Level
I - Basic or Entry
Basic level training standards are designed to establish fundamental qualification
and expertise in the individual's International Affairs specialty. Development
at the basic level lays qualified, motivated personnel for positions of increasing
responsibility. At the basic level, trainees should be exposed to the primary
functional areas of International Affairs and the roles of its various specializations.
Level
II - Intermediate or Journeyman
At the intermediate level, specialization is initially emphasized. Development
continues, including on-the-job rotational assignments, but the responsibilities
and length of time an individual spends in each position generally increases.
While specialization in one of the primary functional areas is emphasized at
the beginning of this level, the individual should later begin to broaden his
or her background toward a more general expertise in the overall process of
IA.
Level
III - Advanced or Senior
By the time an individual reaches the senior levels of International Affairs,
he or she should have completed all mandatory training and education requirements
(or equivalents) of that level, and should have advanced through a career pattern
that has given him or her depth of knowledge in one or more primary functional
areas and a breadth of knowledge across the entire spectrum of International
Affairs.
Certification Levels
