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6492 Aviation Precision Measurement Equipment (PME) Calibration/Repair Technician, IMA

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Overview

An Aviation Precision Measurement Equipment Calibration and Repair Technician tests, maintains, calibrates, and repairs aviation precision measurement equipment. The technician also performs these duties on automatic test equipment.

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

  • Automatic test equipment maintenance 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.

Calibration Technologists and Technicians

Testing, calibrating, maintaining, and repairing aviation precision measurement equipment directly overlaps civilian calibration work.

How to prepare: Prepare a skills inventory identifying the equipment you calibrated, measurement ranges, and calibration procedures, then compare it with a civilian calibration laboratory's equipment scope.

What the civilian work involves
  • Analyze test data to identify defects or determine calibration requirements.
  • Calibrate devices by comparing measurements of pressure, temperature, humidity, or other environmental conditions to known standards.
  • Conduct calibration tests to determine performance or reliability of mechanical, structural, or electromechanical equipment.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Maintaining and repairing precision measurement and automatic test equipment provides a foundation for civilian electronics test and equipment-repair work.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics troubleshooting lab focused on schematic reading and component-level fault isolation to prepare for broader electronics bench work.

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

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    An optional foundation credential for the electronics path, covering circuits, electrical theory, and test equipment; most useful when those fundamentals need strengthening.

    For: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 6492

    [1] MOS 6492 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 52704; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Automatic test equipment maintenance and repair, Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00), Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

  2. O*NET: Calibration Technologists and Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00)

  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] 6492 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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