Enlisted Professional Military Education

Advancement Qualification Examinations

Enlisted members qualifying for advancement to E-4, E-6, E-8 pay grades are required to successfully complete the E-PME AQE by the deadline set in the Coast Guard Personal Manual, M1000.6. Each E-PME AQE covers the material from its own and the preceding pay grade. For example, the E-6 AQE covers the material from both the E-5 and E-6 Study Guides.

Important: Prior to taking an E-PME AQE, members must have ALL of the E-PME Performance Requirements signed-off for that test level (see link below).

• E-4 Apprentice AQE
• E-6 Journeyman AQE
• E-8 Master AQE

ALCOAST 349/08 Clarification

ALCOAST 349/08 states that the old version of the AQE will become obsolete on August 1, 2008, meaning that those who have the old course will no longer be able to take the AQE for that version after that date, and must take the new course. It does not say that those who passed previous versions of the AQE must retake the new course. Unless an ALCOAST announcing a new course specifically states that those who passed the old version must retake the new version, we consider the old version as satisfying the advancement requirement. Old version AQEs cannot be taken after the deadline because the Coast Guard Institute will not grade old versions after the expiration date. So, anyone who has the correct course code in their training record is good to go, whether it's the old or new version, or the new version with the same course code.

Read ALCOAST 349/08.

Service Wide Examinations

Service Wide Examinations do contain E-PME questions, which are based on information found in the Study Guides and and the E-2 Recruit Orientation Requirements. Presently there is no Study Guide for the E-2 SWE, but the E-2 Performance and Knowledge Requirements (see links below in Performance and Knowledge sections) include references that you can look up. Members studying for a SWE should review all the material up to the pay grade they are working towards. For example, an E-7 studying to take the E-8 SWE should study all the material found in the E-2 through E-8 Study Guides.

• E-5 SWE
• E-6 SWE
• E-7 SWE
• E-8 SWE
• E-9 SWE

Knowledge Requirements

Coast Guard members need to know, comprehend and apply knowledge requirements in concrete and abstract terms. Members are not required to have knowledge requirements signed off. Knowledge requirements are used in conjunction with Performance Requirements during the creation of Advancement Qualification Exams and Service Wide Exams.

• E-2 Knowledge Requirements
• E-3 Knowledge Requirements
• E-4 Knowledge Requirements
• E-5 Knowledge Requirements
• E-6 Knowledge Requirements
• E-7 Knowledge Requirements
• E-8 Knowledge Requirements
• E-9 Knowledge Requirements

Performance Requirements

Completion of E-PME Performance Requirements shall be recorded on the Enlisted Professional Military Education (E-PME) Performance Requirements Worksheet. Proficiency in each requirement must be demonstrated to the designated supervisor at your unit, who will date and initial each item on your worksheet.

• E-2 Performance Requirements
• E-3 Performance Requirements
• E-4 Performance Requirements
• E-5 Performance Requirements
• E-6 Performance Requirements
• E-7 Performance Requirements
• E-8 Performance Requirements
• E-9 Performance Requirements

E-PME Paper Study Guides

These paper guides are the May 2008 version being printed by the Coast Guard Institute. The information is identical to that found in the individual PDFs used on this web site, and are only provided here for your convenience.

• E-PME Apprentice E-4 paper study guide (6.65 MB)
• E-PME Journeyman E-6 paper study guide (3.14 MB)
• E-PME Master E-8 paper study guide (2.64 MB)

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