ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Technology

Career Outlook

Your New Career
Electronics Technician is a growing career that can bring you not only a great salary and job security, but also exciting work in a field that is always growing and changing. Whether you want a full-time career in Electronics, or simply to earn extra money with your own part-time business, or even if you already have a job in the Electronics field, the Continuing Education Center can give you the skills you need to succeed.

  • Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as fourteen months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
  • Learn electronics terminology and procedures, so you’ll easily understand and be able to carry out your new duties.
  • Gain the skills you need to install electronic equipment safely, and troubleshoot any problems you encounter on the job.

With your determination and the right training, you'll be ready to take advantage of the opportunities available in this field. Apply the skills you learn in your training program diligently for a financially successful future.

Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being an Electronics Technician.

  • Your in-depth lessons include step-by-step instruction in electronics hardware, capacitors and inductors, alternating current, transformers, and amplifiers.
  • You'll receive training in resonant circuits, electronic sensors, audio and RF circuits, oscillator and feedback waveforms, and more.
  • You'll also learn important lessons in personal safety.

 Program Overview

Learn the skills you need to succeed as an Electronics Technician - at home, at your own pace, with the Continuing Education Center.

There are certain skills you need to begin a career as an Electronics Technician. With the Continuing Education Center distance learning, you can learn them quickly and conveniently.

Cover these topics and more:

  • Electronics hardware, transformers,
    and electronic sensors
  • Reactance and Impedance
  • Oscillator and feedback waveforms
  • Modulation and detection circuits

And you’ll learn it all at home — no classroom needed!

Start a career as an Electronics Technician.
Why complete a distance learning course in Electronics? With the right credentials, you can:

  • Work as a service technician in the growing field of computers and office machinery.
  • Work for an existing electronics services business, or begin one of your own.

Experienced Electronics Technicians with advanced training may become specialists or troubleshooters, and workers with leadership abilities may become supervisors. This means promotion opportunity for you!

Contact the Continuing Education Center Today.

Find out more about the Continuing Education center's Electronics Technician training that includes:

  • All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need
  • Instruments, kits, and experiments for hands-on learning and use in your career
  • Unlimited instructional support
  • Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Program Outline

Instruction Sets
Your program consists of 15 Instruction Sets designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll use in your new career.

Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (running Windows Vista or later) and the Internet in order to complete your program with the Continuing Education Center.

Here is an overview of what you'll learn and the order in which you'll receive your lessons:

Instruction Set 1 (Delivered Online Only)

Learning Strategies

Introduction to Electronics

Instruction Set 2

Nature of Electricity

Practical Exercise 1

Learning Aid: Component Color Code Wheel

Instruction Set 3

Conductors, Insulators, and Batteries

Circuit Analysis and Ohms Law

Multimeter Usage Manual

Practical Exercise 2

Learning Aids :
• Multimeter
• Circuit Formulas (quick reference card)

Instruction Set 4

Basic Measuring Instruments

Electronics Hardware

Switches

Practical Exercise 3

Learning Aids:
• Soldering Iron
• Desoldering Pump

Instruction Set 5

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

Capacitors and Inductors

Basic Semiconductor Components: Diodes

Basic Semiconductor Components: Transistors

Practical Exercise: 4

Instruction Set 6

Alternating Current

Capacitors in AC Circuits

Inductors in AC Circuits

Transformers

Practical Exercise 5

Instruction Set 7

Reactance and Impedance

Resonant Circuits

Applications of Resonant Circuits

Practical Exercise 6

Instruction Set 8

Rectifiers and Power Supplies

Amplifiers

Oscillators

Fiber Optic and Optoelectronic Components

Practical Exercise 7

Instruction Set 9

Electronic Sensors

Modulation and Detection Circuits

Electronic Devices and Amplifiers

Using Basic Oscilloscopes

Practical Exercise 8

Instruction Set 10

Audio and RF Circuits

Oscillator and Feedback Waveforms

Electronic Power Supplies

Practical Exercise 9

Instruction Set 11

Resonant Circuits

Applications of Resonant Circuits

Pulse Generators and Techniques

Waveshaping Circuits

Timing and Synchronization

Pulse Circuit Applications

Troubleshooting Pulse Circuits

Instruction Set 12

Logic Circuit Fundamentals

Introduction to Number Systems

Logic Devices and Diagrams

Logic Families

Applications of Logic Circuits

Troubleshooting Logic Circuits

Reference Lessons:
• Personal Safety, Parts 1 and 2
• Safe Use of Hand Tools

Instruction Set 13

Linear and Digital Integrated Circuits

Integrated Circuit Techniques

Linear Integrated Circuits

Digital Integrated Circuits

Linear and Digital Principles

Integrated Circuit Logic Systems

Troubleshooting Linear and Digital IC Systems

Exam Booklet

Instruction Set 14

Experiments with Pulse Circuits

Experiments with Logic Circuits

Experiments with Linear Integrated Circuits

Exam Booklet

Equipment:
• Digital Trainer
• Parts Kit for Experiments 1-3

Instruction Set 15

Industrial Computer Fundamentals

Digital and Analog Systems

Software and Programming Systems

Computer Aided Control

Interfacing Principles

Exam Booklet

 

Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

A High School Diploma or GED is required to enroll in this program.

Electronics Workbench is a registered trademark of Interactive Image Technologies, Ltd. in the United States of America and/or other jurisdictions.

Tuition

$998.00

Your tuition includes all books, learning aids, unlimited instructional and student support services.

Click Here Now to enroll in this program or call 620.276.9647