Occupations/55-3015.00
Command and Control Center Specialists
Operate and monitor communications, detection, and weapons systems essential for controlling air, ground, and naval operations. Duties include maintaining and relaying critical communications between air, naval, and ground forces; implementing emergency plans for natural and wartime disasters; relaying command center information to high-level military and government decisionmakers; monitoring surveillance and detection systems, such as air defense; interpreting and evaluating tactical situations and making recommendations to superiors; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.
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AI automation risk
58%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
33%
Fewer uniquely human demands
Task orientation
41%
Mixed exposure
Core tasks
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.00
- Degree of automation2.00
- Time sitting3.00
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations3.00
- Hands-on objects/tools3.00
- Outdoors / weather1.50
- Disease exposure1.50
- Decision freedom3.00
Top abilities
Essential skills
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
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Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Command & Control (C3, C4I) Systems and Operations 29.0204 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Master's · CIP 29.02 |
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public | Command & Control (C3, C4I) Systems and Operations 29.0204 | $13,200 | 87% | 66% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 29.02 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Command & Control (C3, C4I) Systems and Operations 29.0204 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Master's · CIP 29.02 |