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ET Electronics Technician

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Overview

Electronics Technicians perform, supervise, and manage preventive and corrective maintenance on cryptographic, radar, navigation, and C4I systems. They calibrate, configure, and align these systems using test equipment and technical drawings.

Minimum ASVAB: AR+MK+EI+GS 222 or AR+2MK+GS 230

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

  • Radar and navigation system calibration and alignment
  • Cryptographic and C4I system maintenance
  • Electronics maintenance using test equipment and drawings

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

ET preventive and corrective maintenance, calibration, and test-equipment use transfer directly to diagnosing and repairing commercial and industrial electronics.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing a fault on an industrial electronic unit and produce a service record showing the measurements, repair, and post-repair test results.

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.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

ET experience calibrating and aligning electronic systems with test equipment and technical drawings supports electronics bench testing and engineering technician work.

How to prepare: Build a bench-test portfolio example that pairs an electronic assembly's schematic with measured performance, a fault diagnosis, and the corrective action.

What the civilian work involves
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.
  • Read blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings, or engineering instructions for assembling electronics units, applying knowledge of electronic theory and components.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Autodesk AutoCAD

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Provide an electronics certification option for entry into repair or engineering technician work; ETA designs this credential for technicians with less than two years of electronics experience or training.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN (ET)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 32882; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Radar and navigation system calibration and alignment, Cryptographic and C4I system maintenance, Electronics maintenance using test equipment and drawings, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

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

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

  4. COOL credential mapping: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [4] ET cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [5]ETA International: Associate Certified Electronics Technician · CETa description and CETa Exam Info; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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Predecessor codes

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ETMElectronics Technician's Mate

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