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Caesar
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Yuma, Arizona
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How can I become an electronic repairman and what will I need?
Hello my name is Caesar and I am a middle school student and I want to learn how I can become an electronic repairman. If someone can help me out by telling me what degrees I will need for it and also by telling me what dangers are apart or the job and what I can use to protect myself.
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Jamie Turner
Radar Technician
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Hello Caesar
That is awesome that you are interested in your future at an early age!! I'll begin from where I am now and finish with how my electronics career began.
To keep it simple, I have been an electronics technician with the federal government for ten years. I work on radars primarily, but I also work on smaller computer systems and electronics in air traffic control towers. Before that I worked on avionics systems on military helicopters (avionics is electronic equipment on aircraft).
My entry in to the electronics world came from the military. I work as a technician and continued doing so when I left the service.
At your age, I would definitely talk with a school counselor about this. My middle school had trade classes that allowed us to learn about electronics in a safe environment. Degrees I would look in to if I could do it all over would be Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a degree related to the Biomedical field.
Dangers I can think of include electrical shock (which is very, very rare if you follow the proper safety procedures and wear the proper clothing), loud noise depending on the environment you work in, and soldering iron burns. Personally, I have never been shocked or hurt in 20 years of doing this work. Disconnect power or remove batteries before working on electronic equipment, remove jewelry, and assume the system has power going to it unless you removed power yourself. Hope this helps. Good Luck to you, Caesar!
That is awesome that you are interested in your future at an early age!! I'll begin from where I am now and finish with how my electronics career began.
To keep it simple, I have been an electronics technician with the federal government for ten years. I work on radars primarily, but I also work on smaller computer systems and electronics in air traffic control towers. Before that I worked on avionics systems on military helicopters (avionics is electronic equipment on aircraft).
My entry in to the electronics world came from the military. I work as a technician and continued doing so when I left the service.
At your age, I would definitely talk with a school counselor about this. My middle school had trade classes that allowed us to learn about electronics in a safe environment. Degrees I would look in to if I could do it all over would be Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a degree related to the Biomedical field.
Dangers I can think of include electrical shock (which is very, very rare if you follow the proper safety procedures and wear the proper clothing), loud noise depending on the environment you work in, and soldering iron burns. Personally, I have never been shocked or hurt in 20 years of doing this work. Disconnect power or remove batteries before working on electronic equipment, remove jewelry, and assume the system has power going to it unless you removed power yourself. Hope this helps. Good Luck to you, Caesar!