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352S Signals Collection Technician

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Overview

A Signals Collection Technician manages personnel and technical equipment used in non-Morse intercept and electronic warfare activities, establishing work schedules and operational priorities. The technician supervises the calibration and testing of electronic intercept equipment, trains operators, and oversees message analysis and cryptanalysis procedures.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Intercept equipment calibration and testing oversight
  • Antenna theory and wave propagation application
  • Message analysis and cryptanalysis supervision

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Supervising intercept equipment calibration, adjustment, and testing and applying antenna theory provide a foundation for electronics testing work.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics lab course in test-equipment operation and schematic-based troubleshooting to build practical skills beyond supervisory experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.
  • Read blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings, or engineering instructions for assembling electronics units, applying knowledge of electronic theory and components.

DIA Analysis Officer

Supervising message analysis and cryptanalysis and writing technical reports provide a foundation for DIA's military capabilities analysis specialty.

How to prepare: Prepare an analytical writing sample using public information for DIA's writing test and interview process. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a security clearance before hiring is finalized, a background inquiry, drug screening, and any required medical examinations and counterintelligence-scope polygraph.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Build an electronics foundation for the technician path; consider the program's optional hands-on component alongside examination preparation.

    For: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 352S Signals Collection Technician

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 352S (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank warrant_officer, authority codeType warrant_officer

    Supports: Intercept equipment calibration and testing oversight, Antenna theory and wave propagation application, Message analysis and cryptanalysis supervision, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00), DIA Analysis Officer

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

    [3] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  4. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

    [4] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

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

    [5] 352S cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [6]ETA International: Associate Certified Electronics Technician · CETa description and CETa Exam Info; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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