HS Health Services Technician

What a HS Does

HSs are the Coast Guard's medical team, giving emergency care to people in distress and keeping crews healthy and ready. Training covers emergency medicine plus areas like X-ray, lab work, pharmacy, and dental care, and you may give shots, prescribe medicine, or do minor procedures. HSs work at clinics ashore or aboard cutters.

Scores That Count for HS

• VE + MK + GS + AR: Verbal Expression (Word Knowledge + Paragraph Comprehension), Mathematics Knowledge, General Science, Arithmetic Reasoning. Study: Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Mathematics Knowledge, General Science, Arithmetic Reasoning

Coast Guard line scores are simple sums of standard scores, and each standard score averages 50. A two-section sum of 100 is about average.

Other Requirements

• Normal color vision

Related Coast Guard Jobs

• AET Avionics Electrical Technician MK + EI + GS = 162 and AR = 52, or MK + EI + GS = 162 and AFQT 65
• AMT Aviation Maintenance Technician AR + MC + AS + EI = 210 and AR = 52, or AR + MC + AS + EI = 210 and AFQT 65
• AST Aviation Survival Technician VE + MC + AS = 152 and AR = 52, or VE + MC + AS = 152 and AFQT 65
• BM Boatswain's Mate AR + VE = 90
• CS Culinary Specialist VE + AR = 95

See all 20 Coast Guard ratings and their scores