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6048 Flight Equipment Technician

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Overview

Flight Equipment Technicians inspect, maintain, and repair parachutes, flight survival equipment, and other flight equipment. They also inspect, maintain, and repair carbon dioxide equipment and gaseous and liquid oxygen equipment.

Minimum ASVAB: MM 105

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

  • Parachute inspection, maintenance, and repair
  • Flight survival equipment maintenance and repair
  • Gaseous and liquid oxygen equipment maintenance
  • Carbon dioxide equipment inspection and repair

Civilian Career Paths

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Equipment Maintenance Technician

Maintaining and repairing flight survival, carbon dioxide, and oxygen equipment provides a foundation for civilian equipment inspection and repair.

How to prepare: Compare a target employer's equipment with your repair experience, then seek hands-on training for unfamiliar machinery and diagnostic methods.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
  • Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.

Quality Control Inspector

Inspecting parachutes, flight survival equipment, and oxygen equipment transfers to checking civilian equipment for conformance to specifications.

How to prepare: Practice reading product specifications and using the gauges or measuring instruments specified in an equipment-inspection opening, prioritizing aviation survival equipment employers.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.
  • Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.
  • Mark items with details, such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    Build foreign object prevention knowledge for inspection work in aerospace settings, including tool accountability, material handling, and parts protection.

    Eligibility and preparation: No mandatory education, experience, or prior credential requirement; AET certification is not required.

    For: Quality Control Inspector

Career Growth

  • Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

    Broaden equipment repair experience into equipment reliability and maintenance work management.

    Eligibility and preparation: No education or experience minimum; candidates must not have taken the exam within the preceding six months.

    For: Equipment Maintenance Technician

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (7 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 6048

    [1] MOS 6048 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 49193; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Parachute inspection, maintenance, and repair, Flight survival equipment maintenance and repair, Gaseous and liquid oxygen equipment maintenance, Carbon dioxide equipment inspection and repair, Equipment Maintenance Technician (O*NET 49-9071.00), Quality Control Inspector (O*NET 51-9061.00)

  2. O*NET: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Equipment Maintenance Technician (O*NET 49-9071.00)

  3. O*NET: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Quality Control Inspector (O*NET 51-9061.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

    [4] 6048 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

  5. Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals: CMRP eligibility

    [5] Eligibility; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

  6. COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [6] 6048 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [7]SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: ASTM NCATT certification information, exam list, and FAQ · Background; Exams Offered (Aircraft Electronics Technician, AET Endorsements, Other ASTM NCATT exams); Frequently Asked Questions; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

  7. ASTM NCATT FOE Elements of Basic Awareness Study Guide (PDF, copyright 2022 ASTM International NCATT)

    [8] Scope (sec. 1) and Significance and Use (sec. 3); retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

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