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V05C Announcing Communication System Maintenance Technician

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Overview

An Announcing Communication System maintenance technician operates and performs organizational level maintenance on systems supporting the 1MC, 3MC, 5MC, 6MC, and 2MC announcing circuits. The technician isolates faults, performs corrective maintenance, configures firmware, and maintains system interfaces and components to support continuous operation during ship readiness conditions I through V.

Core Skills

  • Digital and analog audio fault isolation
  • Communication system firmware configuration maintenance
  • Telephone and alarm interface maintenance
  • Audio amplifier and speaker relay repair

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Fault isolation and corrective maintenance on power supplies, control computers, audio amplifiers, and relays transfer directly to electronic equipment troubleshooting and repair.

How to prepare: Complete a bench troubleshooting exercise on commercial electronic equipment and document the fault, diagnostic tests, repair, and post-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.
  • Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
  • Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Maintenance of announcing circuits, telephone interfaces, control computers, and system firmware provides a foundation for troubleshooting civilian communication equipment.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on telecommunications equipment course covering telephone circuits, switching equipment, and post-installation testing to extend your announcing-system maintenance experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V05C

    [1] NEC entry "V05C - Announcing Communication System Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 13015; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Digital and analog audio fault isolation, Communication system firmware configuration maintenance, Telephone and alarm interface maintenance, Audio amplifier and speaker relay repair, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  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: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

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