Radar Technician (Makam)
טכנאי/ת מכ"ם (מגלה כיוון ומקום)
Role facts
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Minimum profile: 6464 and above
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What the role is like
What you would be doing
the full text, nothing cutMakam (radar) uses radio waves, communications, signal processing and computing to detect enemy forces and track their movement. You become the technician who keeps it running — operating the system, configuring its software, and finding and fixing faults in its computer systems. The course also covers other classified systems, and it's a role with real responsibility. Complete additional training to rifleman 03 and you get a combat certificate.
What it takes to get in
Profile 64.
Training
5 weeks of course.
Where you serve
In combat collection battalions, at Masha, and in development and training units.