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The Navy describes the Aviation Ordnanceman (AO) rating as weapons specialists charged with managing all types of ammunition carried on Navy aircraft: inspecting and repairing aircraft weapons and ordnance systems, loading mines, torpedoes, missiles and rockets, and supervising ordnance shops, armories and stowage facilities. Civilian employers call this explosives and ordnance handling, which is why ordnance handling experts lead this page's matches.

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Civilian jobs your experience qualifies you for

Your $19 package includes a personal Career Match Report built from your own duties. Here are the jobs the U.S. Department of Labor matches to AO, with typical national pay.

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

$61,390/yr typical pay

Stable demand

Administrative Services Managers

$114,130/yr typical pay

Growing

Facilities Managers

$106,660/yr typical pay

Growing

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$107,230/yr typical pay

Growing

Logisticians

$82,320/yr typical pay

Growing fast

Typical pay = national median from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay varies by location and experience. Job matches from the O*NET Military Crosswalk.

What employers will see on your resume

How we rewrite the duties the Navy itself lists for AO Aviation Ordnanceman.

Official Navy job descriptionInspecting, maintaining and repairing mechanical and electrical weapons and ordnance systems on aircraft

On your resumeInspected, maintained and repaired mechanical and electrical weapons and ordnance systems on aircraft.

Official Navy job descriptionStowing, assembling, servicing and loading weapons and aviation ammunition including mines, torpedoes, missiles and rockets

On your resumeStowed, assembled, serviced and loaded weapons and aviation ammunition, including mines, torpedoes, missiles and rockets.

Official Navy job descriptionAssembling, testing and maintaining air-launched guided missiles

On your resumeAssembled, tested and maintained air-launched guided missiles.

Official Navy job descriptionSupervising operation of aviation ordnance shops, armories and stowage facilities

On your resumeSupervised the operation of aviation ordnance shops, armories and stowage facilities.

"Before" lines are quoted from the official job description on Navy.com (official U.S. Navy site). Examples only. Your resume is written from your own duties and uses only the numbers you give us.

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Keywords we build into your resume automatically

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A note from the founder

I served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force from 2001 to 2009 as a 2W0 Munitions Systems specialist and a C-130 Loadmaster. I served in the Air Force, not the Navy, so this page is built from O*NET and BLS data rather than my own memories. The problem is the same in every branch: your experience is valuable, and it has to be written in the civilian employer's language.

Travis Loso, founder of DutyToResume

Questions veterans ask

Do I list AO on a civilian resume?

Lead with a civilian job title that fits what you actually did (the matches on this page, like explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters, are a good place to start), and add a secondary line like 'Military title: Aviation Ordnanceman (AO), U.S. Navy'. Recruiters search civilian titles; the code helps veteran-focused employers.

What civilian jobs fit AO best?

O*NET maps AO to 21 related civilian occupations. The closest matches include explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters, administrative services managers, and facilities managers.

Which AO career match pays the most?

Of the matches on this page, Administrative Services Managers has the highest national median pay: $114,130 a year (BLS 2025). Pay varies by location and experience.

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Last updated 2026-10-21. Sources: O*NET OnLine Military Crosswalk (O*NET 31.0), https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/MOC; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data and 2024-2034 employment projections, as published on O*NET OnLine occupation summaries.

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