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3529 Motor Transport Maintenance Chief

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Overview

Motor Transport Maintenance Chiefs supervise the maintenance, repair, and inspection of motor transport equipment. They direct enlisted personnel in motor transport maintenance shops or facilities and assist with duties under the Motor Transport Maintenance Officer.

Core Skills

  • Motor transport equipment inspection oversight

Civilian Career Paths

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Fleet Maintenance Supervisor

Supervising motor transport maintenance, repairs, inspections, and repair-shop personnel directly overlaps with civilian vehicle maintenance supervision.

How to prepare: Prepare a work sample showing how you directed a vehicle repair job and oversaw its inspection, using it to demonstrate your shop-supervision experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

Oversight of motor transport repair and inspection provides relevant vehicle-maintenance experience for a move into hands-on automotive service.

How to prepare: Arrange a hands-on skills assessment with an automotive training program to identify gaps in civilian vehicle diagnostics and manufacturer-specific repair procedures.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect vehicles for damage and record findings so that necessary repairs can be made.
  • Test and adjust repaired systems to meet manufacturers' performance specifications.
  • Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 3529

    [1] MOS 3529 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 44188; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Motor transport equipment inspection oversight, Fleet Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00), Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (O*NET 49-3023.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 3529: Related SOC titles · MOS 3529 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Fleet Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00), Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (O*NET 49-3023.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Fleet Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  3. O*NET: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (O*NET 49-3023.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 3529

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