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W01A Underwater Mine Test Set Maintenance Technician

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Overview

The Underwater Mine Test Set maintenance technician performs organizational and intermediate level operational checks and preventive maintenance. The technician isolates faults and periodically calibrates the test set and its ancillary equipment.

Core Skills

  • Test set operation checks and fault isolation
  • Periodic calibration of mine test equipment
  • Organizational and intermediate preventive maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Calibration Technologists and Technicians

Periodic calibration and operation checks on underwater mine test sets transfer directly to equipment calibration and performance testing.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on calibration workshop that includes comparison against known standards and analysis of test results.

What the civilian work involves
  • Analyze test data to identify defects or determine calibration requirements.
  • Calibrate devices by comparing measurements of pressure, temperature, humidity, or other environmental conditions to known standards.
  • Conduct calibration tests to determine performance or reliability of mechanical, structural, or electromechanical equipment.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Mine test set fault isolation, preventive maintenance, and operation checks overlap with diagnosing and testing industrial electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Take a practical industrial electronics troubleshooting course to apply test set diagnostic experience to commercial 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.
  • 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 (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC W01A

    [1] NEC entry "W01A - Underwater Mine Test Set Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 15908; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Test set operation checks and fault isolation, Periodic calibration of mine test equipment, Organizational and intermediate preventive maintenance, Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Calibration Technologists and Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00)

  3. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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