DOCUMENTmeson ED 114 462 CE 005 103 TITLE Occupations: MilitaryCivilian Occupational Source Book. INSTITUTION Armed Forces Vocational Testing Group, Universal City, Tex. REPORT NO DOD- 130$.12T PUB DATE Jul 75 NOTE 318p. IDES PRICE MF-.10.76 BC-815.86 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS Cluster Grouping; *Comparative Analysis; *Employment Qualifications; Enlisted Men; *Information Sources; Jobs; *Military Personnel; Military Service; Occupational Clusters; *Occupational Information IDENTIFIERS Air Force; Army; Coast Guard; Marine Corps; Navy ABSTRACT Information on enlisted military occupations is offered in the source book to arrive at a comprehensive statement of job tasks in the military service and their similarities to jobs in civilian life. Basic information about five areas of the U.S. military services (Army, Navy, lir Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard) focuses on their military enlistment, training, promotion, assignment, advanced education programs, and military reserve components. A section is devoted to the structure and use of the source book, examining the classification (specialty/rating) system of the military service based on the occupational cluster concept and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). A significant section (256 pages) of the source book focuses on job statements for military service occupations which are equated to corresponding civilian occupations according to 10 categories:(1) professional, technical, and managerial occupations; (2) clerical and sales occupations; (3) service occupations; (4) farming, fishery, forestry, and related occupations;(5) processing occupations; (6) machine trades occupations; (7) bench work occupations; (8) structural work occupations:(9) miscellaneous occupations: and (10) military unique occupations (no civilian counterpart). References and a cross-indexed list of civilian titles with their corresponding DOT code are included. (EC) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects thb quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Dozument Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made From the original. * **************************************************Ino******************* PREFACE Department of Labor sources indicate that by the mid-1980's over 80 percentof today's jobs will require technical specialization, and in order to compete, entry-level workers will needtechnical training. In response to this increasing demand for technical training,educational orientations have shifted towards career education, and concurrently,there has been a burgeoning growth of vocational training centers at both the secondary and post-secondary school levels. In addition to state-subsidized vocational training schools, manyindustries are sponsoring technical training for persons entering specific jobs. Another source of training and a practical career alternative is employment in themilitary services. Military technical training and work have widespread application in the civilian community. The Department of Defense Military/Civilian Occupational Source Bookemphasizes this commonality be- tween military and civilian occupations. Hopefully, thisemphasis will Frovide a stimulus to qualified young men and women to investigate themilitary services as a source of immediate employment and for basic and advanced technical training which they can utilize in their military orcivilian career planning. UAL. w Ftul William K. Brehm Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) i. 3 FOREWORD The Department of Defense Military/Civilian Occupational Source Book was prepared by the Armed Forces Vocational Testing Group (AFVTG), under the auspices of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. The Vocational Testing Group is a joint service agency which manages the Department of Defense High School Testing Program and directs administmiion and research on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The ASVAB measures a student's vocational aptitude, and identifies those areas in which heor she is most likely to succeed. The identification of the student's aptitude, coupled with the identification of specific jobs in that aptitude area, or cluster, is of considerable benefit to the student and the counselor in formulating the student's post-high school plans. This edition of the book does not include aptitudescore ranges for specific jobs; however, inclusion is planned for future editions. The fc.':.,-pg government agencies provided technical, logistic and administrative support