DAFMAN 36-142: CIVILIAN CAREER FIELD MANAGEMENT AND…

DAFMAN 36-142 — index record

Number	DAFMAN 36-142
Title	CIVILIAN CAREER FIELD MANAGEMENT AND CENTRALLY-MANAGED PROGRAMS
Published	October 4, 2022
Certified current	September 25, 2025
Office of primary responsibility	AF/A1
Issued by	Headquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the index	Current
Last index action	UpdateContact, April 9, 2026
Source index	Air Force e-Publishing
Index last read	October 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This publication implements Department of the Air Force Policy Directive (DAFPD) 36-1, Appropriated Funds Civilian Management and Administration and is consistent with DAFPD 36- 26, Total Force Development and Management. It outlines roles, responsibilities, procedures, and criteria for civilian career field and centrally-managed programs, and is consistent with Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-130, Civilian Career and Developmental Programs, and outlines procedures and criteria for civilian career field and centrally-managed programs. In collaboration with the Chief, Air Force Reserve (AF/RE), the Director of the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), and the United States Space Force (USSF) Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Human Capital (SF/S1), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel policy for civilian career and developmental programs. This publication applies to Department of the Air Force (DAF) Title 5, United States Code (USC) employees, including those in Civilian

Summary of changes, as printed

This interim change revises DAFMAN 36-142, Career Field Management and Centrally Managed Programs by deleting references to demographics and diversity in paragraph 3.1 and (2) deleting references to racial disparity, demographic diversity, race and ethnicities in paragraph 5.11.2. In addition, publications to include DAFPD 36-1, DAFI 36-1101, and DAFI 36-153 were updated in Attachment 1 and within the applicable paragraphs of DAFMAN 36-142. A margin bar (|) indicates newly revised material.

Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 5
Chapter 2—CAREER FIELD TEAMS – OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURESp. 8
Chapter 3—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTp. 10
Chapter 4—PARTICIPATIONp. 28
Chapter 5—FILLING POSITIONSp. 33
Chapter 6—ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (APDP)p. 60
Chapter 7—GRIEVANCES, COMPLAINTS, AND ADVERSE ACTIONSp. 61
Chapter 8—PROGRAM EVALUATIONp. 62
Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 63

All 65 contents entries

Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 5
1.1. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (SAF/MR)p. 5
1.2. Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services (AF/A1)p. 5
1.3. Director, Civilian Force Management (AF/A1C)p. 5
1.4. Director, Airman Development (AF/A1D)p. 5
1.5. Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Human Capital (SF/S1)p. 5
1.6. Director, Civilian Policy and Programs (SF/S1C)p. 5
1.7. Director, Force Development (SF/S1D)p. 6
1.8. Director, Equal Opportunity (SAF/MRQ)p. 6
1.9. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Commanderp. 6
1.10. Air Force Reserve Commandp. 6
1.11. Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) Commanderp. 6
1.12. Functional Authority (FA)p. 6
1.13. Functional Manager (FM)p. 6
1.14. Functional Advisory Councils (FACs)p. 6
1.15. Cross-functional Authoritiesp. 6
1.16. Career Field Managers (CFMs)p. 7
1.17. Career Field Teams (CFTs)p. 7
1.18. Development Teams (DT)p. 7
1.19. Local Base Training Officesp. 7
Chapter 2—CAREER FIELD TEAMS – OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURESp. 8
2.1. Program Authoritiesp. 8
2.2. Generalp. 8
2.3. Coding Positionsp. 8
2.4. Classifying Positionsp. 9
2.5. Restructuring Positionsp. 9
Chapter 3—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTp. 10
3.1. Strategic Workforce Planning Executionp. 10
3.2. PAQ/COP Programsp. 11
3.3. Leadership Developmentp. 11
3.4. Career Development Programsp. 11
Chapter 4—PARTICIPATIONp. 28
4.1. Career Mobilityp. 28
4.2. Individual Development Plan (IDP)p. 30
4.3. Currency and Accuracy of Employee Datap. 31
4.4. Affirmative Employment Program Planningp. 32
Chapter 5—FILLING POSITIONSp. 33
5.1. Filling Centrally-managed Positionsp. 33
5.2. Methods of Filling Positionsp. 33
5.3. Requesting Fill Actionp. 35
5.4. Methods for Filling Unique Positionsp. 35
5.5. Missed Consideration from a Referral Certificatep. 36
5.6. Overseas Employmentp. 36
5.7. PCS and Waivers to Service/Employment Agreementp. 36
5.8. PCS Funding and Allowancesp. 42
5.9. PCS Relocation Servicesp. 45
5.10. Career Field Team Training and Development Course Listingp. 48
5.11. Civilian Career Planningp. 48
5.12. Career Field Chapters and Roadmapsp. 54
5.13. Fundingp. 54
5.14. Repayment of Training Fundsp. 54
5.15. Short-Term Trainingp. 54
5.16. Long-Term Trainingp. 54
5.17. Civilian Developmentp. 54
Chapter 6—ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (APDP)p. 60
6.1. Conceptp. 60
6.2. CFT Rolesp. 60
Chapter 7—GRIEVANCES, COMPLAINTS, AND ADVERSE ACTIONSp. 61
7.1. Employee Complaintsp. 61
7.2. Settlement of Disputesp. 61
7.3. An Employee in a Centrally Managed Program Positionp. 61
Chapter 8—PROGRAM EVALUATIONp. 62
8.1. Periodic Evaluationp. 62
8.2. Self-evaluationp. 62
Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 63

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