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V23C Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Combat Systems Supervisor (CSS)

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

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Overview

The Ship Self Defense System Combat Systems Supervisor directs and coordinates actions, tests SSDS Combat System elements, and performs operational procedures to meet design performance standards. The supervisor manages and coordinates SSDS personnel to achieve full combat system operational status, isolates faults through systematic diagnosis of operational test results, and monitors and performs preventive and corrective maintenance through test procedures.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Fault isolation through operational test results
  • Integrated combat system performance verification
  • Test-based preventive and corrective maintenance
  • Coordination of system-wide maintenance efforts

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

SSDS operational testing, systematic fault isolation, and preventive and corrective maintenance transfer directly to diagnosing and maintaining electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on training with commercial or industrial electronic equipment to practice diagnosing faults and verifying repairs against manufacturer specifications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Coordinating SSDS personnel and monitoring maintenance against system specifications align with supervising electronics maintenance teams and verifying completed work.

How to prepare: Build a maintenance-supervision portfolio showing how you coordinated personnel, diagnosed system faults, and verified restored performance, targeting electronics maintenance teams.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V23C

    [1] NEC entry "V23C - Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Combat Systems Supervisor (CSS)"; cached text line 13582; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Fault isolation through operational test results, Integrated combat system performance verification, Test-based preventive and corrective maintenance, Coordination of system-wide maintenance efforts, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  3. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

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