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MT Missile Technician

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Overview

A Missile Technician performs organizational and intermediate maintenance on Strategic Weapons Systems aboard ballistic missile submarines or Attack Weapons Systems aboard guided missile submarines. The technician operates and maintains TRIDENT missiles, fire control systems, launchers, and support equipment, conducts operational readiness tests, follows missile safety precautions, and participates in missile handling evolutions.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Minimum ASVAB: AR+MK+VE+AO 218 or VE+AR+MK+MC 218

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

  • Fire control and launcher system maintenance
  • Weapons system operational readiness testing
  • Missile explosive and hydraulic safety procedures

Civilian Career Paths

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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

Maintaining missile launchers, fire control systems, and support equipment and conducting readiness tests transfer to electromechanical equipment maintenance and performance testing.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electromechanical testing lab that uses schematics and test instruments to diagnose and repair an assembly.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test performance of electromechanical assemblies, using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.
  • Read blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly.
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electrical, electronic, or mechanical components, equipment, or systems to ensure proper functioning.

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Operating and maintaining fire control systems and associated test equipment provides transferable experience for testing and repairing industrial electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing an industrial electronic unit and recording the fault, repair, and test results in a computerized maintenance management system.

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

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Validate foundational electronics knowledge for equipment testing and repair; the issuer designs this credential for technicians with less than two years of electronics experience or training.

    For: Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Notes & Sources

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

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 55323; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Fire control and launcher system maintenance, Weapons system operational readiness testing, Missile explosive and hydraulic safety procedures, Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3024.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3024.00)

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

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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

    [4] MT 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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GMGuided Missileman

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