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717B Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor teaches basic marksmanship ashore and afloat, including firearms safety, small arms mechanics, and instructional and qualification firing. The instructor conducts basic range operations, maintains records and reports, and performs preventive maintenance on small arms.

Core Skills

  • Firearms-safety and basic marksmanship instruction
  • Mechanical training on small arms
  • Preventive maintenance on small arms
  • Basic range operations, records, and reports

Civilian Career Paths

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Training and Development Specialists

Delivering firearms-safety, small-arms mechanical, and qualification-firing instruction provides transferable experience for conducting workplace skills training.

How to prepare: Build a non-sensitive workplace-training sample with a short slide presentation, learner handout, and knowledge check to demonstrate instruction outside the weapons domain.

What the civilian work involves
  • Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.
  • 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.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 717B

    [1] NEC entry "717B - Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor"; cached text line 16866; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Firearms-safety and basic marksmanship instruction, Mechanical training on small arms, Preventive maintenance on small arms, Basic range operations, records, and reports, Training and Development Specialists (O*NET 13-1151.00)

  2. O*NET: Training and Development Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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