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Task Force EXCEL announces new rating pilots - Around the Fleet - Brief Article

All Hands - July 1, 2002

The Navy's Revolution in Training is haze gray and underway, steaming into a port, bringing you the tools and opportunities to excel. The fleet, working hand in hand with Task Force for Excellence through Commitment to Education and Learning (EXCEL), is developing professional continuums for 17 ratings, with another 17 on the launching pad.

"The train has left the station," said Task Force EXCEL Director RADM Harry Ulrich. "The revolution is happening, change is occurring as we speak."

Following on the success of the information technology specialist (IT) continuum, these professional development efforts will integrate relevant industry-related credentials and appropriate college-level credits, giving Sailors the best possible opportunities for success. Already, several pilots in the information technology and damage control fields, as well as those in the mess management specialist rating are giving Sailors industry certifications that make them competitive.

The continuums, which act as roadmaps for Sailors' careers by identifying all training and education opportunities, are part of the revolution's Sailor Continuum. A five-vectored model, the Sailor Continuum incorporates five areas of concentration -- professional development; personal development; qualifications and certifications; leadership; and performance - to create an environment of holistic Sailor development.

"Developing these continuums is the foundation for ensuring our Sailors are provided with not only the best educational opportunities, but the means to earn college degrees and certifications that put them on par with their industry counterparts," said Ulrich.

Working groups are currently being established for the ratings recently identified. These working groups will be tasked with the actual design, testing and implementation strategies for each continuum.

Rating continuums under development include:

AG, BM, DC, EN, EM, GSE, GSM, HT, IC, IT, MM, MR, MS, QM, SH, SM, STG.

Rating continuums in their initial phases include:

AD, AM, AS, AW, AZ, CE, CM, CTA, CTI, CTM, CTO, CTR, CTT, ET(SUB), MN.

For more information on the Revolution in Training, and to view the mess management specialist continuum, the first one to be developed, log on to www.excel.navy.mil.

Story by JO2 Jd Walter, Task Force

EXCEL Public Affairs

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