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94Y Automatic Test Systems Operator/Maintainer

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Overview

An Automatic Test Systems Operator and Maintainer operates, maintains, and supervises maintenance on the Next Generation Automatic Test System, Direct Support Electrical Test System, and Base Shop Test Facility. The specialist tests, isolates faults, adjusts, and repairs supported electronic units and equipment while maintaining assigned vehicles and power generators.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: EL 107

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: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Line and shop replaceable unit fault isolation
  • Test program set testing and repair
  • Combat vehicle and artillery fire-control electronics maintenance
  • NGATS, DSETS, and BSTF field maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Field-level electronic testing, fault isolation, adjustments, and replaceable-unit repair transfer directly to diagnosing and repairing commercial and industrial electronics.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting course focused on equipment used by your target employers.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Operating and maintaining automatic test systems and testing supported electronic assemblies align with electronics technician work in component testing and equipment troubleshooting.

How to prepare: Build a civilian bench-test work sample documenting the test setup, measurements, fault isolation, and repair verification for an electronic assembly.

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.
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • Replace defective components or parts, using hand tools and precision instruments.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Provide an introductory electronics credential for a technician transition; the issuer designs it for technicians with less than two years of electronics experience or training.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 94Y Automatic Test Systems Operator/Maintainer

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 94Y (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Line and shop replaceable unit fault isolation, Test program set testing and repair, Combat vehicle and artillery fire-control electronics maintenance, NGATS, DSETS, and BSTF field maintenance, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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

    [4] 94Y cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [5]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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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 94Y. Each history page explains the change.

35Y1Integrated Family of Test Equipment (IFTE) Operator and Maintainer35Y2Integrated Family of Test Equipment (IFTE) Operator and Maintainer35Y3Integrated Family of Test Equipment (IFTE) Operator and Maintainer35Y4Integrated Family of Test Equipment (IFTE) Operator and Maintainer91G1Fire Control Repairer91G2Fire Control Repairer

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