Army MOS · Combat & Infantry

131A Field Artillery Technician

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

Overview

Field Artillery Technicians lead sections or platoons that operate and maintain field artillery radars to locate targets and transmit target and counterfire data to artillery units. They coordinate radar personnel, supervise equipment movement and emplacement, interpret technical data, inspect repairs, correct malfunctions, review maintenance records, and manage requisitions for tools, parts, supplies, publications, and equipment.

Minimum clearance: Secret at entry, TS/SCI to maintain

Core Skills

  • Radar movement and emplacement coordination
  • Radar fault isolation and repair inspection
  • Inspection and test procedure revision
  • Target and counterfire data transmission

Civilian Career Paths

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Electronics Maintenance Supervisor

Coordinating radar maintenance personnel, inspecting completed repairs, and helping isolate equipment malfunctions transfer directly to supervising electronics maintenance work.

How to prepare: Build a sample repair acceptance checklist for a civilian radar or electronics system using its publicly available maintenance documentation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 131A Field Artillery Technician

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 131A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank warrant_officer, authority codeType warrant_officer

    Supports: Radar movement and emplacement coordination, Radar fault isolation and repair inspection, Inspection and test procedure revision, Target and counterfire data transmission, Electronics Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electronics Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 131A

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