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F06A Amphibious Air Traffic Control Center Controller

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Overview

The Amphibious Air Traffic Control Center Controller directs pilots of amphibious assault ship based aircraft during VFR and IFR departures and approaches. This controller uses radio communications, surveillance radar, and carrier controlled approach radar systems aboard LPH, LHA, and LHD ships.

Core Skills

  • Shipboard VFR and IFR approach direction
  • Surveillance and carrier-controlled approach radar operation

Civilian Career Paths

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Air Traffic Controllers

Directing amphibious assault ship aircraft through VFR/IFR departures and approaches using radio and radar transfers directly to civilian air traffic control duties.

How to prepare: Assemble facility-rating or certification records and dated records of post-certification aircraft-separation duties, then compare them with the FAA experienced-controller notice to determine whether to pursue that route or entry-level hiring.

What the civilian work involves
  • Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions.
  • Transfer control of departing flights to traffic control centers and accept control of arriving flights.

Notes & Sources

  • FAA entry-level hiring requires U.S. citizenship, age under 31, clear spoken English, medical and security screening, pre-employment tests including ATSA, and one year of progressively responsible work experience, a bachelor's degree, or a combination of post-secondary education and work totaling one year.
  • The FAA experienced-controller route requires 52 consecutive weeks of full-time active air traffic separation after certification or facility rating, within five years of application, at a qualifying FAA, DOD, National Guard, or FAA-contract facility. Pre-certification training does not count, and education cannot substitute. The F06A designation alone does not establish this experience.
  • The supplied FAA experienced-controller notice sets a maximum original-appointment age of 35, with applicants age 35 or below by closing; previously appointed FAA or DOD civilian 2152 applicants must document their original appointment before the maximum entry age. It requires U.S. citizenship, a pre-employment physical, drug testing, willingness to work at any FAA facility, and lists Secret clearance. This resume repository does not guarantee an opening.
  • FAA entry-level training includes several months at the Academy followed by 2-3 years of classroom and on-the-job training before professional certification. Experienced hires enter the appropriate field-training phase and may also need Academy courses. Controllers must requalify medically each year. These FAA hiring conditions are not universal requirements for non-FAA employers.
Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC F06A

    [1] NEC entry "F06A - Amphibious Air Traffic Control Center Controller"; cached text line 5067; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Shipboard VFR and IFR approach direction, Surveillance and carrier-controlled approach radar operation, Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  2. O*NET: Air Traffic Controllers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  3. FAA: Air Traffic Controller Qualifications

    [3] Minimum qualifications and training requirements; official page updated 2025-02-27, checked 2026-09-24. Current entry-level threshold is one year, not the older three-year wording.

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  4. FAA 2026 experienced Air Traffic Control Specialist direct-hire notice

    [4] FAA-FAA-26-PUB NOT-96466: Duties, Conditions of employment, Qualifications, Education. Checked 2026-09-24; a resume repository, not a guarantee of an opening or appointment.

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Air Traffic Controllers

    [5] How to Become an Air Traffic Controller; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for F06A

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