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6316 Aircraft Communications/Navigation Systems Technician, KC-130

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Overview

A KC-130 aircraft communications and navigation systems technician installs, removes, inspects, tests, maintains, and repairs system components and ancillary equipment. The technician works on installed communications and navigation systems, including deceptive electronic countermeasures systems, at the organizational maintenance level.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: CL 105 or EL 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

  • Deceptive electronic countermeasures system maintenance
  • Installed avionics component testing and replacement
  • Avionics ancillary equipment inspection and repair

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Avionics Technicians

Installing, testing, inspecting, and repairing KC-130 communications, navigation, and countermeasures components directly overlaps civilian avionics maintenance.

How to prepare: Build a work-history summary matching your component installation, testing, and repair experience to civilian avionics openings, then use the AET exam topics to identify preparation gaps.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
  • Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
  • Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Testing and repairing aircraft communications, navigation, and countermeasures components transfers to electronics equipment maintenance and test work.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics test project using schematics and test equipment, documenting the fault, measurements, repair, and verification for technician applications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • Replace defective components or parts, using hand tools and precision instruments.
  • Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

    Document aircraft electronics fundamentals and maintenance knowledge for civilian avionics work.

    Eligibility and preparation: No mandatory education, experience, or prior certification is required to take the AET examination.

    For: Avionics Technicians

  • General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

    Support aviation radio work involving maintenance, adjustment, or internal repair of FCC-licensed radiotelephone transmitters.

    Eligibility and preparation: Satisfactory knowledge of FCC rules, ability to send and receive spoken messages correctly in English, and passing written Elements 1 and 3 or receiving credit.

    For: Avionics Technicians

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Validate foundational electronics, circuits, and test-equipment knowledge when preparing for electronics technician work.

    For: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (9 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 6316

    [1] MOS 6316 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 51912; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Deceptive electronic countermeasures system maintenance, Installed avionics component testing and replacement, Avionics ancillary equipment inspection and repair, Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00), Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 6316: Related SOC titles · MOS 6316 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

  2. O*NET: Avionics Technicians

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

    [4] 6316 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00), ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

  4. O*NET: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

    [5] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

  5. SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: Qualifications for ASTM NCATT Certifications

    [6] Sole qualifications statement on page; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

  6. COOL credential mapping: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

    [7] 6316 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

  7. eCFR: 47 CFR 13.201 - Qualifying for a commercial operator license or endorsement (FCC)

    [8] sec. 13.201(a) and (b)(2); eCFR current through issue date 2026-09-21, text retrieved 2026-09-23 via eCFR API

    Supports: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

  8. eCFR: 47 CFR 13.203 - Examination elements (FCC commercial radio operators)

    [9] sec. 13.203(a)(1)-(2); eCFR current through 2026-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-23 via eCFR API

    Supports: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

  9. COOL credential mapping: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [10] 6316 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [11]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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