Careers

Career Description

The one tool more powerful than missiles is the information used to launch them. Every department of the Air Force survives on the management and distribution of information and data. As an Information Management specialist, you can be assigned to any unit in the Air Force. From working to create launch manuals in the publications department to storing and disposing of high-level documents in the records department, information management is an integral part of the daily function of the Air Force.

Career Tasks

• Perform, supervise and manage data, information and knowledge-sharing services in a fixed and expeditionary environment
• Plan, coordinate, share and control an organization's data and information assets
• Manage technologies to capture, organize and store tacit and explicit knowledge

Relevant Interests & Skills

• Business Operations
• Art and Education
• Computer Science
• Mathematics

Training

After eight-and-a-half weeks of Basic Military Training, every Airman goes to technical training to learn their career. Here's the basic information about Knowledge Operations Management technical training:

School location: Keesler AFB [MS]

Length of course: 41 days

College degree earned: Public and Support Services

College credits earned: 14