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Military to Civilian Skill
Translator Resources and Websites
O*NET
Website:
The Department of Labor's O*NET website helps you to translate your military skills by
providing common language and terminology to describe your military occupational
specialty.
To use O*NET you will need to know your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), Navy
Rating or Air Force Military Occupation Code (MOC).
• Enter your MOS, MOC or Navy Rating. The system will provide a summary
report of your job duties. O*NET can also help you browse civilian
occupations by occupational group, high growth industries and by education
required for the job, i.e., Chemist.
Army COOL and Navy COOL
Websites:
https://
or
https://
These websites were developed in coordination with the Departments of Defense and
Labor. They catalog and define comprehensive information on occupational credentials
correlating with military ratings, jobs, and occupations.
• Go to the COOL website
• Click on the tab to “Search for Credentials”
• Enter either your specialty Code or search by your military job title, and a
screen will appear with civilian equivalent jobs, common associated
certifications, etc.
• Then, by clicking on the civilian equivalent job titles, you will be redirected to
Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook, which lists the nature
of the work, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and more
Verification of Military Education and Training (VMET)
Website:

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