AFI36-3701 governs the Air Force Space Professional Development Program for career management and professional development of Air Force space professionals.
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It covers SPDP roles, certification, education, training, experience milestones, SPEC tracking, and the Space Badge. It also addresses space professional disciplines, assignments, acquisition professional development, certification levels, duty requirements, and certification requirements.
Applies to: This instruction applies to Total Force space professionals but is focused on officer and enlisted members since the civilian portion of SPDP is still in development.
SPDP certification is founded on education, training and experience milestones that ensure purposeful development of space professionals.
Experience tracking and documentation is accomplished through the use of Space Professional Experience Codes (SPEC), alpha-numeric identifiers that characterize space-unique experience and the requirements associated with space billets.
SPDP certification is also the basis for award of the Space Badge.
Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with AFMAN 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) located at https://www.my.af.mil/gcss-af61a/afrims/afrims/.