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Navy Enlisted Rating (Job) Descriptions and Qualification Factors

Electronics Technician (ET)

By Rod Powers, About.com

General Info:

ETs are responsible for electronic equipment used to send and receive messages, detect enemy planes and ships, and determine target distance. They must maintain, repair, calibrate, tune, and adjust all electronic equipment used for communications, detection and tracking, recognition and identification, navigation, and electronic countermeasures.

What They Do:

ETs operate, maintain and repair the electronic, computer and control mechanisms used in weapons systems.

Detailed List of Required Duties

ASVAB Score:

AAR+MK+EI+GS=223

Other Requirements:

Must have normal color perception. Must have normal hearing. Security Clearance, (SECRET) Requirement. Must be U.S. citizen

Technical Training Information:

    Greate Lakes, IL -- 89 calendar days
    Great Lakes, IL -- 96 calendar days
    Great Lakes, IL, -- 89 calendar days

Working Environment: Jobs performed by ETs are performed throughout the Navy's fleet of surface ships including aircraft carriers and Aegis cruisers, and at repair activities ashore.

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