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V81A Meteorologist Equipment Maintenance Technician

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Overview

A Meteorologist Equipment Maintenance Technician aligns and maintains the AN/SMQ-11 weather satellite receiving system. The technician also performs organizational level maintenance on the Automated Surface Observing System and Navy Integrated Tactical Environmental System.

Core Skills

  • Weather satellite receiving system alignment
  • Automated surface observing system maintenance
  • Tactical environmental system maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Aligning and performing organizational-level maintenance on weather satellite receivers, ASOS, and NITES transfers directly to electronic equipment maintenance and testing.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics troubleshooting course focused on diagnosing faulty equipment with test instruments.

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.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
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 V81A

    [1] NEC entry "V81A - Meteorologist Equipment Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 15356; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Weather satellite receiving system alignment, Automated surface observing system maintenance, Tactical environmental system maintenance, 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)

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