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Marine Corps MOS · Engineering

1361 Geospatial Engineer

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Overview

Geospatial Engineers collect, integrate, and manage information about the physical environment, including topography, hydrography, and bathymetry, to support commanders and staff. They coordinate geospatial information sharing, conduct area, route, zone, and engineer reconnaissance, operate geospatial equipment, and access global navigation satellite system databases.

Minimum ASVAB: EL 95 or GT 95

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: navmc-1200-1m-fy27 (source date 2026-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Geospatial data collection and integration
  • Geospatial intelligence information coordination
  • Area, route, zone, and engineer reconnaissance
  • Geospatial equipment and GNSS database operation

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.

Architectural and Civil Drafters

The FY27 MOS manual lists Architectural and Civil Drafters as a related occupation. Geospatial information and engineer reconnaissance provide relevant site information, while civilian drafting requires additional CAD preparation.

How to prepare: Build a sample construction drawing portfolio in Autodesk AutoCAD that includes a dimensioned plan and a survey-based elevation profile.

What the civilian work involves
  • Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles, and other drafting devices.
  • Draft plans and detailed drawings for structures, installations, and construction projects, such as highways, sewage disposal systems, and dikes, working from sketches or notes.
  • Draw maps, diagrams, and profiles, using cross-sections and surveys, to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations, and structures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Collecting and integrating geospatial information and operating geospatial equipment overlap with civilian survey and mapping data work.

How to prepare: Prepare a sample field-to-map exercise showing geospatial data collection, quality checks, and presentation in mapping software.

What the civilian work involves
  • Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Autodesk AutoCAD

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1M (FY27): MOS 1361, Geospatial Engineer

    [1] Chapter 3, OccFld 13, MOS 1361; printed pp. 3-116 to 3-117; PDF pp. 534-535; cached text lines 32558-32614; primary PDF cached 2026-08-03, reviewed 2026-10-03

    Supports: Geospatial data collection and integration, Geospatial intelligence information coordination, Area, route, zone, and engineer reconnaissance, Geospatial equipment and GNSS database operation, Architectural and Civil Drafters (O*NET 17-3011.00), Surveying and Mapping Technicians (O*NET 17-3031.00)

    [2] Chapter 3, OccFld 13, MOS 1361; printed pp. 3-116 to 3-117; PDF pp. 534-535; cached text lines 32558-32614; primary PDF cached 2026-08-03, reviewed 2026-10-03

    Supports: Architectural and Civil Drafters (O*NET 17-3011.00), Surveying and Mapping Technicians (O*NET 17-3031.00)

  2. O*NET: Architectural and Civil Drafters

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Architectural and Civil Drafters (O*NET 17-3011.00)

  3. O*NET: Surveying and Mapping Technicians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Surveying and Mapping Technicians (O*NET 17-3031.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 1361

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