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806R Career Information Program Advisor

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

Overview

A Career Information Program Advisor helps commands and the program manager organize and implement career information programs for officers and enlisted personnel. The advisor provides personnel and their family members with information about career opportunities, transition services, benefits, reenlistment incentives, and the advantages of a Navy career.

Core Skills

  • Career information program implementation support
  • Transition services information for military families
  • Reenlistment incentive and benefit explanation

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Presenting military benefits, rights, and reenlistment incentives to personnel and families transfers to explaining employee benefit and compensation policies.

How to prepare: Complete an introductory employee benefits administration course covering civilian insurance, pension, and savings plans, targeting benefits-focused positions rather than compensation analysis.

What the civilian work involves
  • Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
  • Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 806R

    [1] NEC entry "806R - Career Information Program Advisor"; cached text line 20792; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Career information program implementation support, Transition services information for military families, Reenlistment incentive and benefit explanation, Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists (O*NET 13-1141.00)

  2. O*NET: Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists (O*NET 13-1141.00)

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Similar Specialties

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Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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