mos.directory

Navy NEC · Combat & Infantry

V32A Improved Self Defense Surface Missile System Technician

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

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

Browse Navy

Overview

An Improved Self Defense Surface Missile System Technician directs and coordinates technicians who operate the missile weapons system and associated equipment during tactical situations, tests, and evaluations. The technician organizes personnel into a system team and assists the maintenance officer with scheduling equipment maintenance.

Core Skills

  • Equipment technician coordination as a system team
  • Shipboard equipment maintenance scheduling support
  • Weapons system operations during test and evaluation

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.

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Coordinating equipment technicians as a system team and assisting with maintenance scheduling transfers directly to supervising maintenance work.

How to prepare: Create a sample equipment maintenance work plan showing technician assignments, scheduled work, and completion checks for a target employer's equipment.

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

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V32A

    [1] NEC entry "V32A - Improved Self Defense Surface Missile System Technician"; cached text line 13820; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Equipment technician coordination as a system team, Shipboard equipment maintenance scheduling support, Weapons system operations during test and evaluation, First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

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

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

Defense contractor jobs for V32A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

Report an error on this page