A technician was a person (often a crewman) trained in a specific process, often of a technical nature. Technicians had different rates, including Technician First Class. (TOS: "Space Seed")
In 2267, James T. Kirk offered the Organians the services of Federation specialists and technicians to assist them. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy")
In 2367, Vagh requested that his own technicians be allowed to confirm Captain Picard's claim that a Federation phaser rifle had been charged using Romulan technology. (TNG: "The Mind's Eye")
In 2370, Deela, an official at the Tozhat Resettlement Center, complained that the center's computers didn't work, and a technician hadn't arrived since they were not a top priority. (DS9: "Cardassians")
In the script, the term "technician" is commonly used to refer to background characters such as transporter technicians, medical technicians, etc.
Types of technicians
| Enlisted personnel | Commissioned officers | Generals and flag officers | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet: | CRM | PO | CPO | MID CDT OC |
ENS | LT JG | LT | LT CMDR | CMDR | CAPT | FCAPT | CDORE | RADM | VADM | ADM | FADM | ||||
| Military: | PVT AMN |
CPL | SGT | SSGT | MSGT 1SGT |
2nd LT | 1st LT | CAPT | MAJ | LT COL | COL | BRIG | MAJ GEN | LT GEN | GEN | MARSHAL | ||||
| Positions: | Boatswain • Chief • Corpsman • Engineer's mate • Specialist • Technician • Yeoman | TAC • SO • 3rd • 2nd • 1st • CO • DD | Portmaster • Chief of Staff • CinC | |||||||||||||||||
| Services: | Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Ferengi • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Romulan • SS • United Earth MACO • United Earth/Federation Starfleet • United States • Vulcan Mirror universe: Terran Empire Starfleet • Terran Empire MACO | |||||||||||||||||||
This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.
External links
- Technician at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Technician at Wikipedia
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