Navy NEC · Engineering

860A Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) Corrosion Control Program Technician

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

Overview

A Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy corrosion control program technician performs corrosion identification, structural inspections, tank and void inspections, corrosion control procedures, and corrosion Departure From Specifications work. The technician applies operational and intermediate level repair procedures, maintenance standards, quality assurance specifications, and proper industrial machinery practices.

Core Skills

  • Structural, tank, and void inspections
  • Corrosion identification and control procedures
  • Repair standards and quality assurance specifications

Civilian Career Paths

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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Structural and tank inspections, corrosion-control maintenance, and knowledge of repair quality assurance specifications transfer to the maintenance-quality side of industrial technician work.

How to prepare: Practice auditing a sample maintenance work package against its quality assurance specifications, recording discrepancies and supporting evidence in a spreadsheet.

What the civilian work involves
  • Read worker logs, product processing sheets, or specification sheets to verify that records adhere to quality assurance specifications.
  • Verify that equipment is being operated and maintained according to quality assurance standards by observing worker performance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 860A

    [1] NEC entry "860A - Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) Corrosion Control Program Technician"; cached text line 22351; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Structural, tank, and void inspections, Corrosion identification and control procedures, Repair standards and quality assurance specifications, Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3026.00)

  2. O*NET: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3026.00)

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