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V83A Communications Equipment (SRQ-4) Technician

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Overview

A Communications Equipment SRQ-4 Technician maintains the system's electrical, mechanical, digital, and radio frequency components. The technician diagnoses faults and removes and replaces parts to the lowest replaceable unit.

Core Skills

  • Electrical and mechanical component maintenance
  • Digital and radio frequency component maintenance
  • Fault diagnosis and lowest replaceable unit replacement

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

SRQ-4 electrical, mechanical, digital, and RF component maintenance, fault diagnosis, and unit replacement transfer directly to electronic equipment repair.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting lab that includes diagnosing a fault and testing the repaired equipment.

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.
  • 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

Diagnosing SRQ-4 faults and replacing electrical and digital components provides a foundation for isolating malfunctions in civilian telecommunications equipment.

How to prepare: Take a practical telecommunications equipment course covering circuit isolation, installation, and post-repair testing.

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 V83A

    [1] NEC entry "V83A - Communications Equipment (SRQ-4) Technician"; cached text line 15422; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Electrical and mechanical component maintenance, Digital and radio frequency component maintenance, Fault diagnosis and lowest replaceable unit replacement, 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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