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2887 Artillery Electronics Technician

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Overview

An Artillery Electronics Technician diagnoses, aligns, modifies, and performs field level maintenance on artillery electronics systems. The technician troubleshoots and repairs target acquisition, radar, acoustic counter fire, meteorological, survey, digital fire control, and other artillery electronic systems while documenting work and requisitioning parts.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: EL 110

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-18

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: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Ground radar and acoustic counterfire system maintenance
  • Artillery meteorological and survey electronics repair
  • Digital fire control system alignment and modification

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Troubleshooting, repairing, modifying, and documenting work on artillery electronics transfers directly to commercial and industrial electronic equipment repair.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing a fault on industrial electronic equipment and recording the diagnosis, repair, and verification results in a maintenance log.

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.
  • Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Diagnosing, aligning, and installing modifications on radar, target acquisition, and digital fire control systems provides relevant experience for electronics test and repair work supporting engineering teams.

How to prepare: Complete a bench project using a schematic to diagnose an electronic assembly and document its performance before and after repair.

What the civilian work involves
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • 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.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Demonstrate foundational electronics theory, circuits, and test-equipment knowledge for repair and engineering technician work; the issuer designs this credential 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. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 2887

    [1] MOS 2887 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 42683; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Ground radar and acoustic counterfire system maintenance, Artillery meteorological and survey electronics repair, Digital fire control system alignment and modification, 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] 2887 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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