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B05A Cable Splicing 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 cable splicing technician reads and interprets manufacturer drawings to splice and terminate power cables. The technician operates test equipment to locate and repair faults and joins plastic and rubber sheathed cables using straight, branch, tee, and transition splices and terminations for underground systems.

Core Skills

  • Manufacturer drawing interpretation for cable terminations
  • Test equipment setup for cable fault location
  • Underground straight, branch, tee and transition splicing

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

Underground power-cable splicing, termination and fault repair directly overlap with electrical distribution cable maintenance.

How to prepare: Request a skills assessment from a utility hiring for underground cable work, using examples of your splice types, terminations and fault-location experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.
  • Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Power-cable splicing and test-equipment-based fault location provide a practical foundation for communications-cable splicing and troubleshooting.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on training in communications-cable splicing and transmission testing to bridge the difference from power-cable work.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
  • Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC B05A

    [1] NEC entry "B05A - Cable Splicing Technician"; cached text line 1958; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Manufacturer drawing interpretation for cable terminations, Test equipment setup for cable fault location, Underground straight, branch, tee and transition splicing, Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-9051.00), Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-9052.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-9051.00)

  3. O*NET: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-9052.00)

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