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L01A Submarine Force Independent Duty Corpsman

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating. Part of the Hospital Corpsman rating

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Overview

A Submarine Force Independent Duty Corpsman serves as the Medical Department Representative aboard submarines and at isolated shore stations without a medical officer, providing routine and emergency care while managing medical administration and logistics. The corpsman performs diagnostic, laboratory, nursing, minor surgical, preventive medicine, and health education duties while directing personnel dosimetry and radiation health programs aboard submarines.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Personnel dosimetry and radiation exposure reporting
  • Preventive medicine and industrial hygiene surveillance
  • Diving and high-pressure illness care
  • Basic clinical laboratory and diagnostic procedures

Civilian Career Paths

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Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

Directing industrial hygiene surveillance, personnel dosimetry, and radiation health programs transfers to workplace exposure prevention and hygiene program work.

How to prepare: Compare your transcripts and surveillance experience with target specialist postings: specialists typically need a bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety or a related field, and some employers prefer industry experience. If those gaps limit entry, investigate technician openings, which typically require at least a high school diploma and provide on-the-job training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
  • Develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plans.
  • Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Medical Assistants

Routine patient care, diagnostic procedures, basic laboratory work, and health education transfer to clinical medical assisting.

How to prepare: Check your formal military medical training graduation date against AMT's RMA military route before choosing certification preparation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
  • Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
  • Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Epic Systems
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software

Paramedics

Advanced first aid, basic life support, diagnostic procedures, and emergency patient care provide a foundation for civilian prehospital practice.

How to prepare: Ask a CAAHEP-accredited paramedic program to review your current EMT status and military training against its entry and education pathway. Confirm practice authorization with your State EMS Office, because National Registry certification alone does not authorize practice.

What the civilian work involves
  • Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
  • Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
  • Comfort and reassure patients.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • MEDITECH software

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)

    Support a transition into clinical medical assisting through AMT's military eligibility route.

    Eligibility and preparation: The military route requires graduation within the last four years, or scheduled graduation, from a formal U.S. Armed Forces medical services training program. All applicants must pass the AMT RMA examination.

    For: Medical Assistants

Career Growth

  • National Registered Paramedic (NRP)

    Support progression from EMT-level qualification through paramedic education and national certification.

    Eligibility and preparation: Current National Registry certification or state licensure at EMT level or higher; completion within the past two years of a CAAHEP-accredited paramedic program or one holding a CoAEMSP Letter of Review, including required student minimum competencies; and successful completion of the National Registry Paramedic Certification Examination.

    For: Paramedics

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (8 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Volume II, July 2026: Submarine Force Independent Duty Corpsman

    [1] L01A entry; cached text lines 7224-7247

    Supports: Personnel dosimetry and radiation exposure reporting, Preventive medicine and industrial hygiene surveillance, Diving and high-pressure illness care, Basic clinical laboratory and diagnostic procedures, Occupational Health and Safety Specialists (O*NET 19-5011.00), Medical Assistants (O*NET 31-9092.00), Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  2. O*NET: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists (O*NET 19-5011.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists and Technicians

    [3] How to Become One: Education, Training, Work Experience; page dated 2026-08-27, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists (O*NET 19-5011.00)

  4. O*NET: Medical Assistants

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Medical Assistants (O*NET 31-9092.00)

  5. American Medical Technologists : Medical Assistant (RMA)

    [5] Check Eligibility and RMA Military Route

    Supports: Medical Assistants (O*NET 31-9092.00), Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)

  6. O*NET: Paramedics

    [6] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  7. National Registry : Paramedic Full Education Program Pathway

    [7] Opening requirements list

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00), National Registered Paramedic (NRP)

  8. National Registry : Legal Differences Between Certification and Licensure

    [8] What if my state certifies, not licenses, EMS professionals?

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L01A

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