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799B Basic MK 18 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Operator and Maintainer

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Overview

A Basic MK 18 UUV Operator and Maintainer operates and maintains the MK 18 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Family of Systems. This specialist interprets sonar images, analyzes sensor data, and executes assigned mine warfare tasking.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Underwater sonar image interpretation
  • Underwater sensor data analysis
  • MK 18 mine warfare mission execution

Civilian Career Paths

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ROV Pilot Technician

MK 18 UUV operation and maintenance provide a relevant foundation for operating and supporting civilian underwater robotic systems.

How to prepare: Prepare a technical-experience summary for ROV trainee applications, identifying your UUV maintenance work and the additional training needed in tethered vehicle handling and manipulators or specialized tooling. Oceaneering's described entry route seeks mechanical, electronic or electrical training or industry experience and provides system-specific training and offshore-scenario practice before deployment.

What the civilian work involves
  • The pilot flies the ROV, and operates the manipulator and/or specialized tooling to complete the assigned task.

Remote Sensing Technicians

Sonar image interpretation and sensor data analysis transfer to civilian work checking, processing and integrating remotely sensed imagery.

How to prepare: Complete an ArcGIS practice project that checks imagery accuracy and integrates remotely sensed data with another geospatial dataset, documenting your processing decisions.

What the civilian work involves
  • Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
  • Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.
  • Adjust remotely sensed images for optimum presentation by using software to select image displays, define image set categories, or choose processing routines.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • ESRI ArcGIS software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 799B

    [1] NEC entry "799B - Basic MK 18 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Operator and Maintainer"; cached text line 19566; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Underwater sonar image interpretation, Underwater sensor data analysis, MK 18 mine warfare mission execution, ROV Pilot Technician, Remote Sensing Technicians (O*NET 19-4099.03)

  2. Oceaneering: ROV pilot work and entry backgrounds

    [2] Top 10 ROV Questions: becoming a pilot, crew work and piloting; retrieved September 24, 2026

    Supports: ROV Pilot Technician

  3. Oceaneering: ROV Supervisors and Pilot Technicians

    [3] Oceaneering ROV Supervisors and Pilot Technicians; Training Centers; retrieved September 24, 2026

    Supports: ROV Pilot Technician

  4. O*NET: Remote Sensing Technicians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Remote Sensing Technicians (O*NET 19-4099.03)

Defense contractor jobs for 799B

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