Electronics Technician, CAS

This program is designed to give students the technical and interpersonal skills necessaryfor placement into electronics technician positions. Students gain theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience with both basic and advanced electronics including circuits, controllers, and the machine to system interface. Upon completion of this program, students will be able to

• Analyze, configure, troubleshoot, and assist in designing and measuring electrical and electronic circuits and systems;
• Read and describe the characteristics of basic circuitry and compute circuit capacity;
• Demonstrate wiring design and identify basic electrical components;
• Troubleshoot analog and digital circuits using standard and specialized test equipment;
• Program and troubleshoot PLC systems for basic system control;
• Describe how various industrial processes are coalesced using advanced PLC techniques;
• Demonstrate the use of electrical, electronic solid state, digital, and pneumatic transmitters in practical process control instrumentation; and
• Effectively communicate during problem solving and troubleshooting.

  *Indicates prerequisite and/or corequisite needed. Check course description.   ^RIndicates Related Instruction requirement.   Students receiving financial aid or veteran's benefits should check with the Financial Aid Office before registering for recommended courses.  

• Reading and Writing placement tests are required for entry into the program.
• Applicants not meeting the above requirements may be admitted on an extended track to complete developmental math/communications classes before enrolling in or higher ELCT classes.

 

• Students who wish to graduate with an AAS degree must complete bothand [[permalink=56|tooltip:{'title':1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]].

 

• Typical wages for electronics technicians are above average both state and nationally.

  For more information about this program, contact the advisor.

Academic Advisor
OT 109
(406) 756-4862
OT@fvcc.edu