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U55C DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Integrated Power Systems Operations Journeyman

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Overview

A DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Integrated Power Systems Operations Journeyman operates integrated power systems aboard Zumwalt class ships. This sailor performs IPS watchstanding and maintenance duties at the journeyman level.

Core Skills

  • Shipboard integrated power system maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Power Plant Operators

Integrated power system watchstanding aboard Zumwalt-class ships provides transferable experience for civilian power plant operations.

How to prepare: Seek plant-operator trainee openings and compare their equipment-monitoring duties with your documented IPS watchstanding experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
  • Take regulatory action, based on readings from charts, meters and gauges, at established intervals.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Journeyman maintenance duties on shipboard integrated power systems provide a foundation for industrial electrical equipment repair.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on industrial electrical troubleshooting course focused on testing faulty equipment and documenting repairs.

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.
  • 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 (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC U55C

    [1] NEC entry "U55C - DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Integrated Power Systems (IPS) Operations Journeyman"; cached text line 12317; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Shipboard integrated power system maintenance, Power Plant Operators (O*NET 51-8013.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Power Plant Operators

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Power Plant Operators (O*NET 51-8013.00)

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

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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