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754B Vertical Short Take-off and Landing Optical Lens System (VSTOL OLS)

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Overview

A Vertical Short Take-off and Landing Optical Lens System specialist performs preventive maintenance and organizational-level corrective maintenance on the VSTOL OLS. The specialty provides maintenance personnel with the skills required to operate the system in normal, degraded, and emergency modes.

Core Skills

  • Degraded and emergency OLS operation
  • Optical landing system preventive maintenance
  • Organizational-level optical landing system corrective maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Preventive and organizational-level corrective maintenance of the VSTOL OLS provides a foundation for civilian electronic equipment maintenance.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on electronics troubleshooting course covering schematic reading and test-equipment use to build beyond system-specific OLS maintenance.

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.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 754B

    [1] NEC entry "754B - Vertical Short Take-off and Landing Optical Lens System (VSTOL OLS)"; cached text line 17974; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Degraded and emergency OLS operation, Optical landing system preventive maintenance, Organizational-level optical landing system corrective maintenance, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

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

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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