Your ACQUISITION CAREER Made EASIER
USAASC’s Workforce Management Division shows the way to certification
by Ms. Mary Kate Aylward “
How do I get certified? What is required? How do I get this added to CAPPMIS?” Tese are the kind of questions that the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) Workforce Management Division (WMD) fields, according to Tom Evans, division chief.
Nine acquisition career managers—seven at Fort Belvoir, VA, and two in White Sands, NM—staff the WMD, dedicated to career management for civilian acquisition personnel.
HERE TO HELP If you’ve ever had to get your certification approved through the Career Acquisition Personnel and Position Management Information System (CAPPMIS), you’ve dealt with WMD. Te division executes career-field certification for civilian acquisition personnel, processing applications and materials and sending them for approval to certifying officials and their acquisition functional representatives.
Te division also handles applications for membership in the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps. In the last fiscal year alone, the division received 1,600 applications; approximately 1,400 were approved. Additionally, the division also processes waivers and fulfillments for DA civilians.
And if you’ve ever had a question about training, you may have dealt with WMD. It is responsible for marketing training to the acquisition workforce—such as the Acquisition Tuition Assistance Program, Competitive Development Group/Army Acquisition Fellowship, Naval Postgraduate School, and acquisi- tion, education, training and experience—and for being able to answer any questions about training.
“Our White Sands office maintains a telephone help desk, and they’re responsible for answering and providing responses and emails back. Tey average about 250 to 300 phone calls a week to support the workforce,” said Evans. Te Workforce Manage- ment Inquiry System, which tracks queries as part of the Career Acquisition Management Portal, handles more than 12,000 inquiries annually.
It might sound improbable for nine people to support all the career management needs of 42,000-plus acquisition personnel—particularly given the Better Buying Power 2.0 emphasis on professionalism through rigorous certification and qualification requirements. How does WMD do it? Automated processes, cross-training, and first-line points of contact (POCs) within individual acquisition organizations make it possible.
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