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You will enjoy this career field if you like hands-on work in electronics, and the employment opportunities are excellent. After all, we are living in an electronics age dependent upon computerization. Certified electronic technicians install, repair and maintain a variety of household and business equipment such as audio and video systems, televisions, alarm systems, computers, office equipment, automobile stereo systems, remote control equipment and devices, microwave ovens and bio-medical equipment.
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 Instruction includes the essential components of study to provide the skills to be successful in this constantly changing industry:
· Learn electronics hardware, capacitors and inductors, alternating current, transformers and amplifiers.
· Work with resonant electronic sensors, audio and RF circuits, oscillators and feedback waveforms.
· Inspect and test electronic equipment, components and assemblies using multimeters, circuit testers, oscilloscopes, logic probes and other electronic test instruments, tools and equipment.
· Diagnose and locate circuit, component and equipment faults.
· Build “people” and “teamwork” skills to increase your chances of success. |
 Electronic service technicians are employed by electronic service companies, retail and wholesale distributors, independent television and stereo repair shops, major department stores, manufacturers and manufacturers’ repair facilities as well as authorized manufacturers’ repair outlets.
Advanced technologies increase the need for skilled workers. According to the U. S. Department of Labor Statistics, the employment outlook in this field is expected to rise by as much as 10 percent by 2012. Earn a certificate or a degree in less than two years at Bates Technical College, and be ready to go to work in this exciting profession. |
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