Joint Training (J7)
Joint Functional Area 7, Training/Readiness, is structured into four parts:
- Readiness planning
- Readiness management / interoperability and international issues
- Services planning
- Leadership Training Centre (LTC).
Among other things, training directives for basic readiness are elaborated in the Readiness Planning sector.
The Readiness Management sector is responsible for the contents of general basic training and operation specific training as well as training controlling. The sector is also in charge of e-learning as well as the revision of various regulations. Equally, the interoperability directives of the Chief of the Armed Forces (CAF) are implemented for the entire armed forces in collaboration with the CAF’s direct subordinates and affairs pertaining to armed forces relations are managed in collaboration with the defence department’s International Relations sector (IR D).
The Services Planning sector is responsible for compiling multi-year planning for the coming three to five years and services planning which begins two years ahead of actual implementation. This data are published approx. six months before the planned year in the Internet and about three months before the planned year as military draft poster.
The Leadership Training Centre in Riedbach is a central training establishment with three main missions: training of trainers, conduct of certification tests and compilation and development of training documents.
Head of Training (J7): Colonel GS Christoph Pfister
