navy officer manpower and personnel classifications - US Navy ...

ACQUISITION
First Character: A
AQD codes having the first character "A" are used to identify acquisition related billets and personnel required to be identified and managed by the Defense Acquisition
Workforce Improvement Act of 1990 (DAWIA).
- The second character identifies the position category (career field).
- The third character "N" (non-critical) is assigned to billets up through paygrades 0-5; "C" (critical) is assigned to positions required to be filled by an 0-5 or senior grade
officer; "D" requires ASN(RD&A)(DACM) approval; and "1, 2, or 3" are assigned to personnel fully qualified and certified for their position category and training level.
Acquisition Professional Community (APC) AQDs are assigned as a result of screening by the APC Selection Board.
Primary Consultant for AQD assignment is N1, and consultants are respective Officer Community Managers in N2.
CHARACTER
1ST 2ND 3rd
CODE TITLE CODE TITLE
SELECT A POSITION CATEGORY SELECT 3RD CHARACTER
A A Program Management
BILLET RELATED
C Contracting
D Industrial Property Management
C - Critical
E Purchasing
D – Developmental
F Facilities Engineering
K – Key Leadership Position
G OR H Manufacturing & Production
Quality Assurance
N - Non-Critical
I Systems Planning, RD&E – Science & Technology Manager APC RELATED
K Business, Cost Estimating, & Financing Management
G - Waiver Experience
L Acquisition Logistics
J - Waiver Education
P Acquisition Professional Community (APC)
K - Waiver Training
R Communications-Computer Systems
M - Fully Qualified
S Systems Planning RD&E
T Test & Evaluation Engineering
PERSONNEL RELATED
U Auditing (Reserved for DCAA use)
V Program Management Oversight (Reserved for RD&A use) 0 - Not Certified
W System Planning RD&E – Program Systems Engineering 1 - Level 1
X Education, Training & Career Development
2 - Level 2
3 - Level 3
D - 6
CRITERIA
BILLET OFFICER
Application of codes on
billets will be IAW
DODI 5000.52.
Personnel must meet
criteria of DODI
5000.52M.