Navy NEC · Communications

V68B Integrated Voice Communications Technician

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

Overview

The integrated voice communications technician operates the Integrated Voice Communications System. This technician performs organizational level maintenance on the system and its associated peripheral equipment.

Core Skills

  • STC-2(V) voice communications system operation
  • Organizational-level voice-system and peripheral maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Operating and maintaining the STC-2(V) and its installed peripherals provides directly relevant experience for maintaining civilian voice communications equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on telecommunications repair course that practices circuit fault isolation and post-repair testing on civilian telephone and switching equipment.

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 (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V68B

    [1] NEC entry "V68B - Integrated Voice Communications Technician"; cached text line 14917; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: STC-2(V) voice communications system operation, Organizational-level voice-system and peripheral maintenance, Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  2. O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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