Curriculum: Air Force Military Leadership 2019

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Estonian

Approved by the ENDC Council on the 02nd of April 2013.

Estonian citizenship, secondary education, eligibility for active service, taking entrance tests.

Completed compulsory military service, matriculation, entering active service, posting in the Defence Forces, completion of a synchronization course in the ENDC.

Air Force Military Leadership (150 ECP)

Air Operations, airfield or air surveillance specialty (30 ECP)

The aim of the this curriculum is to prepare junior officers for service in peacetime and wartime posts in the radar pickets, flights squadrons in the Estonian Air Force subunits. It has been compiled considering the work environment and functions that an officer should perform creatively as part of his/her job – those of a leader, administrator, educator, diplomat and technician. The curriculum enables specialisation in air operations, airfield and air surveillance specialties.

After completion of the curriculum the student:
1) Knows the tasks of the Air Force and the working principles of its subunits and understands the principles of cooperation within Air Force and between services;
2) Is able to consider the cooperation principles between the Air Force, civil aviation and NATO Air Defence System when performing his/her service duties;
3) Knows the concepts, equipment and methods of his/her specialisation and is able to use them in a purposeful manner when performing his/her service duties;
4) Is capable of leading an infantry platoon-sized unit in wartime conditions;
5) Has acquired the required knowledge and skills for executing and evaluating the training of a unit;
6) Can take societal and ethical questions into account, is able to assess his or her role and the consequences on society of his or her actions as a military leader;
7) Is aware of different scientific concepts and regularities related to the field of military and their potential applications of different scientific and technological developments in warfare;
8) Is able to understand and explain the issues related to his or her work in Estonian and in at least one foreign language in written and oral form;
9) Is capable of choosing appropriate ways and means for fulfilling his or her duties by collecting information independently, interpreting it creatively and critically and formulating the results into research work as required;
10) Is able to continue his or her studies and personal development independently.

A bachelor’s degree of professional higher education (air force military leadership)

A diploma of professional higher education, a diploma supplement in Estonian and English language.

Second Lieutenant

The curriculum consists of the following modules:
- general leadership module (36 ECP),
- military leadership module (46 ECP),
- technology module (45 ECP),
- pedagogy and research module (23 ECP),
- choice of specialisation module (30 ECP).

Completion of all modules and subjects listed in the curriculum is obligatory for regular full-time students. A module is completed according to the progression of subjects as prescribed by the ENDC. Specialisation modules are made available based on the needs of the Estonian Defence Forces.
As an external or visiting student the modules and/or subjects are completed in the manner prescribed by the ENDC (passing prerequisite subjects, limitations to participating in studies arising from the Defence Forces Service Act).

In order to complete the entire curriculum a student must pass subjects up to a total of 174 ECP and defend a final paper valued at 6 ECP.

Estonian National Defence College: www.ksk.edu.ee
Estonian Defence Forces: www.mil.ee