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GSE Gas Turbine System Technician Electrical

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Overview

Gas Turbine System Technicians Electrical operate, repair, troubleshoot, and maintain electrical components of ship propulsion gas turbine engines and ship service gas turbine generators. They also maintain electrical distribution equipment, motors, valves, logic controllers, automatic bus transfer systems, machinery controls, electronic equipment, and alarm and warning circuitry.

Minimum ASVAB: VE+AR+MK+MC 210 or AR+MK+EI+GS 210

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

  • Automatic bus transfer system troubleshooting
  • Motor and solenoid valve electrical maintenance
  • Machinery control and logic controller maintenance
  • Alarm circuitry and circuit board maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

GSE troubleshooting and repair of machinery controls, alarm circuitry, and electrical equipment up to printed circuit boards transfer directly to electronics maintenance and diagnostic work.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics diagnostic lab that practices fault isolation and component replacement using schematics and test equipment.

What the civilian work involves
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • Replace defective components or parts, using hand tools and precision instruments.
  • Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.

Power Plant Operators

GSE operation and troubleshooting of shipboard gas turbine generator electrical components, distribution equipment, and machinery controls provide a foundation for civilian generating-plant operations.

How to prepare: Take a power-generation operations course with simulator exercises in generator synchronization, output control, and startup and shutdown procedures.

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

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Validate foundational electronics knowledge for the electronics maintenance and diagnostic path.

    For: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): GAS TURBINE SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (ELECTRICAL) (GSE)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 40987; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Automatic bus transfer system troubleshooting, Motor and solenoid valve electrical maintenance, Machinery control and logic controller maintenance, Alarm circuitry and circuit board maintenance, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00), Power Plant Operators (O*NET 51-8013.00)

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

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

  3. O*NET: Power Plant Operators

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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

    [4] GSE 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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