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L24A Behavioral Health Technician

Current service use not established

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

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Overview

Behavioral Health Technicians assist licensed providers with assessments, crisis triage and management, short-term counseling, psychological testing, and therapy groups. They provide interventions for trauma, mental illness, and crises while observing patients and documenting care in inpatient, outpatient, and operational environments.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Crisis triage and trauma intervention support
  • Therapy group co-facilitation and short-term counseling
  • Psychological testing support for licensed providers
  • Operational stress control and mitigation

Civilian Career Paths

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Psychiatric Technicians

Supporting licensed providers through therapy group co-facilitation, crisis intervention, and patient observation directly overlaps with psychiatric technician care duties.

How to prepare: Request a review of your military training and clinical experience against psychiatric technician education and licensing requirements in your target state.

What the civilian work involves
  • Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
  • Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
  • Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • ADL Data Systems OptimumClinicals Electronic Health Record
  • Epic EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L24A

    [1] NEC entry "L24A - Mental Health Technician"; cached text line 7896; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Crisis triage and trauma intervention support, Therapy group co-facilitation and short-term counseling, Psychological testing support for licensed providers, Operational stress control and mitigation, Psychiatric Technicians (O*NET 29-2053.00)

  2. O*NET: Psychiatric Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Psychiatric Technicians (O*NET 29-2053.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L24A

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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