Just what, exactly, is a “certified electronics
technician”? It’s a term that covers
a broad spectrum of some of the most varied and
exciting jobs. We live in an electronics age where
developments increase at an exponential rate. It’s
difficult for most of us to even imagine living
for very long in a world without automobiles, computers,
heating and air conditioning or electronics. Increasingly,
ALL of these things are becoming computerized,
and a certified electronic technician installs
and maintains the electronics.
At Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology,
we provide entry-level electronic technician training
to qualify students in basic electronics technician
subjects – not just in the aviation fields.
It’s true that we have graduated 80,000+
technicians since 1928, including pilots, aviation
maintenance and avionics (from “Aviation
Electronics”) technicians. We also graduate
many people in the fields of Quality
Control (QC),
Nondestructive Testing (NDT), Radio, and Television
Broadcasting programs. At first glance, one may
not see the relationship between someone fixing
a color weather radar unit in a commercial airliner,
and a former classmate adjusting the digital computerized
equipment in the satellite communications van outside
the field where “the game of the year” is
being played. Yet, both perform the tasks of an
electronic technician who received the same basic
training at Spartan before specializing as a certified
electronics technician.
While continuing to pursue their chosen specialty,
Spartan students have found interesting and rewarding
part-time jobs as electronic technicians just after
a few courses.
Once the knowledge as an electronics technician
has been attained and you would like to branch
out into a new electronics specialty, you will
have the basic electronics training for life-long
learning. Electronics technician training opens
the door to today’s electronic world.
