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3E6X1 Operations Management

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Overview

Operations Management specialists manage facility construction and maintenance projects from start to finish, tracking schedules, materials, and budgets. They coordinate project details with engineers, civilian contractors, and other vendors.

Minimum ASVAB: G 44

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 3E611 helper · 3E631 apprentice · 3E651 journeyman · 3E671 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Civil engineering work requirement control
  • Civil engineering material acquisition coordination
  • Equipment, personnel, materials and facility accountability
  • Civil engineer command center activation

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Processing CE work requirements, managing material acquisitions and maintaining resource accountability transfer directly to work-order planning and materials coordination.

How to prepare: Build a sample work-order tracker in Excel showing personnel needs, material requirements, delivery status and unresolved shortages, then target planning or expediting openings with comparable responsibility.

What the civilian work involves
  • Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
  • Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
  • Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

    An optional foundation in project management for planning and expediting work that supports project delivery.

    Eligibility and preparation: At least 18 years old, a secondary degree such as a high school diploma or GED, and at least 23 hours of project management education completed before the exam; no experience required.

    For: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3E6X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT"; normalized cached text lines 9904-9926; explicit AFSC match for 3E6X1

    Supports: Civil engineering work requirement control, Civil engineering material acquisition coordination, Equipment, personnel, materials and facility accountability, Civil engineer command center activation, Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (O*NET 43-5061.00)

  2. O*NET: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (O*NET 43-5061.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

    [3] 3E6X1 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

  4. PMI: Certified Associate in Project Management eligibility

    [4] Check eligibility and prepare, Eligibility Requirements; retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Defense contractor jobs for 3E6X1

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 3E6X1. Each history page explains the change.

55530Apprentice Force Management Specialist55570Force Management Technician555X0Title not stated in source

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