem Solving during accession and PME courses.

This course is designed for all Hill AFB personnel wanting guidance with understanding, preparing, and writing federal style resumes. The course teaches how to navigate federal job postings, build, write, and format federal resumes, and helps you put it all together using the USA Jobs website. Exercises spread throughout the course facilitate information retention. This course requires a minimum of 4 students and maximum of 15 students per instructor.

This course is designed for all Hill AFB personnel wanting guidance on how to write narrative performance statements for awards packages. The course teaches guidelines, preparation, and structure for writing performance statements. Exercises spread throughout the course support information retention and application.

This course is designed to give AcqDemo employees an opportunity to practice writing their self-assessment inputs for their midpoint and annual assessments. Course curriculum addresses understanding an employee’s classification in the AcqDemo system, accessing their contribution plan and assessments in Cas2Net, examining assessment factors, descriptors, and discriminators, as well as describing the W-R-I writing model for self-assessments. Through exercises, students will create 3 self-assessment statements geared towards a specific descriptor for each of the three factors.

This course helps participants learn to implement a performance platform that enables them to operate with an outward mindset. They learn to apply four sets of tools: Self-awareness tools to help them see when they might be operating with an inward mindset; Mindset-change tools they can apply to turn their mindsets outward; Accountability tools that help them operate in their roles with an outward mindset; Collaboration tools that teams can deploy together to cooperate with an outward mindset.

The Leading Yourself and Others 101 module introduces participants to the essential leadership capacity skills that matter most for success in their sections. Participants examine different domains of leadership capacity, then complete an activity which will outline methods to improve the four commonly used leadership domains. The Building and Busting Teams module briefly reviews three areas of building effective teams: team dynamics, how to build a team, and how to sustain and improve an existing team, to include teams working remotely. Participants are introduced to the behaviors which can build, or bust, a team. The lesson ends with a self-assessment designed to support future learning and growth.

This course is for First Term Officers stationed at Hill AFB. This course covers the following topics: 4 Lenses, Team Building and Busting and Supervisor Leading Yourself and Others 101, Air Force Narrative Writing, Ethical Leadership, Legal Briefing, Formal Schools and Cross Training, OPB and EPB Writing, Professional Development Resources, SNCO Panel, Civilian Information, Accessing Recourses, Officer Panel and a Capstone Speaker. This course has been designed to provide First Term Officers with various skills they need to succeed as an officer in the Air Force.

The AFMC SDC curriculum helps prepare first-line supervisors to lead, clearly communicate expectations, improve retention, and increase organizational performance. This course complements current developmental efforts to include the Air Force Mandatory Supervisor Training (MST), Career Field training, and the annual Civilian Developmental Education (CDE) opportunities, which collectively serve as investments in our supervisor’s development and posture them for success.

This course provides interviewers and interviewees with tools to identify principles and facts related to
competency-based interviewing and the Situation, Task, Action and Result (STAR) concept. In addition, leader competencies will be discussed. Students will develop basic interview questions and discuss the responsibilities of the Panel Lead, Panel Member, and Interviewee. In addition, the course will also provide an opportunity for students to role-play as a Panel Lead, Panel Member, and Interviewee.

The AFSC SDP curriculum ensures first-line supervisors are prepared to lead, clearly communicate expectations, improve retention, and increase organizational performance.

New supervisors learn to incorporate the Art of the Possible Leadership Model character traits into their leadership style to ensure successful execution of the AFSC mission.

The course provides a systems-approach to leadership as a process to promote the individual and organizational attributes leaders should foster and reinforce to build the individual and organizational capacity supporting a Mission Command (MC) culture.
This course is a part of the AFSC Supervisor Development Program, but it is also open to all Hill AFB supervisors to include AD members NCO and above.

The Leading Yourself and Others 201 module introduces participants to the essential leadership capacity skills that matter most for supervisory success in their sections. Participants examine different domains of leadership capacity, then complete an activity which will outline methods to improve the four commonly used leadership domains. Supervisors will create a list of mitigating strategies to implement in the workplace to increase individual and employee leadership capacity. Building and Busting Teams module briefly reviews three areas of building effective teams: team dynamics, how to build a team, and how to sustain and improve an existing team, to include teams working remotely. Participants explore how their behaviors and employee behaviors can build, or bust, a team. The lesson ends with a self-assessment designed to support future learning and growth.

This is a Train-the-Trainer course for Workplace Supervisors, Training Leads and HAZCOM Program Managers. The course provides information on how to research, develop, and write a work center specific training plan, and defining the hazards listed on the Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Trainers present the Industrial Hygiene Assessment as part of the training to prepare students to explain the content to the shop employees as part of their Site-Specific Training Plan. Further training content covers regulatory requirements, OSHA expanded standards, the performance aspects of the standards, the responsibilities to OSHA, and the Globally Harmonized System.

This course trains operators on the safety requirements, inspection, and operation of industrial cranes, hoists, and slings. The course covers components and controls, crane safety, slings and spreader bars, rigging, and conducting a lift.

This Instructor-led course provides classroom awareness training for vehicle operators at Hill AFB to handle material using forklifts with 6,000 lbs. capacity and over. The emphasis is on forklifts, design and controls, forklift stability – to include operating conditions and loads, inspection, manipulating loads when it comes to picking up the load, lowering the load, stacking the load, and un-stacking the load, maneuvering, pedestrians, safety in special situations, hazardous operating conditions, and hazardous locations. This course is followed by SOJT and requires a minimum of 3 and maximum of 20 students per instructor.

This course provides information on fall protection, safety precautions, responsibilities, preparation for use, and general operating procedures for manned aerial lifts. The course covers the purpose, use, and location of operator and safety manuals. Participants learn to conduct lift inspections, pre-start steps, basic operations, and hazardous location requirements. In addition, participants learn to use AFTO Form 244 for documenting deficiencies and the consequences of bypassing safety devices.