in the publication of the source book: Department of Labor Texas Employment Commission Department of Health, Education and Welfare Deportment of Defense (Joint Education Liaison Directors of Recruiting (JELDOR) Committee) Department of Transportation Specific acknowledgement of individuals within these agencies is gratefully given for their significant con- tributions to the overall effort: Department of Labor: Mr. Leon Lewis Texas Employment Commission: Mr. Larry R. Hunt Mr. John C. Wagner Mr. Kenneth J. Keil Mr. James A. lorance Department of Health, Education and Welfare:Mr. Sherril D. McMillen Department of Defense/Transportation Joint Working Group: Dr. Harry D. Wilfong, PhDTechnical Advisor LCDR Frank L. Kerr, USNProject Director Capt. Robert Puchalski, USAProject Officer PNCS Douglas J. Sobol, USNAss't Project Officer U. S. ARMY REPRESENTATIVES: Capt. Robert H. Lofts Sgt. Maj. Raymond W. Hensley M. Sgt. Arnold H. Dobson M. Sgt. William S. Saunders Sfc. James J. Lefebre i.._ ii 4. U. S. NAVY REPRESENTATIVES: LCDR Donald L. Terry PNCM Tracy C. Hicks PNC Curtis L. Shelton PNC Randall A. Smith PNC Donald L. Solyards U. S. AIR FORCE REPRESENTATIVES: Copt. John M. Garrity CM. Sgt. Cecil R. Tatum SM. Sgt. George R. DeJarnette, Jr. SM. Sgt. Robert 0. Sherwood M. Sgt. Edwin G. Cummings U. S. MARINE CORPS REPRESENTATIVES: Copt. Ronald D. Kincode M. Sgt. Fronk L. Pfeiffer GySgt. Louis L. Mandl GySgt. Ronald Workman GySgt. Theodore E. Ludwig U. S. COAST GUARD REPRESENTATIVES: CWO-4 George H. Yorrington RDC Lewis E. Beck MKC William C. Eason AEC Jacob C. Voladez YNC James W. Dyer Department of Defense/Transportation Joint Review Committee: U. S. ARMY: LTC Joseph A. Barry Mr. Woyne W. Bayles U. S. NAVY: CDR John Brame Mr. Hugh Martin U. S. AIR FORCE: Mai. Wayne Se!Iman Copt. Jock Downey U. S. MARINE CORPS: LtCal Vito Solozzo Mr. David Sutter U. S. COAST GUARD: LTig William Horan RALPH .HOGGATT onel, USAF Commander Armed Forces Vocational Testing Group Hi' 5 CONTENTS Page SectionI Introduction 1-1 Section IIGeneral Military Information 2-1 Basic Facts About Military Life 2-1 Military Enlistment, Training, Promotion, Assignment and AdvancedEducational Programs 2-9 US Army 2-9 US Navy 2-13 US Air Force 2-18 US Marine Corps 2-22 US Coast Guard 2-25 Military Reserve Components 2-29 Section III Structure and Use of the Source Book 3-1 General 3-1 Definitions: Occupational Career Cluster Concept 31 Dictionary of Occupational Titles Classification 3-1 Military Classification (Specialty 'Rating) Systems 3-1 US Army 3-1 US Novy 3-2 US Air Force . .. 3-2 US Marine Corps 3-3 US Coast Guard 3-4 Steps in Source Book Development .3-4 Section IVJob Statements 4-1 General 4-1 Job Statement Sheets (on opposite page) Index of Civilian Titles 5-1 References 5-13 iv TAB Professionol, Technicol ond 0/1 Monogeriol Occupotions, poge 4-1 Clericol ond Sales 2 Occupotions, poge 4-65 Service Occupotions, 3 poge 4-95 Forming, Fishery, Forestry ond Reloted Occupotions, /processing occupations 4/5 poge 4-110 Mochine Trodes Occupotions, 6 poge 4-113 Bench Work Occupotions, 7 poge 4-140 Structurol Work Occupotions, 8 poge 4-158 Miscelloneous Occupotions, 9 poge . .....4196 Service Unique Occupotions, 10 poge 4-222 7 1 INTRODUCTION The Department of Defense Mi'''ory/Civilian Occupational Source Book has been created to serve as a single reference document for enlisted military occupational information, and wherever possible equates these occupations to their civilian counterparts as identified in the Department of Labor Dictionary of Occu- pational Titles. These occupations are also identified under the fifteen career clusters developed by the De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare. The Source Book is a pioneer effort by the Department of Defense in formulating composite job state- ments for the five military services in those occupational areas where commonality of job tasks exists. Those occupations which are unique to one or more of the military services and/or for which there is na identified counterpart in the civilian job market are also described. The Source Book is nat intended to be all inclusive and does not replace individual military service oc- cupational information publications, but it does provide a starting point for investigating the opportunities for work experience and training available in all military services. For specific information about a particular service job, the local recruiting office for that service should be contacted. S 1-1 SECTION I Publication and distribution of the first edition of the Source Book have