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IC Interior Communications Electrician

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Overview

Interior Communications Electricians configure and maintain shipboard alarm, warning, communications, navigation, entertainment, monitoring, environmental, and visual landing aid systems. They administer networks, interpret blueprints and interface diagrams, analyze equipment casualties, and direct repairs to electrical, electronic, fiber optic, electrohydraulic, electromechanical, and synchro and servo systems.

Minimum ASVAB: GS+AR+MK+EI 213 or AR+MK+VE+AO 218 or GS+AR+MK 163

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

  • Shipboard blueprint and system interface analysis
  • Electrical and electronic system casualty analysis
  • Electrohydraulic and synchro/servo system maintenance
  • Audio/video broadcast and monitoring system maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment

Shipboard electrical and electronic maintenance, equipment testing, and casualty analysis transfer directly to diagnosing and repairing transportation equipment systems.

How to prepare: Ask a prospective employer to assess your documented shipboard repairs and testing experience against its equipment-specific service procedures, then target the gaps identified.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect and test electrical systems and equipment to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections, testing devices, and computer software.
  • Reassemble and test equipment after repairs.
  • Locate and remove or repair circuit defects such as blown fuses or malfunctioning transistors.

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

Maintaining shipboard alarm, safety, and warning systems and interpreting interface diagrams supports civilian alarm-system installation, testing, and repair.

How to prepare: Have the relevant state licensing office assess your existing qualifications and documented alarm-system experience for the employee or business-owner route you intend to pursue.

What the civilian work involves
  • Install, maintain, or repair security systems, alarm devices, or related equipment, following blueprints of electrical layouts and building plans.
  • Test and repair circuits and sensors, following wiring and system specifications.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD

Audio and Video Technicians

Configuring and maintaining shipboard audio/video entertainment, broadcast, communication, and monitoring systems transfers to civilian media-system troubleshooting and setup.

How to prepare: Arrange a practical skills assessment with an audiovisual employer using your documented maintenance experience to identify gaps in its conferencing or presentation systems.

What the civilian work involves
  • Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
  • Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Zoom
  • Cisco Webex

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    An optional electronics-foundamentals credential for the transportation repair path if assessment of existing qualifications shows a need; ETA designs it for technicians with less than two years of electronics experience or training.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment

Notes & Sources

  • New York is one jurisdictional example: its alarm-installation business license requires age 18, at least 81 hours of qualifying education, and an examination. Those are not nationwide requirements for every alarm employee.
  • New York separately qualifies alarm-business employees through an Employee’s Statement process; this is distinct from business licensing.
  • New York exempts alarm installations on vehicles, boats, and aircraft, battery-operated smoke detectors, and installations by owners or their employees on their own property or business premises; installing hard-wired smoke detectors as a business requires licensing.
Evidence for this guidance (7 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICIAN (IC)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 44059; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Shipboard blueprint and system interface analysis, Electrical and electronic system casualty analysis, Electrohydraulic and synchro/servo system maintenance, Audio/video broadcast and monitoring system maintenance, Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment (O*NET 49-2093.00), Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers (O*NET 49-2098.00), Audio and Video Technicians (O*NET 27-4011.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment (O*NET 49-2093.00)

  3. O*NET: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers (O*NET 49-2098.00)

  4. New York Department of State: Security or Fire Alarm Installer license requirements

    [4] Requirements and Course Providers. New York licensing example, not national or every-employee requirements. Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers (O*NET 49-2098.00)

  5. New York Department of State: Alarm installer scope and employee FAQ

    [5] Exempt installations and employee qualification. New York example only. Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers (O*NET 49-2098.00)

  6. O*NET: Audio and Video Technicians

    [6] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Audio and Video Technicians (O*NET 27-4011.00)

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

    [7] IC cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [8]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

Historical codes with documented links to IC. Each history page explains the change.

EMElectrician's MateEM(SRT)Electrician's Mate (SR) (I. C. Repairmen)

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