2800 Basic Ground Electronics Maintenance Marine: civilian jobs and resume guide
The O*NET Military Crosswalk connects this Basic Ground Electronics Maintenance Marine designation to Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Review each civilian direction's published work details, then keep only experience you can verify. The connection does not prove that you performed a mapped task.
About this designation: The source identifies this designation as Basic Ground Electronics Maintenance Marine. Its shared civilian crosswalk evidence does not establish which duties, tools, credentials, or level of responsibility you personally held.
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resume-ready civilian direction
$63,890
Median national pay for Telecommunications Equipment Installer and Repairer
These are the civilian occupations O*NET connects to this military code. They are options to explore—not a ranking, a license, or proof that you performed every duty listed.
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.
Typical national pay$51,830–$81,690Median $63,890 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 3: medium preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Demonstrate equipment to customers and explain its use, responding to any inquiries or complaints.
Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
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Telecommunications Equipment Installer and Repairer
Summary
Telecommunications equipment installer and repairer installing, setting up, and servicing switching, distribution, and communications equipment in various settings while ensuring functionality and compliance with specifications
Experience
Telecommunications Equipment Installer and Repairer
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Demonstrated equipment to customers and explained its use, responding to inquiries or complaints
Tested circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters and hand tools
Assembled and installed communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines and computer systems
Climbed poles and ladders, used truck-mounted booms, and entered manholes to install and inspect equipment
Tested repaired or newly installed equipment to ensure proper functionality and compliance with specifications
Maintained computer and manual records pertaining to facilities and equipment
Collaborated with other workers to locate and correct malfunctions
Skills
Core Skills
Gathering work condition information, Interpreting blueprints, Reading needed technical information, Conferencing with coworkers
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The mapped civilian record lists this task: Demonstrate equipment to customers and explain its use, responding to any inquiries or complaints. Identify comparable experience only if you can verify it.
Also examine this mapped civilian task: Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools. Keep it only if your own service evidence supports it.
Capture scope or outcomes only when your own records support them.
Which parts of your Basic Ground Electronics Maintenance Marine experience can you support when considering the crosswalk direction Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?
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Fictional example: In my Basic Ground Electronics Maintenance Marine assignment, I [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
After
Fictional example: Supported [civilian work area] by [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
Why this wording is fair
Demonstrate equipment to customers and explain its use, responding to any inquiries or complaints.
Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
Use the pattern, not the sentence: keep it only when the same facts are true for you.
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Editorial reviewer: Rung Guru editorial QA. Approved: 2026-08-09T03:28:59.543133+00:00.
Structured guidance last changed: 2026-08-08. Source-verification dates appear with each source below.
Why: to help veterans evaluate civilian directions and recover truthful resume evidence before entering Rung.
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