Barbers
Providing Navy-standard haircuts, maintaining barber equipment, and meeting sanitation requirements directly overlap with civilian barbering work.
How to prepare: Contact your destination state's barber licensing board to identify the approved training and examinations needed for licensure. All states require a license to work as a barber; licensing qualifications, examinations, and reciprocity vary by state.
What the civilian work involves
- Clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments.
- Cut and trim hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, hand-held blow driers, and scissors.
- Question patrons regarding desired services and haircut styles.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Appointment scheduling software