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EMN Electrician's Mate, Nuclear Power

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Overview

An electrician's mate in nuclear power operates and controls generators, switchboards, control equipment, and other electrical equipment associated with reactor plants. This specialist maintains power and lighting circuits, motors, regulators, controllers, and distribution switchboards, tests for electrical casualties, and repairs or rebuilds electrical equipment.

Minimum ASVAB: GS+AR+MK+EI 252 and AR+MK+MC+VE 235, or AR+MK+MC+VE 252 and GS+AR+MK+EI 235

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: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Generator and distribution switchboard operation
  • Voltage and frequency regulator maintenance
  • Short circuit and ground fault testing
  • Electrical equipment and solid state circuitry 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.

Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

EMN maintenance and rebuilding of motors, generators, and related electrical equipment directly overlaps with motor and generator repair work.

How to prepare: Prepare a repair-work portfolio describing motor or generator faults you diagnosed, repairs performed, and tests used to verify operation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect and test equipment to locate damage or worn parts and diagnose malfunctions, or read work orders or schematic drawings to determine required repairs.
  • Reassemble repaired electric motors to specified requirements and ratings, using hand tools and electrical meters.
  • Repair and rebuild defective mechanical parts in electric motors, generators, and related equipment, using hand tools and power tools.

Power Plant Operators

EMN operation of generators, switchboards, and voltage and frequency regulators transfers directly to electrical generation and output-control work.

How to prepare: Target nonnuclear plant operator trainee openings and compare their generating equipment with your documented generator and switchboard experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels.
  • Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
  • Start or stop generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plant equipment as necessary.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Electricians

EMN maintenance of power and lighting circuits, fixtures, controllers, and distribution equipment overlaps with civilian electrical maintenance and repair.

How to prepare: Ask a local apprenticeship sponsor to evaluate your military electrical experience for possible advanced standing based on experience and testing. Most states require electricians to pass a test and be licensed, with independent work subject to state or local requirements.

What the civilian work involves
  • Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
  • Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or test lamps.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.

Training & Development

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Career Growth

  • Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

    Demonstrate broader maintenance and reliability knowledge when expanding beyond hands-on motor and generator repair.

    Eligibility and preparation: No minimum education or work experience is required; candidates must not have taken the exam within the preceding six months.

    For: Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (7 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): ELECTRICIAN’S MATE, NUCLEAR POWER (EMN)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 31039; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Generator and distribution switchboard operation, Voltage and frequency regulator maintenance, Short circuit and ground fault testing, Electrical equipment and solid state circuitry repair, Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers (O*NET 49-2092.00), Power Plant Operators (O*NET 51-8013.00), Electricians (O*NET 47-2111.00)

  2. O*NET: Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers (O*NET 49-2092.00)

  3. O*NET: Power Plant Operators

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Power Plant Operators (O*NET 51-8013.00)

  4. O*NET: Electricians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electricians (O*NET 47-2111.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Electricians

    [5] How to Become an Electrician; Training; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; page dated 2026-08-27, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Electricians (O*NET 47-2111.00)

  6. COOL credential mapping: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

    [6] EMN cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

  7. Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals: CMRP eligibility

    [7] Eligibility; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

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