Navy NEC · Engineering

V02B AN/SPS-73(V)12 and AN/SPS-73A(V)12 Maintenance Technician

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

Overview

An AN/SPS-73 Maintenance Technician performs documented preventive and corrective maintenance on AN/SPS-73(V)12 and AN/SPS-73A(V)12 Surface Search Radar Sets. This technician maintains the radar sets under all readiness conditions, both in port and underway.

Core Skills

  • Radar maintenance in port and underway
  • Preventive and corrective maintenance documentation

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Documented preventive and corrective maintenance on shipboard surface-search radar transfers directly to electronic equipment repair and maintenance recordkeeping.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on commercial electronics troubleshooting course focused on diagnosing faults with test 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.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
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 V02B

    [1] NEC entry "V02B - AN/SPS-73(V)12 and AN/SPS-73A(V)12 Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 12889; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Radar maintenance in port and underway, Preventive and corrective maintenance documentation, 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)

Defense contractor jobs for V02B

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