Type of MOS : NMOS
Rank Range: GySgt to Pvt
Job Description: Air traffic controllers-radar arrival/departure controllers perform various duties within a radar facility incident to the control of air traffic at an established air traffic control facility, expeditionary airfield, or remote landing areas. They coordinate aircraft movement information with associated facilities or agencies, coordinate current weather and airfield conditions as required, and perform air traffic control duties in both tactical and nontactical air traffic control organizations. This MOS may be assigned as a NMOS only.
Job Requirements:
(1) Must meet the requirements/prerequisites of MOS 7257.
(2) Must have a secret security clearance.
(3) Qualify as a radar arrival/departure controller, or the Commanding Officer of a squadron level unit or higher under which Marine Air Traffic Controllers are assigned and where air traffic control services are being performed in an expeditionary/tactical field environment of at least four consecutive months, may certify a Marine as a radar arrival/departure controller.
Duties:
(1) GYSgt to Pvt:
(a) Performs duties on all operational positions in a radar air traffic control facility less radar approach control.
(b) Performs duties as a radar arrival/departure controller.
(2) GySgt to LCpl: supervise and instruct trainees on all operational positions in a radar air traffic control facility less radar approach control.
(3) GySgt to Cpl: Perform duties as a radar supervisor in accordance with the current edition of the Air Traffic Control NATOPS manual (NAVAlR 00-80T-114) .
(4) GySgt and SSgt:
(a) May act as a crew chief.
(b) Organizes and administers a radar air traffic control facility.
(6) Gysgt: May act as an MCAS ATC Facility NeOIC, radar chief, ATe training chief, Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) examiner, or as a detachment NCOlC within a Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS).
Related Department of Labor Occupation Codes :
(1) Air-Traffic-Control Specialist, Tower 193.162-018.
(2) Chief Controller 193.167-010.
Related Marine Corps Jobs:
(1) Air Traffic Controller, 7257.
(2) Senior Air Traffic Controller, 7291.
Above information derived from MCBUL 1200, parts 2 and 3
