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ETN Electronics Technician, Nuclear Power

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Overview

Electronics Technicians, Nuclear Power operate, maintain, supervise, and administer naval nuclear propulsion plants and associated equipment. They test, calibrate, maintain, and repair reactor control, instrumentation, measurement, alarm, power distribution, protection, radiation detection, and supporting electronic and hydraulic electric systems aboard surface and subsurface ships.

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

  • Propulsion plant control instrumentation maintenance
  • Electronic and hydraulic-electric system calibration
  • Airborne particulate radiation detection equipment maintenance
  • Reactor chemistry and radiological controls knowledge

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

ETN experience testing, calibrating, and repairing plant control electronics transfers directly to industrial electronic equipment maintenance.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing an industrial control circuit and documenting the fault, test results, repair, and calibration in a maintenance record.

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

Nuclear Power Reactor Operators

Operating naval nuclear propulsion plants and maintaining their control instrumentation provides directly relevant reactor operations experience.

How to prepare: Ask a commercial plant's operator-training recruiter to assess your documented naval qualifications against its operator training entry criteria. NRC licensing requires meeting the facility's education, training, and experience criteria, with facility certification of training and experience; the license is valid only for that facility.

What the civilian work involves
  • Operate nuclear power reactors in accordance with policies and procedures to protect workers from radiation and to ensure environmental safety.
  • Adjust controls to position rod and to regulate flux level, reactor period, coolant temperature, or rate of power flow, following standard procedures.
  • Monitor all systems for normal running conditions, performing activities such as checking gauges to assess output or the effects of generator loading on other equipment.

Nuclear Technicians

ETN plant equipment testing, instrumentation maintenance, and radiological controls knowledge align with nuclear equipment surveillance and performance monitoring.

How to prepare: Prepare a non-sensitive work sample showing how you would test plant equipment, evaluate readings, and identify a maintenance need.

What the civilian work involves
  • Conduct surveillance testing to determine safety of nuclear equipment.
  • Monitor nuclear reactor equipment performance to identify operational inefficiencies, hazards, or needs for maintenance or repair.
  • Test plant equipment to ensure it is operating properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Document foundational electronics knowledge for industrial repair work; the issuer designs this credential for technicians with less than two years of electronics experience or training.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Career Growth

  • Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

    Broaden maintenance and reliability knowledge after establishing a civilian equipment maintenance focus.

    Eligibility and preparation: No education or work-experience minimum; candidates must not have sat for the exam within the preceding six months.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, Nuclear Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (8 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN, NUCLEAR POWER (ETN)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 34596; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Propulsion plant control instrumentation maintenance, Electronic and hydraulic-electric system calibration, Airborne particulate radiation detection equipment maintenance, Reactor chemistry and radiological controls knowledge, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Nuclear Power Reactor Operators (O*NET 51-8011.00), Nuclear Technicians (O*NET 19-4051.00)

  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: Nuclear Power Reactor Operators

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Nuclear Power Reactor Operators (O*NET 51-8011.00)

  4. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Licensing Process for Operators

    [4] Process for New Operator Licenses; page last reviewed/updated September 15, 2026

    Supports: Nuclear Power Reactor Operators (O*NET 51-8011.00)

  5. O*NET: Nuclear Technicians

    [5] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Nuclear Technicians (O*NET 19-4051.00)

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

    [6] ETN cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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

    [8] ETN cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

  8. Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals: CMRP eligibility

    [9] Eligibility; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (CMRP)

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