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They also supervise securing of aircraft and equipment
and perform crash rescue, fire-fighting, crash removal,
and damage control duties.
Aviation Support Equipment Technician.— The
insignia for the Aviation Support Equipment
Technician (AS) rating is a winged symbol of a crossed
maul and spark.
ASs perform preventive and corrective
maintenance on aviation support equipment, aviation
armament-handling equipment, aviation mobile
fire-fighting units, materials-handling equipment,
hoisting and lifting devices, and associated components
and systems. They also manage support equipment
assets at different command levels and provide training
in operation and maintenance of aviation support
equipment.
OCCUPATIONAL FIELD 7 (AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL).— This occupational field encompasses
only the Air Traffic Controller (AC) rating. The
insignia for the AC rating is the symbol of a winged
microphone.
ACs provide air traffic control services in air traffic
control towers and in radar air traffic control and fleet
area control and surveillance facilities, as well as air
operations offices ashore and afloat. ACs operate radio
communication systems and light signals and systems
and direct aircraft under visual flight rules (VFR) and
instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions. They also
operate ground and shipboard controlled approach
systems, assist pilots in the preparation and processing
of flight plans and clearances, and maintain up-to-date
flight planning information and reference materials.
OCCUPATIONAL FIELD 8 (WEAPONS
CONTROL).— This occupational field encompasses
the Electronics Technician (ET), Fire Control
Technician (FT), and Fire Controlman (FC) ratings.
Electronics Technician.—The insignia for the
Electronics Technician (ET) rating is the symbol of a
helium atom.
ETs perform maintenance on electronic equipment
used for communication, detection, tracking,
recognition, identification, and aids to navigation
(exceptions: airborne equipment, data processing
systems, interior communications systems,
teletypewriters, sonar, dead reckoning analyzer
indicators, weapons control systems, and electronic
warfare systems).
Fire Control Technician.—The insignia for the
Fire Control Technician (FT) rating is the symbol of a
range finder.
FTs perform organizational and intermediate level
maintenance on submarine weapons control systems
equipment and associated weapons control systems test
equipment. They operate submarine weapons control
systems. They also operate and maintain associated
systems test equipment and participate in
weapons-handling functions.
Fire Controlman.—The insignia for the Fire
Controlman (FC) rating is the symbol of a range finder
with sparks on each side facing inward.
FCs perform organizational and intermediate level
maintenance on surface missile and gun fire control
systems and associated test equipment. They operate
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