Basic Job Description
The Radar Repairer is an essential member of the Army communications maintenance team. The Radar Repairer performs or supervises field and sustainment level maintenance on ground surveillance radar and associated equipment, radar electronic assemblies and associated equipment and meteorological equipment. Installs repairs and maintains a working knowledge of how to operate military Radar equipment.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
Troubleshoot radar and associated equipment assemblies, subassemblies, modular and circuit elements with common and system peculiar test equipment for deficiencies and malfunctions. Repair, remove, and/or replace defective components and parts. Test repaired system to ensure compliance with technical specifications. Inspect, test, and adjust system components and test equipment to specific tolerances. Determine serviceability and disposition of radar systems assemblies, subassemblies, and parts. Perform initial, in-process, on-site technical and quality control inspections. Prepare and maintain equipment logs, equipment modification and utilization records, exchange tags, and calibration data cards.
Training Information
11 weeks, 2 days, at Redstone Arsenal, AL
ASVAB Score Required: 110 in aptitude area EL
Security Clearance: Secret
Strength Requirement: medium
Physical Profile Requirement: 222221
Other Requirements
- Normal color vision required
- Must be U.S. Citizen
Similar Civilian Occupations
- Avionics Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
- First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
