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7041 Aviation Operations Specialist

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Overview

Aviation Operations Specialists draft correspondence, assist with orders, maintain flight-time records and files, distribute flight information publications, and update charts, manuals, and maps. They also prepare aviation operations safety reports, support air tasking order production, and coordinate airfield services, flight planning, fuel services, airfield maintenance, and restricted airspace management.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: CL 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-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Master and individual flight-time recordkeeping
  • Flight information publication and chart maintenance
  • Tactical air tasking order production support
  • Airfield services and restricted airspace coordination

Civilian Career Paths

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Airfield Operations Specialists

Coordinating airfield services, supporting airfield maintenance under FAA guidelines, and preparing aviation safety reports transfer directly to civilian airfield operations.

How to prepare: Practice building an airfield inspection checklist that connects observed conditions, applicable FAA requirements, and corrective-action reporting.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
  • Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
  • Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    Develop foreign object prevention knowledge for airfield safety work, including housekeeping, tool accountability, material handling, and hazard reporting.

    Eligibility and preparation: No prerequisite credential, education, training, or experience is required; AET certification is not required for FOE.

    For: Airfield Operations Specialists

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 7041

    [1] MOS 7041 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 54109; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Master and individual flight-time recordkeeping, Flight information publication and chart maintenance, Tactical air tasking order production support, Airfield services and restricted airspace coordination, Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 7041: Related SOC titles · MOS 7041 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)

  2. O*NET: Airfield Operations Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [4] 7041 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [5]SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: ASTM NCATT certification information, exam list, and FAQ · Background; Exams Offered (Aircraft Electronics Technician, AET Endorsements, Other ASTM NCATT exams); Frequently Asked Questions; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

  4. ASTM NCATT FOE Elements of Basic Awareness Study Guide (PDF, copyright 2022 ASTM International NCATT)

    [6] Scope (sec. 1) and Significance and Use (sec. 3); retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

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