Navy NEC · Combat & Infantry

823A Joint Terminal Attack Controller Instructor (JTAC-I)

Current service use not established

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

Overview

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller Instructor teaches terminal attack control to student JTACs and other nonqualified personnel while serving in an approved instructor billet. During initial certification instruction, the instructor remains physically located with the trainee and can take control if necessary, while nonqualified personnel conducting Close Air Support familiarization remain supervised by and physically collocated with a qualified JTAC instructor.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

Close air support familiarization supervision
On-site intervention during student attack control

Civilian Career Paths

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Training and Development Specialists

Instructing student JTACs and directly supervising unqualified personnel during close air support familiarization transfers to hands-on workplace skills instruction.

How to prepare: Build a non-sensitive sample workplace lesson that demonstrates a technical procedure, includes supervised practice, and identifies when an instructor should intervene.

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.
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)

NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 823A
[1] NEC entry "823A - Joint Terminal Attack Controller Instructor (JTAC-I)"; cached text line 21462; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition
Supports: Close air support familiarization supervision, On-site intervention during student attack control, Training and Development Specialists (O*NET 13-1151.00)
O*NET: Training and Development Specialists
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Training and Development Specialists (O*NET 13-1151.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 823A

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