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MN Mineman

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Overview

Minemen plan, coordinate, and execute mine warfare, rapid object localization, environmental surveys, and mine countermeasures operations. They analyze sonar data, operate and maintain unmanned vehicles and mine countermeasures systems, and supervise maintenance of mine systems and underwater targets.

Minimum ASVAB: VE+AR+MK+MC 210 or VE+AR+MK+AO 216

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Sonar analysis for underwater object localization
  • Mine systems and underwater target maintenance
  • Unmanned vehicle and environmental sensor operation
  • Arms, ammunition, and explosives handling supervision

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Mine-system maintenance and supervision of ammunition and explosives handling transfer most directly to the ordnance-handling side of this occupation.

How to prepare: Have a prospective employer assess your documented explosives-handling qualifications against the intended work and applicable state and local certification rules before selecting additional training. Construction blasting requires demonstrated competence in the specific blasting methods under OSHA rules; ATF employee-possessor reporting and applicable background checks are distinct from business licensing and explosives-use permits.

What the civilian work involves
  • Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.

Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

Ship-navigation support, small-boat navigation, towing, anchoring, and mooring provide relevant experience for a vessel-officer pathway.

How to prepare: Request a Coast Guard evaluation of your existing qualifications and military sea service using an official service transcript or assignment history plus vessel particulars, underway time, and duties, not a DD-214 alone. The evaluation determines credit and endorsement scope; most jobs require TWIC and an appropriately endorsed MMC, officer applicants must satisfy applicable age, citizenship, health, drug-testing, training, experience, and professional-competence requirements, and open-ocean service requires USCG-verified STCW training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
  • Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (8 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): MINEMAN (MN)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 52897; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Sonar analysis for underwater object localization, Mine systems and underwater target maintenance, Unmanned vehicle and environmental sensor operation, Arms, ammunition, and explosives handling supervision, Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00), Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  2. O*NET: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00)

  3. OSHA 29 CFR 1926.901: Blaster qualifications

    [3] Construction blasting, paragraphs (a)-(e). Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00)

  4. ATF explosives licensing and employee-possessor reporting requirements

    [4] 27 CFR 555.41(b)(1)(i)-(iii) and 555.57(b)-(c), official 2026-09-21 XML snapshots retained. Individual employment and the employer business license are distinct.

    Supports: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00)

  5. O*NET: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

    [5] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  6. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Water Transportation Workers

    [6] How to Become; training, licenses and related experience; updated August 27, 2026, checked September 23, 2026

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  7. USCG: 46 CFR 10.232 military sea-service evidence and credit

    [7] Paragraphs (a) and (d)(1), official eCFR snapshot September 21, 2026; retrieved September 24

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  8. USCG: 46 CFR 11.201 officer-endorsement requirements

    [8] Paragraph (a), official eCFR snapshot September 21, 2026; retrieved September 24

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for MN

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