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V12C AN/USN-3(V) Satellite Signals Landing System Maintenance Technician

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Overview

The AN/USN-3(V) Satellite Signals Landing System Maintenance Technician performs organizational level maintenance on the AN/USN-3(V) system. The technician troubleshoots and restores equipment using general test equipment, built-in tests, diagnostic computer programs, and the Interactive Electronic Technical Manual.

Core Skills

  • Combined test-equipment and built-in fault diagnosis
  • Diagnostic computer program use for troubleshooting
  • Interactive electronic manual-guided equipment restoration

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

AN/USN-3(V) maintenance using test equipment, built-in tests, diagnostic programs, and electronic manuals transfers directly to diagnosing and restoring electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting lab that covers fault diagnosis and post-repair testing on equipment beyond the AN/USN-3(V).

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.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Test-based troubleshooting and restoration of the AN/USN-3(V) provide a foundation for isolating telecommunications equipment faults and verifying repaired equipment.

How to prepare: Take a practical telecommunications equipment course with circuit-diagram reading, test-meter fault isolation, and post-repair performance checks.

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.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V12C

    [1] NEC entry "V12C - AN/USN-3(V) Satellite Signals Landing System Maintenance Technician."; cached text line 13120; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Combined test-equipment and built-in fault diagnosis, Diagnostic computer program use for troubleshooting, Interactive electronic manual-guided equipment restoration, 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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