94F Special Electronic Devices Repairer

National Guard; West Virginia; On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Part time

Job summary

The National Guard seeks a Special Electronic Devices Repairer to maintain vital instruments and tools, including night vision and navigational devices. You will test, read diagrams, replace parts, and ensure quality control; senior technicians may supervise and train others.

Earn While You Learn with 10 weeks Basic Training and 25 weeks Advanced Individual Training, conducted in classroom and field environments, with pay throughout training period.

Qualifications

• Interest in mathematics, solving problems, and electronic equipment repair.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Test instruments, navigational controls, and simulators.
• Read technical diagrams and manuals.
• Replace parts and ensure quality control measures.
• Troubleshoot and inspect equipment.
• Advanced level personnel may supervise and train others.

Skills

Mathematics

Problem solving

Electronic repair

Attention to detail

Job description

The Army National Guard utilizes many forms of sophisticated equipment on and off the field. As a Special Electronic Devices Repairer, you will ensure that vital instruments and tools are meticulously maintained and operational. This includes night vision equipment, electronic distance and azimuth-orienting devices, battlefield illumination devices, nuclear, biological, and chemical warning and measuring devices, and others.

Specific duties of the Special Electronic Devices Repairer include: testing instruments, navigational controls, and simulators; reading technical diagrams and manuals; replacing parts; ensuring quality control measures; and troubleshooting and inspecting equipment. Advanced level Special Electronic Devices Repairers are expected to supervise and train other Soldiers in the craft.

Helpful Skills

• Interest in mathematics, solving problems, and electronic equipment repair
• Strong attention to detail

Earn While You Learn

Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.

Job training for a Special Electronic Devices Repairer requires 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you learn basic Soldiering skills. Advanced Individual Training consists of 25 weeks of training. Training is spent in a classroom, practicing on equipment, and in the field under simulated combat conditions.