Bataan National High School

City of Balanga, Bataan

Learning Elements in TVE - Electronics

CARRER OPPORTUNITIES IN ELECTRONICS

Career opportunities in electronics continue to expand and become more varied with each passing year. It seems
as if the career opportunities in electronics in electronics are almost limitless. The purpose of this section is to
provide you, the newcomer to electronics, with some insight into the many possible career opportunities available
to you.

1. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN – A consumer electronics technician is a person who repairs

home entertainment equipment, such as stereos, televisions, VCRs, CD players, and camcorders. Electronic
technicians who service these types of equipment can expect to encounter a wide variety of electronic circuits
and mechanical devices. In This filed, technicians often troubleshoot down to the component level rather than
just the board level. A strong understanding of electronics.

2. COMPUTER REPAIR TECHNICIAN - With the use and applications of computers continuing to grow, the
need for computer repair technicians is at all-time high. To be a technician in this branch of electronics, you
must have a thorough understanding of both the hardware and the software aspect of computer operation the
hardware and the software aspects of computer operation. The electronic, magnetic, and mechanical devices
of a computer are referred to as the hardware, whereas the programs, which tell the computer what to do, are
called the software.
3. INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN – An in industrial electronics technicians a person who
maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs a variety of industrial equipment, such as motors and motors control,
programmable logic controllers (PLCs), robots, and computer-controlled machine tools and fluid power
systems. The industrial electronics technician may be also be involved in the development and installation of
equipment.

4. MEDICAL ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN – A medical electronics technician is a person who works

closely with nurses and physicians and other hospital staff to advise about and help maintain the wide range
of electronic equipment used in medicine. As an electronic technician in this field you can expect to maintain,
troubleshoot, and repair a variety of different types of medical equipment, such as computerized axial
tomography (CAT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, surgical lasers, heart-lung bypass
machines, dialysis machines and electronic thermometers

5. COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN – A communications electronics technician is person

who is trained to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair a variety of electronic communication equipment,
such as FM communications transceivers, cellular phones, pagers, repeater systems, antenna systems,
microwave systems, and AM and FM broadcasting equipment. Employment opportunities are exploding all
across the country as a result of the rapid growth in this area. Wages and benefits are typically very good. The
physical demands of this kind of work may range from climbing a 200-ft tower to install antennas, to sitting
in an air-conditioned room troubleshooting equipment.

6. CABLE TELEVISION TECHNICIAN – A cable television technician is a person who is trained to install,
test, maintain, troubleshoot and repair cable television systems. In this branch of electronics an in-depth
knowledge of electronic circuitry is helpful but not a necessity. This type of work is more likely to entail
installing connectors on coaxial cable, testing coaxial lines for faults, and connecting and disconnecting
customers to the cable system.

7. OFFICE EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN – An office equipment technician is a person who maintains and
repairs office equipment such as xerographic copiers, facsimile (FAX) machines, laser printers. In this type of
work, customer relation skills are extremely important, since the technician almost always travels to the
customer’s location.

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