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V05B Air Traffic Control Communications Technician

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

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Overview

An Air Traffic Control Communications technician performs organizational or intermediate level maintenance on shore communications equipment. The technician maintains AN/FSC-127 and AN/FSC-127A equipment, CM-200/300 transmitters and receivers, AN/GRC-260/261 transceivers, AN/FYC-22 VIDS, and flight data input and output systems.

Core Skills

  • Shore radio transmitter and receiver maintenance
  • AN/FYC-22 VIDS equipment maintenance
  • Flight data input/output equipment maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Organizational and intermediate maintenance of shore communications and flight data equipment provides directly transferable experience for electronic equipment repair.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on diagnostic exercise using schematics and test equipment for a commercial electronic system, documenting the fault and repair verification.

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.
  • 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

Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Maintenance of CM-200/300 transmitters and receivers and AN/GRC-260/261 transceivers transfers to radio equipment service, with additional preparation for antenna and transmission-line work.

How to prepare: Take a practical RF installation course covering coaxial cable connections, grounding, and transmission-line sweep testing.

What the civilian work involves
  • Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
  • Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
  • Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V05B

    [1] NEC entry "V05B - Air Traffic Control Communications Technician"; cached text line 13003; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Shore radio transmitter and receiver maintenance, AN/FYC-22 VIDS equipment maintenance, Flight data input/output equipment maintenance, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00)

  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: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for V05B

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