The Electronics Technology program provides you with the necessary information, develops the needed skills, and encourages attitudes that will help you meet the needs of employers in an electronics occupation. It is designed for those who seek entry-level positions in the labor market directly and for those who want advanced training in a post-secondary educational setting. You’ll learn how to install, operate, maintain, and repair electronic equipment. This involves using all types of measuring instruments, meters, and tools to design, construct, test, troubleshoot, and repair electrical/electronic circuits as well as related pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical systems. Every facet of life is touched by electronics today. Biomedical electronics, robotics, automotive electronics, communications, electromechanical control, entertainment, and national defense are just a few of the many electronics based areas that are rich in job opportunities.
Qualities and Characteristics of the Program
If you are
· creative
· patient
· precise
· independent
· ambitious
If you have
- the ability to follow oral and written directions
- good eye-hand coordination
- the ability to follow safe work habits
- above average aptitude in spatial relations and mechanical reasoning
- basic reading and writing skills
- good color vision
- above average mathematics skills
If you like to
- solve problems
- use your hands
- work on electronic equipment
- communicate with others
You will need
- a good attitude
- critical thinking skills
- enrollment in an advanced academic track for math and science
If you think
- these qualities and characteristics describe YOU
This may be the program you are looking for!
Nature of the Program: A career in the electronics field requires technicians who are capable of dealing with the challenge of rapid changes in technology. Most electro mechanics work a 40-hour workweek. They may spend a good amount of time traveling from one job to the next. Locally, technical employment is widely diverse. It includes installation, repair and maintenance of electrical and electronic equipment and systems in the industrial environment as well as programming intelligent controllers.
Completion of the Program: Upon completion of the electronics technology program, students should have the qualifications for an entry-level position as an electronics worker/technician, electrical/electronics technician, electrician, engineering assistant, maintenance technician, robotics technician or computer technician. Post secondary opportunities exist at technical institutes, junior colleges, most commonwealth campuses, and at accredited four-year colleges and universities.
Related Occupations: Installation technician, electronic laboratory technician, field service technician, communications technician, hydraulics technician, bio-medical technician, integrated systems mechanic, outside plant technician, or communications installer.
