Navy NEC · Engineering

Q34A SSN 774 Class Advanced Auxiliary Equipment Technician

Current service use not established

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

An SSN 774 Class advanced auxiliary equipment technician operates assigned auxiliary equipment. This technician also performs organizational-level maintenance on that equipment.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Organizational-level maintenance of auxiliary equipment

Civilian Career Paths

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Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Operating and performing organizational-level maintenance on assigned auxiliary equipment provides directly related experience for industrial machinery maintenance.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on industrial machinery maintenance course focused on component repair and replacement to bridge from assigned shipboard equipment to production machinery.

What the civilian work involves
  • Repair or maintain the operating condition of industrial production or processing machinery or equipment.
  • Repair or replace broken or malfunctioning components of machinery or equipment.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC Q34A

    [1] NEC entry "Q34A - SSN 774 Class Advanced Auxiliary Equipment Technician"; cached text line 10106; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Organizational-level maintenance of auxiliary equipment, Industrial Machinery Mechanics (O*NET 49-9041.00)

  2. O*NET: Industrial Machinery Mechanics

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Industrial Machinery Mechanics (O*NET 49-9041.00)

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