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5951 Aviation Meteorological Equipment Technician, OMA/IMA

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Overview

An Aviation Meteorological Equipment Technician surveys, sites, installs, inspects, and maintains meteorological equipment. This technician diagnoses and corrects faults, configures related networks and computers, prepares components for storage or shipment, maintains records and equipment accountability, and requisitions supplies and spare parts.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: EL 110

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

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Core Skills

  • Switched local network configuration and troubleshooting
  • Equipment software and firmware troubleshooting
  • Site surveys and equipment installation
  • Fault isolation and corrective repair verification

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Installing, aligning, troubleshooting, and repairing meteorological systems transfers directly to equipment diagnosis, setup, and maintenance recordkeeping.

How to prepare: Prepare a repair work sample showing the reported fault, diagnostic steps, corrective action, and verification results, then compare it with service procedures for an employer's equipment.

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

Computer Network Support Specialists

Configuring and troubleshooting switched local networks, connected computers, and system software for meteorological equipment provides a foundation for civilian network support.

How to prepare: Build a small switched-network lab and document connectivity faults, diagnostic tests, and fixes to demonstrate support skills beyond meteorological systems.

What the civilian work involves
  • Identify the causes of networking problems, using diagnostic testing software and equipment.
  • Document network support activities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • CompTIA Network+ · Funded

    Broaden equipment-specific networking experience into network support concepts, troubleshooting, and resilience.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 5951

    [1] MOS 5951 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 47741; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Switched local network configuration and troubleshooting, Equipment software and firmware troubleshooting, Site surveys and equipment installation, Fault isolation and corrective repair verification, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  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: Computer Network Support Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Network+

    [4] 5951 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

    [5]CompTIA: Network+ (Plus) certification exam details · Exam details; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

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