Guardian Training Leader

What does a Guardian Training Leader do?

Mentors, Trains, and Leads assigned non-prior service enlisted Guardians during initial skills technical training and Space Force Guardians attending Space Force Technical School; Evaluates and reinforces standards of conduct/performance, military bearing and discipline while scheduling and conducting military training functions. Related DoD Occupational Subgroup: 101200.

Duties and responsibilities

• First-line Supervisor to non-prior service enlisted Guardians; ensures Guardians continue to maintain military standards/discipline learned during Basic Military Training. Monitors safety in formations, dormitories, and sports. Ensures students maintain personal and professional appearance and fitness standards. Ensures students comply with directives/orders, develops healthy followership attitude, and continue to assimilate to the Guardian Core Values.
• Monitors and conducts personal and professional training/development aligned with enhancing the Profession of Arms within the unit. Plans, organizes, and directs military education instruction. Determines appropriate instruction methods considering the group size and subject matter. Conducts instruction using demonstration-performance and lecture methods. Maintains thorough knowledge of and instructs personnel in drill, parades, retreats, and reviews. Provides supplemental military training.
• Advises and counsels Guardians. Establishes and conducts incoming, outgoing, and student entry briefings. Conducts individual and group interviews. Motivates personnel to develop military attitudes, effective human relations, and social skills for improving interpersonal and military relations. Assists students in their personal adjustment to military life. Applies counseling techniques and military experience to counsel Guardians with training, military bearing, and behavior problems. Refers students to the appropriate staff agency when necessary.
• Prepares and maintains files and records, such as Collateral Training Folders, on military education and counseling matters. Prepares statistical reports and records about student accountability. Accounts for assigned students and maintains general military training forms. Maintains duty rosters and forms and assures squadron details are distributed fairly.
• Conducts facility management duties for non-prior service dormitories. Assigns Guardians to living quarters and ensures positive key control. Establishes security and accountability measures for residents. Ensures Guardians preserve healthy standards of living and assume effective stewardship of living space/dormitory. Conducts periodic safety exercises for Guardians. Leads dormitory health and wellness inspections as directed.
• Establishes and conducts in-processing, out-processing briefings. Conducts pre-departure briefings for weekend liberty, holiday, and leave. Liaison to Military Personnel Flight concerning Guardian assignments and records processing. Assists with Recruiters Assistance Program application.

Specialty qualifications

Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: military training learning processes, counseling methods, and training evaluation and techniques.

Education. Mandatory Airman Leadership School or commensurate level EPME.

Experience. N/A

Other. The following are mandatory as indicated:

• For entry into this SDI, the following are mandatory (may be waived by the Special Duty Manager on case-by-case basis):
• Skill-level commensurate with grade.
• Outstanding, military bearing, professional military image, and conduct both on/off duty.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and have empathetic understanding of the problems of Guardians away from home in a new environment.
• Never been permanently decertified from Military Training Leader duties.
• No record of disciplinary action resulting in an Article 15 or Unfavorable Information File for the past three years.
• Overall rating of "Exceeded some, but not all expectations" or "Exceeded most, if not all expectations" on last 3 EPRs.
• Never been convicted by a general, special, or summary courts-martial.
• Applicants must be compliant and passing with current United States Space Force fitness requirements.
• Possess a low-risk or moderate-risk body composition utilizing the DAF Body Composition measurement.
• No record of emotional instability, personality disorder, or other unresolved mental health problems that interfere with the ability to perform Military Training Leader duties.
• No record of substance abuse, domestic violence, or child abuse.
• No record non-judicial punishment or administrative action (Letter of Counseling, Letter of Reprimand, Letter of Admonishment, or Record of Individual Counseling) reflecting a lack of behavioral/emotional control or dereliction of duty.
• No record of non-judicial punishment or administrative action (Letter of Counseling, Letter of Reprimand, Letter of Admonishment, or Record of Individual Counseling) based on sexual assault, sexual harassment, physical or mental abuse or unprofessional or inappropriate relationship as defined in AFI 36-2909, Professional and Unprofessional Relationships and/or AETC’s Recruiting, Education and Training Standards of Conduct.
• Never been convicted by a civilian court of Category 1, 2, or 3 offenses, nor exceeded the accepted number of Category 4 offenses. Category 3 and 4 traffic offenses alone are not disqualifying. NOTE: Categories of offenses are described and listed in AFMAN 36-2032, Military Recruiting and Accessions, Table A2.2.
• See attachment 4 for additional mandatory entry requirements.
• For retention of this SDI, the following are mandatory:
• Maintain entry requirements.
• Must maintain local network access IAW AFI 17-130, Cybersecurity Program Management and AFMAN 17-1301, Computer Security.
• No record of non-judicial punishment or administrative action (Letter of Counseling, Letter of Reprimand, Letter of Admonishment, or Record of Individual Counseling) for Trainee Abuse and Hazing as defined in AETCI 36-2909, Recruiting, Education, and Training Standards of Conduct.
• Never been permanently decertified from Military Training Leader duties. Utilization Note: Utilization note: Award of this Special Duty Identifier (SDI) is only authorized when a Guardian is filling a funded 8B500 unit manpower document (UMD) authorization. When the member is filling a valid 8B500 UMD authorization, 8B500 is authorized as the awarded Duty SFSC. The DSFSC will be updated after the member completes formal school and signs into the new duty position. Once the member is no longer filling a valid 8B500 UMD authorization, 8B500 is no longer authorized as the Duty SFSC but will remain as an awarded (secondary, third or fourth) SFSC IAW AFMAN 36-2100, unless the member is disqualified from the SDI then it will not remain as an awarded SFSC. Further, 8B500 is not authorized for award as the PSFSC when filling a funded 8B500 UMD authorization unless incumbent has no other awarded SFSCs. Guardians performing 8B500 duties but not filling a funded 8B500 UMD authorization will have no change in their awarded SFSCs. Guardians performing in this position will not have their Control Space Force Specialty Code (CSFSC) changed and will continue to compete for promotion in their CSFSC.

Civilian career paths

Comparable civilian careers for this field pay roughly $59,840–$66,490 per year (median salaries; varies by role and location):

• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School:$62,630
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary: $59,840
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School: $62,500
• Instructional Coordinators: $66,490
• Training and Development Specialists: $63,080