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56D Clinical Pastoral Educator

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Overview

A clinical pastoral educator directs Clinical Pastoral Education and other chaplain professional training programs, screens students, develops curricula, and trains students. The educator consults with commanders and chaplain supervisors, conducts interdisciplinary training, advises on accreditation requirements, and represents the installation at professional training conferences.

Core Skills

  • Screening applicants for pastoral education
  • Supervisor-coordinated chaplain professional development planning
  • Advising on professional education accreditation
  • Interdisciplinary training across military and civilian agencies

Civilian Career Paths

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Training and Development Specialists

Developing chaplain curricula, delivering professional training, and consulting supervisors on development plans transfer directly to workforce training design and delivery.

How to prepare: Build a portfolio using a releasable pastoral education curriculum, showing learning objectives, course materials, and how supervisor consultation shaped the training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.
  • Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills.
  • Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers, instructors, or customer representatives.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Adobe Acrobat

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

Directing clinical pastoral education programs, screening students, and advising on accreditation provide relevant experience for postsecondary professional education administration.

How to prepare: Target professional or theological education programs and compare their education and employer-credentialing requirements with your record before applying.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.
  • Advise students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 56D Clinical Pastoral Educator

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 56D (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Screening applicants for pastoral education, Supervisor-coordinated chaplain professional development planning, Advising on professional education accreditation, Interdisciplinary training across military and civilian agencies, Training and Development Specialists (O*NET 13-1151.00), Education Administrators, Postsecondary (O*NET 11-9033.00)

  2. O*NET: Training and Development Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Training and Development Specialists (O*NET 13-1151.00)

  3. O*NET: Education Administrators, Postsecondary

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Education Administrators, Postsecondary (O*NET 11-9033.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 56D

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