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U41A Minesweeping Electrician

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

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Overview

A Minesweeping Electrician operates, tests, adjusts, and performs organizational level maintenance on automatic degaussing equipment and specialized electrical equipment used in magnetic and acoustic minesweeping. This electrician uses tools, meters, and special test equipment to align, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and electronic components and sets up equipment according to operational orders.

Core Skills

  • Automatic degaussing equipment testing and maintenance
  • Specialized electrical and electronic component troubleshooting
  • Minesweeping equipment alignment and operational configuration

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Testing, aligning, troubleshooting, and repairing degaussing and minesweeping electrical components transfers directly to industrial electrical and electronic equipment diagnosis and repair.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial equipment troubleshooting course to practice fault diagnosis and post-repair testing on equipment beyond shipboard minesweeping systems.

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

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC U41A

    [1] NEC entry "U41A - Minesweeping Electrician"; cached text line 11986; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Automatic degaussing equipment testing and maintenance, Specialized electrical and electronic component troubleshooting, Minesweeping equipment alignment and operational configuration, 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)

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