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3E9X1 Emergency Management

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Overview

Emergency Management specialists conduct protective training, design exercises, and develop validation events for major accidents, natural disasters, and the use of weapons of mass destruction. They perform chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response operations, warning, and reporting across the globe.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: G 62

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: 3E911 helper · 3E931 apprentice · 3E951 journeyman · 3E971 craftsman

Core Skills

  • CBRN response, warning, and reporting
  • Nuclear weapons incident and accident response
  • Disaster preparedness training and validation exercises
  • Interagency integration of CBRN defense planning

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.

Emergency Management Specialist

Military duties spanning emergency planning, preparation, mitigation, response, training, and exercises transfer directly to civilian emergency preparedness and response coordination.

How to prepare: Build a portfolio using releasable planning, training, and exercise examples that identifies your personal responsibilities, then target specialist or coordinator openings matching that scope. Director-level positions typically require a bachelor's degree and many years of relevant experience, and some states require certification after hiring.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
  • Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
  • Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Alert Technologies OpsCenter

Training & Development

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

Career Growth

  • Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

    Support progression into emergency-management assignments focused on hazardous-materials preparedness and response.

    Eligibility and preparation: A baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or university and at least four years of relevant hazardous-materials management or related experience are required before taking the exam; qualifying experience includes hazmat emergency preparation and response.

    For: Emergency Management Specialist

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (3E9X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"; normalized cached text lines 10270-10298; explicit AFSC match for 3E9X1

    Supports: CBRN response, warning, and reporting, Nuclear weapons incident and accident response, Disaster preparedness training and validation exercises, Interagency integration of CBRN defense planning, Emergency Management Specialist (O*NET 11-9161.00)

  2. O*NET: Emergency Management Directors

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Emergency Management Specialist (O*NET 11-9161.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: emergency management directors

    [3] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Emergency Management Specialist (O*NET 11-9161.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

    [4] 3E9X1 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

  5. IHMM: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager eligibility

    [5] Eligibility Requirements, Prerequisites and Relevant Experience; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

Defense contractor jobs for 3E9X1

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 3E9X1. Each history page explains the change.

05XX/242X0Title not stated in source24210Disaster Preparedness Helper24230Apprentice Disaster Preparedness Specialist24250Disaster Preparedness Specialist24270Disaster Preparedness Technician24290Disaster Preparedness Superintendent

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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