Element Description

Start

End

Length

Type

Mand

Comments

Fiscal Year

1

4

4

N

Y

Must be a valid 4 digit year (2010)

School CTDS

5

13

9

N

Y

CTDS with no dashes

Completer Type

14

14

1

A

Y

F Family Member
G Graduate
O Other

Description if other

15

34

20

A/N

N

required only if Other

Program CIP

35

40

6

N

Y

Program CIP code with no period (no 'dot')

Contact Type

41

41

1

A

Y

E Email
F Facebook
I In Person
M Mail
O Other
P Phone

Description if other

42

71

30

A/N

N

required only if Other

Student First Name

72

101

30

A/N

Y

Student Last Name

102

131

30

A/N

Y

Address line 1

132

161

30

A/N

Y

address must contain some numbers

Address line 2

162

191

30

A/N

N

City

192

211

20

A/N

Y

State

212

213

2

A/N

Y

AZ = Arizona
(defaults to AZ)

- state must be entered if not AZ

Zip code

214

222

9

N

Y

no dashes if zip + 4

Phone number

223

232

10

N

N

no parenthesis or dashes

Student is in military

233

233

1

A

N

Y/N

Using vocational skills 

234

234

1

A

N

Y/N

Military branch

235

254

20

A

N

Air Force
Army
Coast Guard
Marine Corp 
Air Force Reserve
Army Reserve
Coast Guard Reserve
Marine Corp Reserve Navy
Navy Reserve
Air National Guard
Army National Guard

Student is in school

255

255

1

A

N

Y/N

Using vocational skills 

256

256

1

A

N

Y/N

Post Secondary School Name

257

286

30

A

N

Name of Post Secondary School

Student is working

287

287

1

A

N

Y/N

If Y, employer name/address must be provided 

Using vocational skills

288

288

1

A

N

Y/N

Employer name

289

318

30

A/N

N

Mandatory if student is working 

Employer address line 1

319

348

30

A/N

N

Mandatory if student is working 

Employer address line 2

349

378

30

A/N

N

Employer City

379

398

20

A/N

N

Mandatory if student is working 

Employer state

399

400

2

A

N

AZ = Arizona
(defaults to AZ)

- state must be entered if not AZ

Employer zip code

401

409

9

N

N

mandatory if student is working 

Employer phone number

410

419

10

N

N

optional - no parenthesis or dashes

Employer fax number

420

429

10

N

N

optional - no parenthesis or dashes

Employer supervisor

430

459

30

A/N

N

optional data  

Placement report date

460

469

10

A

Y

The date that the placement report was submitted as mm/dd/yyyy