Navy NEC · Logistics

842B Cargo Afloat Rig Team (CART) Phase II Cargo Handling

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

Overview

Cargo Afloat Rig Team Phase II personnel develop the qualifications, skills, and knowledge required for cargo handling operations. Their responsibilities cover loading, staging, and pickup procedures for personnel and cargo transfers.

Core Skills

  • Cargo load staging for pickup
  • Personnel transfer pickup procedures

Civilian Career Paths

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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Military experience with cargo load staging and pickup procedures transfers directly to moving freight between ships, loading areas, and storage locations.

How to prepare: Practice reading civilian freight work orders to identify the material, pickup location, destination, and equipment needed for each move.

What the civilian work involves
  • Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.
  • Move freight, stock, or other materials to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, or containers, by hand or using trucks, tractors, or other equipment.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 842B

    [1] NEC entry "842B - Cargo Afloat Rig Team (CART) Phase II Cargo Handling"; cached text line 22015; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Cargo load staging for pickup, Personnel transfer pickup procedures, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (O*NET 53-7062.00)

  2. O*NET: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (O*NET 53-7062.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 842B

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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