SOC 55-3018: Special Forces
Implement unconventional operations by air, land, or sea during combat or peacetime as members of elite teams. These activities include offensive raids, demolitions, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and counterterrorism. In addition to their combat training, special forces members often have specialized training in swimming, diving, parachuting, survival, emergency medicine, and foreign languages. Duties include conducting advanced reconnaissance operations and collecting intelligence information; recruiting, training, and equipping friendly forces; conducting raids and invasions on enemy territories; laying and detonating explosives for demolition targets; locating, identifying, defusing, and disposing of ordnance; and operating and maintaining sophisticated communications equipment.
Part of 55-0000 Military Specific Occupations 55-3000 Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members 55-3010 Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members
SOC 55-3018 links to 8 CIP 2020 programs in the NCES and BLS crosswalk.
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Which programs match SOC 55-3018?
SOC 55-3018 links to 8 CIP 2020 programs in the NCES and BLS crosswalk. The match list on this page links each program.
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Official crosswalk: NCES and BLS, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018. NCES CIP 2020.