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729A Fleet Electronics Calibration (FECL) Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A Fleet Electronics Calibration Technician performs intermediate-level maintenance, repair, calibration, and documentation of surface ship general-purpose electronic test equipment. The technician works in Fleet Electronic Calibration Laboratories, selected Field Calibration Activities, Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activities, and other designated fleet shore activities.

Core Skills

  • Intermediate-level electronic test equipment repair
  • Electronic test equipment maintenance documentation

Civilian Career Paths

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Calibration Technologists and Technicians

Calibrating, repairing, and documenting general-purpose electronic test equipment in fleet calibration facilities directly overlaps with civilian calibration work.

How to prepare: Build a sample calibration report using non-sensitive test data to show how you identify defects and determine calibration needs.

What the civilian work involves
  • Analyze test data to identify defects or determine calibration requirements.
  • Conduct calibration tests to determine performance or reliability of mechanical, structural, or electromechanical equipment.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Intermediate-level maintenance, repair, and documentation of electronic test equipment transfers to commercial and industrial electronics repair, with a broader equipment scope.

How to prepare: Complete a practical industrial-electronics troubleshooting workshop to extend your test-equipment repair experience to industrial 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.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 729A

    [1] NEC entry "729A - Fleet Electronics Calibration (FECL) Technician"; cached text line 17281; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Intermediate-level electronic test equipment repair, Electronic test equipment maintenance documentation, Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  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 Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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