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5959 Air Traffic Control Systems Maintenance Chief

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Overview

An Air Traffic Control Systems Maintenance Chief supervises, coordinates, and instructs enlisted personnel who maintain air traffic control systems and equipment. The chief oversees surveying, siting, installation, modification, and maintenance tasks while supporting maintenance plans, supply plans, publications, and training materials.

Minimum clearance: Secret, often with SCI exposure

Core Skills

  • Equipment siting and installation oversight
  • Maintenance planning and system provisioning
  • System capability and reliability briefings
  • Equipment operation and maintenance instruction

Civilian Career Paths

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Electronics Maintenance Supervisor

Supervising air traffic control maintenance personnel, coordinating installation and modification work, and developing maintenance plans transfer directly to electronics maintenance supervision.

How to prepare: Build a civilian work sample showing how you would assign technicians, schedule maintenance, and verify completed work for an electronics system.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Project

Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

Overseeing system siting, installation, and modification while explaining equipment capabilities provides a foundation for coordinating telecommunications system upgrades.

How to prepare: Complete a telecommunications fundamentals lab and produce a sample facility upgrade plan with a system diagram and equipment requirements.

What the civilian work involves
  • Consult with users, administrators, and engineers to identify business and technical requirements for proposed system modifications or technology purchases.
  • Implement system renovation projects in collaboration with technical staff, engineering consultants, installers, and vendors.
  • Assess existing facilities' needs for new or modified telecommunications systems.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Microsoft Visio

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • CompTIA Network+ · Funded

    Develop networking knowledge to support the transition into telecommunications system planning and upgrades.

    Eligibility and preparation: No mandatory prerequisites are listed; CompTIA recommends A+ certification and 9 to 12 months of hands-on experience in a junior network administrator or network support technician role.

    For: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 5959

    [1] MOS 5959 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 48081; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Equipment siting and installation oversight, Maintenance planning and system provisioning, System capability and reliability briefings, Equipment operation and maintenance instruction, Electronics Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00), Telecommunications Engineering Specialists (O*NET 15-1241.01)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electronics Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  3. O*NET: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists (O*NET 15-1241.01)

  4. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Network+

    [4] 5959 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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