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L18A Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist

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Overview

An Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist prepares patients and assists a medical officer with electroencephalography tests. They help operate electroencephalography equipment, record test results, and maintain the equipment.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Patient preparation for EEG examinations
  • EEG test result recording
  • Maintenance of electroencephalography equipment

Civilian Career Paths

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Neurodiagnostic Technologists

Preparing patients, assisting medical officers with EEG testing, recording results, and maintaining EEG equipment transfer directly to EEG-focused neurodiagnostic work.

How to prepare: Request an EEG competency assessment from a prospective neurodiagnostic laboratory, using your military training and duty records to identify any additional practice needed.

What the civilian work involves
  • Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
  • Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
  • Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.

Notes & Sources

  • Verified L18A duties establish EEG assistance experience, not experience in sleep studies, nerve conduction studies, electromyography, or intraoperative monitoring.
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L18A

    [1] NEC entry "L18A - Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist"; cached text line 7764; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Patient preparation for EEG examinations, EEG test result recording, Maintenance of electroencephalography equipment, Neurodiagnostic Technologists (O*NET 29-2099.01)

  2. O*NET: Neurodiagnostic Technologists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Neurodiagnostic Technologists (O*NET 29-2099.01)

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