4C011 Mental Health Service Helper: civilian jobs and resume guide
The O*NET Military Crosswalk connects this Mental Health Service Helper designation to Psychiatric Technicians. Review each civilian direction's published work details, then keep only experience you can verify. The connection does not prove that you performed a mapped task.
About this designation: The source identifies this designation as Mental Health Service Helper. Its shared civilian crosswalk evidence does not establish which duties, tools, credentials, or level of responsibility you personally held.
These are the civilian occupations O*NET connects to this military code. They are options to explore—not a ranking, a license, or proof that you performed every duty listed.
Care for individuals with mental or emotional conditions or disabilities, following the instructions of physicians or other health practitioners. Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report to medical staff. May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene, and administer oral or injectable medications.
Typical national pay$38,430–$50,160Median $45,130 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 3: medium preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.
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Psychiatric Technician
Summary
Psychiatric technician caring for individuals with mental or emotional conditions, monitoring well-being, administering medications, and assisting with personal hygiene in a healthcare environment
Experience
Psychiatric Technician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Provided nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities
Monitored patients' physical and emotional well-being and reported unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff
Administered oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures
Took and recorded measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges
Led prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures
Collaborated with doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists to treat and rehabilitate patients
Aided patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean
Skills
Working With People
Treating patients with therapy, Caring for patients with mental illnesses, Informing about patient conditions, Administering non-intravenous medications
Core Skills
Collecting medical professionals, Examining patients
Hands-On Work
Moving patients, Operating medical instruments
Technical Skills
Maintaining medical facility records, Recording medical histories
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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The mapped civilian record lists this task: Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities. Identify comparable experience only if you can verify it.
Also examine this mapped civilian task: Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships. Keep it only if your own service evidence supports it.
Capture scope or outcomes only when your own records support them.
Which parts of your Mental Health Service Helper experience can you support when considering the crosswalk direction Psychiatric Technicians?
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Before
Fictional example: In my Mental Health Service Helper assignment, I [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
After
Fictional example: Supported [civilian work area] by [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
Why this wording is fair
Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
Use the pattern, not the sentence: keep it only when the same facts are true for you.
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Publisher and editorial owner: Rung Guru product team.
Editorial reviewer: Rung Guru editorial QA. Approved: 2026-08-09T07:30:15.763675+00:00.
Structured guidance last changed: 2026-08-08. Source-verification dates appear with each source below.
Why: to help veterans evaluate civilian directions and recover truthful resume evidence before entering Rung.
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