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833A Disaster Preparedness Operations and Training Specialists

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Overview

A Disaster Preparedness Operations and Training Specialist advises commands on preparing for, defending against, and recovering from major accidents and natural or man-made disasters. This specialist assists coordination with local civic authorities, conducts nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare defense training, and performs organizational maintenance on defense equipment.

Core Skills

  • Integration of command disaster preparedness functions
  • Disaster response coordination with civic authorities
  • Nuclear, biological, and chemical defense instruction
  • Defense equipment maintenance under radiation licensing procedures

Civilian Career Paths

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Emergency Management Directors

Advising commands on disaster preparedness and assisting coordination with civic authorities transfers to emergency planning and interagency response coordination.

How to prepare: Compare emergency management specialist or coordinator openings with your documented planning and coordination responsibilities as a route toward program leadership. Director-level roles typically expect substantial relevant experience and often a bachelor's degree, though neither a degree nor a fixed number of years is universal.

What the civilian work involves
  • Consult with officials of local and area governments, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to determine their needs and capabilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency.
  • Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
  • Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Alert Technologies OpsCenter

Business Continuity Planners

Integrating disaster preparation and recovery functions into command operations provides a foundation for planning continuity of critical organizational processes.

How to prepare: Create a sample continuity plan for one critical business process, including recovery decisions, communications, and a tabletop test of the plan.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
  • Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
  • Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft SharePoint

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians

Nuclear, biological, and chemical hazard-awareness and individual-protection instruction, combined with defense-equipment maintenance, overlaps with workplace protective-equipment and hazard-control work.

How to prepare: Complete practical instruction in workplace exposure monitoring to extend your defense protection experience into civilian workplace hazard testing.

What the civilian work involves
  • Supply, operate, or maintain personal protective equipment.
  • Test workplaces for environmental hazards, such as exposure to radiation, chemical or biological hazards, or excessive noise.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 833A

    [1] NEC entry "833A - Disaster Preparedness Operations and Training Specialists"; cached text line 21804; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Integration of command disaster preparedness functions, Disaster response coordination with civic authorities, Nuclear, biological, and chemical defense instruction, Defense equipment maintenance under radiation licensing procedures, Emergency Management Directors (O*NET 11-9161.00), Business Continuity Planners (O*NET 13-1199.04), Occupational Health and Safety Technicians (O*NET 19-5012.00)

  2. O*NET: Emergency Management Directors

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Emergency Management Directors (O*NET 11-9161.00)

  3. O*NET: Business Continuity Planners

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Business Continuity Planners (O*NET 13-1199.04)

  4. O*NET: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians (O*NET 19-5012.00)

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