Military Occupational Classification and Structure - U.S. Army

Selective changes
Selective changes are the result of the implementation
or conversion of an occupational
identifier. They require analysis of unit miss
i o n s , a s s i g n e d e q u i p m e n t , d e s i r e d s k i l l s ,
training, and experience of the prospective
incumbents.
Self-renewing
A term used to describe a grouping of MOS
such as CMF, that has a first-term base of
sufficient strength to replace normal personnel
losses from the career force in higher
grades.
Senior Warrant Officer Training Course
An advanced level training course developed
by the MOS proponent and associated service
school for each warrant officer MOS they
technically certify. The course is designed to
provide training for warrant officers to prep
a r e t h e m t o s u c c e s s f u l l y a c c o m p l i s h t h e
tasks and skills required by positions coded
SW.
Single Skill position (officers)
A p o s i t i o n w h i c h r e q u i r e s s k i l l a s s o c i a t e d
with just one branch or functional area.
Skill (officers)
Identifies a requirement and an officer possessing
specialized skills to perform duties of
a specific position which may require significant
education, training, and experience. A
skill can be related to more than one branch
or functional area. An officer may have more
than one skill. Progressive assignments and
repetitive tours are not required.
Skill level (enlisted)
A type and degree of skill representing the
extent of qualification with the total MOS.
Under enlisted personnel management system
( E P M S ) , i t r e f l e c t s t h e s k i l l s t y p i c a l l y r e -
q u i r e d f o r s u c c e s s f u l p e r f o r m a n c e a t t h e
grade with which the skill level is associated.
Special qualifications identifier (SQI)
(enlisted)
Special qualifications identifiers are authorized
for use with an MOS and skill level
character, unless otherwise specified, to identify
special qualifications of personnel who
are capable of filling such positions. Use of
t h e s e i d e n t i f i e r s i n i n d i v i d u a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n
will be in accordance with AR 600-200.
Special qualifications identifier (SQI)
(warrant officer)
D e s i g n a t e s s i g n i f i c a n t q u a l i f i c a t i o n s w h i c h
require, as a minimum, successful completion
o f a f o r m a l s e r v i c e s c h o o l o r a t l e a s t 6
months on-the-job training. The SQI is represented
in the fifth character of the warrant
officer MOSC and may be used to represent
functional career tracks with an MOS. When
no special qualifications apply, the digit "0"
(zero) is recorded in the fifth position. The
use of an SQI in the fifth character of the
MOSC creates another MOS that normally
carries the title of the SQI.
Standards of grade (SG)
P r o v i s i o n s f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e g r a d e s t h a t
can be authorized for positions classified in
an MOS.
Substitutability
An indication that an MOS is sufficiently related
occupationally to another MOS to perm
i t p e r s o n n e l s u b s t i t u t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e m .
R e l a t e d M O S a r e n e i t h e r c o m p l e t e l y n o r
equally interchangeable. A person may require
from 1 to 6 months of on-the-job training
to become fully qualified in a substitute
M O S . L e n g t h o f o n - t h e - j o b t r a i n i n g w i l l
depend on the scope and complexity of the
MOS and the ability, motivation, and background
of the individual.
SW (Senior Warrant Officer)
A grade code used in requirement and authorization
documents to identify warrant officer
skill level two. SW consist of grades
W3 and W4.
Table of Distribution and Allowance
(TDA)
A table which prescribes the organizational
structure, personnel and equipment authorizations,
and requirements of a military unit to
perform a specific mission for which there is
n o a p p r o p r i a t e t a b l e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d
equipment.
Technician (warrant officer)
The word "technician" as applied to a warrant
officer, connotes the possession and ex-
e r c i s e
o f
b o t h
t e c h n i c a l
a n d
t a c t i c a l
s k i l l s
appropriate to the warrant officers’ MOS and
grade, and it implies the ability to train, lead,
and supervise enlisted and civilian personnel
qualified in occupations similar to those of
the warrant officer.
Table of Organization and Equipment
(TOE)
A table which prescribes the normal mission,
organizational structure, and personnel and
equipment requirements for a military unit,
a n d i s t h e b a s i s f o r a n a u t h o r i z a t i o n
document.
The Army Authorization Document
System-Redesign (TAADS-R)
An automated system that supports the development
and documentation of organizational
structures. It also supports requirements for
and authorizations of personnel and equipment
needed to accomplish the assigned miss
i o n s o f A r m y u n i t s . R e f e r s t o t h e
c o m b i n a t i o n o f a u t h o r i z a t i o n d o c u m e n t s ,
M o d i f i c a t i o n T a b l e s o f O r g a n i z a t i o n a n d
Equipment (MTOE) and Tables of Distribution
and Allowances (TDA).
Total Warrant Officer System (TWOS)
T h e t o t a l A r m y w a r r a n t o f f i c e r p e r s o n n e l
DA PAM 611–21 • 31 March 1999
management system is a disciplined, requirements-based
system which incorporates personnel
life cycle management functions from
r e c r u i t m e n t a n d p r e - a p p o i n t m e n t t r a i n i n g
through retirement.
Type "A" changes
Document change that are identified automatically
as the result of the POSC-Edit of documents
contained in the VTAADS. Type A
c h a n g e s i n c l u d e " o n e - f o r - o n e " c h a n g e s a s
discussed above but only if SQIs skill, and
ASIs that currently appear on the document
line to be converted are compatible with the
new MOSC/AOC in which the position is to
be classified. Type A changes may only be
handled to the four character MOS level of
detail.
Type "B" changes
Document changes that require TAADS proponents
to submit information to HQDA and
proponent data bases via VTAADS. Generally,
Type B changes are identified in TAADS
b y t h e c o n v e r s i o n i m p a c t a n a l y s i s r e p o r t
(CIAR). Examples of Type B changes area.
Conversion of a single MOSC or AOC
into two or more MOSC or AOC and the
rescission of the current MOSC or AOC at
the same grade and skill level.
b. Shredout of a single MOSC or AOC
into the same MOSC or AOC and one or
more other MOSC or AOC at the same grade
skill level.
c. Conversion of an ASI, SQI, or skill to
an MOSC or AOC at the same grade and
skill level.
d. Change or addition of an SQI, ASI, and
skill or the conversion of one of these to
another SQI, ASI or skill.
e. Association or disassociation of an existi
n g A S I , s k i l l o r S Q I w i t h o n e o r m o r e
MOSC or AOC.
f. MOSC or AOC is deleted and is replaced
by an ASI, skill or SQI.
Type "B+" changes
S e l e c t i v e d o c u m e n t c h a n g e s t h a t a r e n o t
identified in the TAADS by the CIAR. Included
is any SG revision that changes the
authorized grade of selected positions either
as a separate action or as part of a type B
change.
Unit Ministry Team
A t a s k / o r g a n i z e d , m i s s i o n / b a s e d t e a m d e -
signed to accomplish and support the specified
religious, spiritual and ethical needs of
soldiers in accordance with command responsibilities.
At a minimum, the Unit Ministry
Team consists of one Army chaplain and one
Chaplain Assistant.
Updated authorization document (UAD)
The authorization document which provides a
monthly update of PMAD.
Warrant officer
An officer appointed by warrant by the Secretary
of the Army based on a sound level of
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