Becoming an Air Force Military Instructor (AFSC SDI 8R000)

The Air Force Military Training Instructor (MTI) conducts basic military training for nonprior service airmen, including those of the Air Reserve Forces, and initial military training for cadets of the United States Air Force Academy.

The MTI's Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Planning, organizing, and directing basic and initial military training.
• Performing periodic inspections of training activities and assisting training units in correcting training deficiencies.
• Evaluating personnel undergoing military training, to include performance and adaptability.
• Counseling and advising individuals on training problems.
• Identifiing nonprior service personnel unfit or unsuitable for retention in the Air Force.
• Preparing and maintaining files and records pertinent to basic and initial military training.
• Preparing and maintains a training record on each individual undergoing training.
• Preparing reports and records about student accountability.
• Maintaining completed training record files for historical review.
• Instructing on basic and initial military training.
• Instructing indoor and outdoor military training subjects using demonstration-performance and lecture methods.
• Using film projection equipment in support of training objectives. Provides remedial training for nonprior service personnel undergoing this military training.

The ideal applicant is an Air Force member who is sincerely motivated to be a recruiter and is willing to accept any geographical area.

MTI Special Duty Qualifications:

Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: principles, techniques, and methods of instruction; use of visual aids; learning processes; curriculum development; training evaluation; and counseling methods and techniques.

Training. Completion of the Military Training Instructor course is mandatory.

Experience. 5-skill level or higher (3-skill level if no 5-skill level exists) is mandatory.

In addition the following are mandatory as indicated:
1. Recommendation by unit commander for military training instructor duty.
2. Interview and favorable recommendation by a psychologist or psychiatrist (if none assigned, a physician conducts an interview and provides a recommendation).
3. Ability to speak distinctly. Possession of high standards of military appearance and conduct.