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841A Reserve Pay and Personnel Management (RPPM) Clerk

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

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

Overview

A Reserve Pay and Personnel Management clerk manages Navy Reserve Activity pay and personnel systems for assigned Selected Reserve Sailors under Navy Reserve policy. The clerk handles reserve pay, electronic service records, benefits, enlistment programs, gains and losses, contracts, manpower, mobilizations, command assessments, and audits.

Core Skills

  • Personnel gains and losses administration
  • Enlistment program and contract administration
  • Reserve manpower and mobilization administration
  • Pay and personnel command assessments

Civilian Career Paths

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Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Managing electronic service records, benefits, personnel gains and losses, and enlistment contracts transfers directly to personnel documentation and benefits support.

How to prepare: Practice processing a sample employee onboarding and separation file, including personnel record updates and benefits documentation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence.
  • Record data for each employee, including such information as addresses, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports on performance, and dates of and reasons for terminations.
  • Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Access

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Reserve pay administration and command audits provide a foundation for checking financial records and following transaction-processing policies.

How to prepare: Complete an introductory bookkeeping course with practice in transaction coding, reconciliations, and accounting-software data entry.

What the civilian work involves
  • Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
  • Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
  • Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 841A

    [1] NEC entry "841A - Reserve Pay and Personnel Management (RPPM) Clerk"; cached text line 21976; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Personnel gains and losses administration, Enlistment program and contract administration, Reserve manpower and mobilization administration, Pay and personnel command assessments, Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping (O*NET 43-4161.00), Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (O*NET 43-3031.00)

  2. O*NET: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping (O*NET 43-4161.00)

  3. O*NET: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (O*NET 43-3031.00)

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