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4C0X1 Mental Health Service

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Overview

Mental Health Service specialists work with psychiatrists and psychologists to evaluate patients and provide mental healthcare. They help Airmen address mental obstacles and issues so they can return to their jobs, lives, and missions.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: A 43

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: 4C011 helper · 4C031 apprentice · 4C051 journeyman · 4C071 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Treatment planning with supervising providers
  • Substance abuse prevention and aftercare support
  • Mental health service resource coordination

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.

Health Education Specialists

Military support for substance abuse education, prevention, and aftercare provides relevant experience for developing health education programs.

How to prepare: Compare your existing education with target employers' degree requirements, including any bachelor's-degree requirement, and identify remaining degree preparation. Build a sample substance abuse prevention lesson and participant handout to demonstrate adaptation for a civilian community audience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
  • Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Mental Health Counselors

Specified military counseling, treatment planning coordinated with supervising providers, and patient-care documentation overlap with civilian counseling work.

How to prepare: Compare your existing education, licenses, and credentials with the intended state's counseling board and employer requirements to identify remaining preparation. Mental health counselors typically need a master's degree and a clinically supervised internship; all states require licensure, including a national examination and supervised clinical work under a licensed counselor.

What the civilian work involves
  • Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.
  • Counsel clients or patients, individually or in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making changes.
  • Fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal- and state-mandated forms, client diagnostic records, and progress notes.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Client information database systems

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE (4C0X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE"; normalized cached text lines 12228-12251; explicit AFSC match for 4C0X1

    Supports: Treatment planning with supervising providers, Substance abuse prevention and aftercare support, Mental health service resource coordination, Health Education Specialists (O*NET 21-1091.00), Mental Health Counselors (O*NET 21-1014.00)

  2. O*NET: Health Education Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Health Education Specialists (O*NET 21-1091.00)

  3. O*NET: Mental Health Counselors

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Mental Health Counselors (O*NET 21-1014.00)

  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

    [4] How to Become; Education and Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; updated August 27, 2026, checked September 23, 2026

    Supports: Mental Health Counselors (O*NET 21-1014.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 4C0X1

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 4C0X1. Each history page explains the change.

91410Mental Health Service Helper91430Apprentice Mental Health Service Specialist91450Mental Health Service Specialist91470Mental Health Service Technician91490Mental Health Service 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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