Civil Air Patrol
Specialty Tracks
This list contains short descriptions of a variety of specialty tracks. For more details, see your unit senior program officer.
 
  Personnel Officer   Performs duties related to processing unit personnel actions such as membership applications, promotions, and charter changes. Provides assistance and guidance to the unit commander and other staff members on all personnel matters.
   
Public Affairs Officer Assists the commander on all media relations and internal information matters. Acts as liaison with other organizations and agencies as required. 
Finance Officer Prepares unit budget, controls monies, monitors transactions, and prepares monthly activity reports. Keeps commander advised in all financial matters.
Inspection Officer Performs inspections when required. Reviews publications, plans, policies, and statistics, to determine areas of special interest. Briefs commander and staff on inspections and recommendations.
Senior Program Officer Plans, coordinates, and schedules senior member training activities. Maintains unit training records and training library. Advises the commander on training required to meet unit staffing needs.
Administration Officer Maintains master publications library. Prepares correspondence, reports, schedules, inventories, and requisitions.
Logistics Officer Responsible for receipt, storage, distribution, recover, and proper disposal of all CAP property held by the unit.
Flight Operations Officer Responsible for the management and control of unit aircrews, aircraft, and flight operations.
Operations Officer Develops operations policies and procedures to ensure mission accomplishment and provide guidance to unit personnel. Requests transportation and mission authorizations.
Standardization / Evaluation Officer Technician Rating:  Performs duties as a CAP instructor pilot and check pilot, responsible for flight and ground instruction as well as flight evaluation in CAP aircraft.  Senior Rating:  Performs duties as a CAP check pilot, administers check flights, written examinations, and maintains pilot training folders.  Master Rating:  Wing pilot designated to administer check flights, written examinations, and develop wing training and evaluation procedures.
Emergency Services Officer Assists the commander by managing and directing emergency service activities. Establishes working relationships with local agencies responsible for search and rescue, disaster relief, and other local emergencies. Develops emergency service plans, training programs, and standard operating procedures and maintains a rapid alerting system to assemble emergency service resources as needed.
Communications Officer Maintains and operates radio equipment. Familiarizes communications trainees with the basic concept of CAP communications operation. Operates CAP radio stations. Plans and conducts communications conferences, meetings and workshops.
Aerospace Education Officer Implements aerospace education activities and duties involving cadets, seniors, aerospace education members, communities and schools. Develops materials and activities and promotes aerospace education programs for the local community.
Cadet Program Officer Conducts cadet training in aerospace education, leadership, physical fitness, moral leadership, and other activities. As special assistant to the commander, implements and monitors programs in cadet personnel and administration, cadet activities, aerospace education, or leadership laboratory.
   
  Safety Officer   Manages the safety program. Conducts accident investigations. Coordinates with other staff agencies to develop accident prevention procedures and collects data to determine safety program effectiveness
   
  Plans and Programs Officer   Gets programs started and completed, and keeps the commander informed on the progress of each program.
   
  Legal Officer   Serves as the legal expert for a unit or squadron.
   
  Medical Officer   Serves as the medical expert for a unit or squadron.
Chaplain Provides worship, liturgies, rites, and religious observations. Conducts pastoral counseling, spiritual nurture, and ethics and values instructions. Provides group pastoral care and spiritual renewal. Gives advice on religious, ethical, and quality of life concerns and maintains ecclesiastical and clergy relations.
Moral Leadership Officer The MLO performs in a capacity similar to a chaplain, but is not required to meet the ecclesiastical endorsement and education level prerequisites for a chaplaincy.
Historian Responsible for unit historical program. Collects and preserves historically significant material.