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1C8X3 Radar, Airfield & Weather Systems

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Overview

Radar, Airfield and Weather Systems specialists install and maintain equipment used by air traffic controllers and pilots. They work on air traffic and warning radar systems, navigational aids, weather equipment, radios, and ground control equipment that support aircraft takeoffs and landings.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: M 50 and E 65

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 1C813 helper · 1C833 apprentice · 1C853 journeyman · 1C873 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Mobile communications-electronics deployment and relocation
  • Equipment testing and performance trend analysis
  • Radar training device and remoting maintenance
  • System updates, networking, and privilege management

Civilian Career Paths

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Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

Installing, testing, and repairing air traffic control radar, navigation equipment, and ground-to-air radio systems transfers directly to maintaining National Airspace System electronics.

How to prepare: Find ATSS announcements open to external applicants and map your documented equipment maintenance experience to their specialized-experience criteria. The cited senior opening is restricted to current permanent FAA employees with next-lower-level specialized experience and named system certifications, so it is not a transition-entry recommendation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Install, evaluate, maintain and modify electronic systems supporting air traffic control and navigation.
  • Maintain the safe operating capacity of National Airspace System equipment.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Document foundational electronics knowledge supporting the ATSS maintenance path, particularly if you want an introductory civilian electronics credential.

    For: Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: RADAR, AIRFIELD & WEATHER SYSTEMS (1C8X3)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "RADAR, AIRFIELD & WEATHER SYSTEMS"; normalized cached text lines 2501-2527; explicit AFSC match for 1C8X3

    Supports: Mobile communications-electronics deployment and relocation, Equipment testing and performance trend analysis, Radar training device and remoting maintenance, System updates, networking, and privilege management, Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

  2. FAA: Airway Transportation Systems Specialist occupational scope

    [2] Summary, Duties and Qualifications of announcement ASO-ATO-26-A322-100630; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

  3. COOL credential mapping: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [3] 1C8X3 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

  4. ETA International: Associate Certified Electronics Technician

    [4] CETa description and CETa Exam Info; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

Defense contractor jobs for 1C8X3

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 1C8X3. Each history page explains the change.

1C891Radar, Airfield & Weather System (RAWS)1C8X1Ground Radar Systems1C8X2Airfield Systems

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