Also called: Search and Rescue Coordinator (Coast Guard)
Coordinates Coast Guard search-and-rescue missions from command centers, planning searches and sending boats and helicopters.
An operations specialist answers a mayday call, plots a drifting boat's likely position with computer models, launches a rescue helicopter, and talks to the boat's crew until help arrives.
Includes basic pay and allowances; varies by rank.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Coast Guard enlistment and technical training.
Ways in: Military. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Military pay plus housing and benefits.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Drift-modeling software already plans searches; humans take maydays and dispatch boats, but AI will do more of the planning.
Classes: Geography, Algebra II, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 55-3019.
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