Marine Corps MOS · IT & Cyber

2802 Electronics Maintenance Officer (Ground)

Current service use not established

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Overview

A ground electronics maintenance officer manages maintenance operations and provides planning and technical advice on the supportability of ground electronics equipment. The officer may command a ground maintenance unit and contributes to formal training, maintenance policy and doctrine, operational support integration, and ground electronics acquisition requirements.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

Ground electronics supportability assessment and planning
Maintenance integration into expeditionary operations
Electronics acquisition and requirements development support
Maintenance policy and doctrine management

Civilian Career Paths

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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Ground electronics maintenance planning and equipment evaluation provide a foundation for telecommunications equipment testing and maintenance.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on telecommunications equipment lab covering circuit fault isolation and post-repair testing to build practical repair skills beyond maintenance oversight.

What the civilian work involves

Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Cisco IOS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 2802
[1] MOS 2802 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 12698; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01
Supports: Ground electronics supportability assessment and planning, Maintenance integration into expeditionary operations, Electronics acquisition and requirements development support, Maintenance policy and doctrine management, Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)
O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 2802

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