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764A Shipboard Elevator Electrical Maintenance

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Overview

Shipboard elevator electrical maintenance technicians test, inspect, and perform organizational level maintenance on weapons and cargo handling elevators and their components. They troubleshoot and repair controllers, sensors, switches, and electrical components of hydraulic and mechanical interfaces while coordinating with system operators and other maintainers.

Core Skills

  • Controller, sensor, and switch troubleshooting
  • Electrical diagnostics at hydraulic and mechanical interfaces
  • Weapons and cargo elevator system testing
  • Maintenance coordination across operators and trades

Civilian Career Paths

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Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

Shipboard elevator testing and repair of controllers, sensors, switches, and electrical interfaces transfer directly to elevator electrical maintenance and fault diagnosis.

How to prepare: Ask an elevator apprenticeship sponsor to assess your documented military maintenance experience for a potentially shorter apprenticeship. Entry typically requires a high school diploma or equivalent and a four-year apprenticeship, and most states require licensing.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
  • Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
  • Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Elevator Controls INTERACT
  • Troubleshooting software

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

System-level and component-level testing and repair of shipboard elevator electronics transfer to diagnosing and repairing industrial electrical equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial equipment troubleshooting course focused on testing control components and verifying operation after repair.

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.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
  • Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 764A

    [1] NEC entry "764A - Shipboard Elevator Electrical Maintenance"; cached text line 18309; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Controller, sensor, and switch troubleshooting, Electrical diagnostics at hydraulic and mechanical interfaces, Weapons and cargo elevator system testing, Maintenance coordination across operators and trades, Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers (O*NET 47-4021.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers (O*NET 47-4021.00)

  3. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

    [3] How to Become: Education, Training, Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations. Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers (O*NET 47-4021.00)

  4. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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