Electrical and Electronics Technician task is to Install, inspect, test, maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, upgrade and repair City-owned electrical and electronic systems. The electronics technician conducts, maintains, tests, and repairs electrical and electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and components. The position applies knowledge of electrical and electronic and mechanical principles in determining equipment malfunctions and applies skills in restoring equipment to operation. The electronics technician provides skilled mechanical and electrical and electronic support to all areas of manufacturing. Industrial Electronics Technicians install electronic equipment using various power tools and machinery, including drill presses, pipe threaders, grinders, hoists, measuring devices, and testing equipment. They inspect and maintain existing equipment using similar tools, such as voltmeters and PC-based diagnostic software. This may require analysis and troubleshooting of complex problems. Industrial electronics technicians may also replace existing equipment based on age, operation, and functionality.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must possess at least 50% aggregate from a recognized institution in 12^th, from any board PUC/CBSE/ICSE/ISC, etc. However, the cut-off margin varies with the selection process of different colleges.
• Should procure a valid score in entrance exams such as JEE-MAINS/CET/VITEEE/JEE-Advanced, etc. Different colleges offer their own entrance exams if you don’t have a satisfactory score in JEE or other competitive exams – colleges like NMIMS, Symbiosis International University, XUB, Andhra University, LPU, etc. Every state offers their own entrance exam as well.
• One must earn a degree in B.Sc/B.Tech or a Diploma to become an Electrical and Electronics Technician. This is a basic qualification you must require to enroll in this line of work.
• An M.Tech in Electronics Engineering can also prove to be helpful while looking for a higher degree and better learning.

Tasks to perform

• For building electronics units, use design plans, construction drawings, schematic schematics, or technical specifications, as well as understanding of electrical principles and materials.
• For building electronics units, use schematics, technical specifications, schematics, schematics, or professional specifications, as well as understanding of computerised theories and supplies.
• Utilizing hands or powered tools, construct, test, or operate equipment or processing capabilities according to architectural specifications, instruction documentation, or understanding of computers.
• In terms of construction, upgrades, or improvements, provide implementation logic or engineering assistance or suggestions for new or current infrastructure.
• Generate and keep records of architectural drawings, structural members, installations or maintenance issues, resources spent, and restorations or corrective and preventive measures taken.

Knowledge required

• Apprehension of Physics — Predictive analytics of basic phenomena, laws, their interactions, and fluid, substance, and air mechanics interpretation techniques, and mechanical, electric, atomic and subatomic structures and processes understanding.
• Arithmetic Prowess — Being able to evaluate and interpret various mathematical equations and use them to address complex problems in arithmetic, geometry, calculus, and other areas.
• Computer Application— Understanding the prospects and functioning of circuit boards, processing units, circuits, electrical devices, computer equipment, plus applications and programming.
• Chemical Dexterity – Able to understand the chemical structure and composition of substances available in the environment. Includes the understanding of changes, interactions between different substances, methods of production, and safe disposal of toxic substances.
• Design and Establishment — Recognition of the materials, techniques, and instruments used in building or restoring homes, factories, as well as other structures, such as roads, highways, bridges, etc.

Skills required

• Rational interpretation — Use of rationality and inference to distinguish the positives and disadvantages of creative improvements, assumptions, or responses to situations
• Strategic Thinking — Evaluating the possible expenses and advantages of various decisions in order to recognise the best one.
• Time Management — Interacting and switching between different tasks and activities without consuming excess time to provide results.
• Processes Assessment — Entails identifying metrics or indices of service quality as well as the steps required to enhance or change effectiveness in relation to the system's objectives.
• Critical Analysis — Learning and identifying the strengths and weaknesses along with providing solutions and countermeasures to reduce the impact of potential problems.

Job roles offered

Once you procure the required qualifications for becoming an Electrical and Electronics Technician, a myriad of options are open to you. There are multiple projects you can undertake throughout this line or work, and there are many other fields you can branch out to.

• Automation Technician: To decrease human interaction and improve productivity, computerization specialists operate and operate computer-controlled equipment and robotics equipment used in residential and manufacturing facilities. Their responsibilities need an understanding of technology, metallurgy, and computers. Automation experts do reliable laboratory checks on autonomous vehicles, as well as monitoring, separating, and restoring them. If a problem arises, the technician must troubleshoot it to identify whether the issue is structural, electromagnetic, or related to the computer systems that manage the operation. The specialist should next restore or update any essential equipment, such as a detector or electricity equipment, once the problem has been identified.
• Calibration Technician: Full-time employment in the aerospace, industrial, defense, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and industrial industries is common for configuration specialists. To guarantee appropriate performance, precision, and accuracy, they calibrate, test, monitor, and repair equipment and systems. Calibration experts calibrate electromagnetic, hydraulic, and electronics systems and applications with a selection of techniques. Their work assures that instruments and technology for documenting, measurement, and signaling fulfill required requirements and regularly deliver accurate and trustworthy data. Calibration professionals use routine testing to see if methods and apparatus are operating within specified parameters.
• Electrical Technicians: In a firm, electrical technicians are in charge of performing both predicted and scheduled routine maintenance duties. Electrical technicians are mostly employed in a corporation's refurbishment division, wherein employees are in charge of all external adjustments for the business's manufacturing activities, which include Wiring, Structural, and Modulation. Contributing to budgeting, guaranteeing proper spare parts administration, and monitoring ongoing project improvement are all part of the technician's responsibilities. An electrical technician's responsibilities include maintaining or upgrading gaskets, capacitors, valves, adapters, electrical systems, different motors, starters, and executing fault detection methods.
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Technician: A Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Technician works in an office setting, using specialized technology to build buildings, goods, and processes. Their abilities are transferable regardless of the business or field in which they operate. They are responsible for a wide range of developments to improve, involving the creation of experimental concept designs. They might or need not be scientists with the requisite technical expertise, and they may or may not have contributed to the design's creation. They'll also be participating in digital design modifications when a product is nevertheless in the course of construction. This may need the addition of technical data for reporting purposes. New items, particularly electrical ones, need designs and prototypes to guarantee that they function as intended.
• Drafting Technician:Drafting technicians must be logical thinkers who can imagine ideas before they are rendered, assisting technical and constructional teams in overcoming the obstacles they face in bringing their concepts to life. This is when some creative flare comes in handy, because you may need to visualize what the completed product will look like based on only a basic drawing. Architects, manufacturers, engineering businesses, building contractors, government agencies, and consulting organizations use drafting technicians. A significant percentage of drafting technicians choose to work for themselves.

Career opportunities

Electrical and Electronics Technician can opt for various fields of work in the companies listed below:

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
• Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
• Chandigarh University, Chandigarh
• Iit Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
• Kalasalingam Academy of Research And Education, Krishnankovil
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• Birla Institute of Technology And Science, Pilani
• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
• College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai
• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Colleges offering courses

• Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi
• St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
• Loyola College, Chennai
• Christ University, Bangalore
• Presidency University, Kolkata
• Madras Christian College, Chennai
• A.V. College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Hyderabad
• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• St. Andrew's College of Arts Science and Commerce, Mumbai
• National Post Graduate College, Lucknow