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STS Sonar Technician Submarine

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Overview

A Sonar Technician Submarine operates submarine sonar mainframe and auxiliary equipment and controls, evaluates, and intercepts sonar data from oceanographic equipment. This technician coordinates the sonar and underwater fire control interface, employs environmental monitoring equipment, and performs organizational and intermediate maintenance.

Minimum ASVAB: AR+MK+EI+GS 222 or VE+AR+MK+MC 222

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

  • Sonar and underwater fire control coordination
  • Operation of environmental monitoring equipment
  • Organizational and intermediate sonar equipment maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Organizational and intermediate maintenance of submarine sonar mainframe and auxiliary equipment provides transferable experience for electronic equipment repair.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting course focused on diagnosing faults and testing equipment after repair.

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 the transition into civilian equipment repair.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): SONAR TECHNICIAN (SUBMARINE) (STS)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 69107; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Sonar and underwater fire control coordination, Operation of environmental monitoring equipment, Organizational and intermediate sonar equipment maintenance, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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

    [3] STS cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [4]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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