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T54A TRIDENT II Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) Missile Technician (MT) Manager

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

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Overview

A TRIDENT II Strategic Weapons System Missile Technician Manager performs advanced Battle Stations Missile assignments, participates in missile handling, and operates and maintains Trident II D5 Backfit SWS subsystems. This manager performs operational readiness tests, follows applicable missile safety precautions, and trains on system updates and equipment changes for SWS operations aboard OHIO Class ballistic missile submarines.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Core Skills

  • Organizational and intermediate missile subsystem maintenance
  • Strategic weapons operational readiness testing
  • Explosive device and missile hydraulics safety
  • Training coordination for shipboard equipment updates

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Organizational and intermediate maintenance of strategic weapons subsystems, combined with operational readiness testing, provides transferable experience for industrial equipment repair and testing.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting course focused on diagnosing faults and testing repaired equipment.

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.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Ensuring missile technician managers perform maintenance, readiness tests, and safety precautions while receiving equipment-update training aligns with technical maintenance supervision.

How to prepare: Prepare a maintenance-supervision portfolio using non-sensitive examples of readiness testing, safety oversight, and equipment-update training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC T54A

    [1] NEC entry "T54A - TRIDENT II Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) Missile Technician (MT) Manager"; cached text line 11152; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Organizational and intermediate missile subsystem maintenance, Strategic weapons operational readiness testing, Explosive device and missile hydraulics safety, Training coordination for shipboard equipment updates, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  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: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (O*NET 49-1011.00)

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