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T16A SSGN Navigation Maintenance Electronics Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating. Part of the Electronics Technician rating

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Overview

An SSGN Navigation Maintenance Electronics Technician troubleshoots and maintains electronic equipment aboard SSGN submarines. The technician works on navigation, radar, ship control, interior communications, and other selected electronic equipment.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Submarine radar troubleshooting and maintenance
  • Ship control electronics maintenance
  • Interior communications equipment troubleshooting

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Troubleshooting and maintaining submarine navigation, radar, and ship control electronics transfers directly to diagnosing and repairing commercial and industrial electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics lab focused on diagnosing faults and testing repaired equipment against specifications.

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.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
  • Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Maintaining and troubleshooting submarine interior communications equipment provides a foundation for fault isolation and repair of civilian telecommunications equipment.

How to prepare: Take a practical telecommunications equipment course covering circuit testing and installation of telephone and data communications wiring.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC T16A

    [1] NEC entry "T16A - SSGN Navigation Maintenance Electronics Technician"; cached text line 10577; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Submarine radar troubleshooting and maintenance, Ship control electronics maintenance, Interior communications equipment troubleshooting, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  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. O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

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