Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Technology
Program Length: 52
weeks
Admission Requirements | Career
Opportunities | Course Outline
Graduates of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Technology programs
have demonstrated achievement of vocational learning outcomes which relate
to engineering in general and electrical engineering in particular that are
necessary to perform their roles according to recognized electrical engineering
practices. The program provides graduates with an exposure to a range of electrical
engineering functions, such as designing or adapting, analyzing, troubleshooting
commissioning, installing and repairing a variety of electrical circuits,
equipment, and systems, under the supervision of a qualified person. Graduates
have also had exposure to quality control and assurance programs and have
applied communication, documentation, computer applications, information technology,
and teamwork skills to support the electrical engineering activities of an
organization.
Graduates of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Technology diploma
program are trained to:
- designing or adapting a variety of electrical circuits, equipment, and
systems under supervision
- analyzing, troubleshooting, commissioning, installing and repairing a
variety of electrical circuits, equipment, and systems under supervision
- implementing quality control and assurance programs
- apply communication, documentation, computer applications, information
technology, and teamwork skills to support the electrical engineering activities
of an organization
The graduates work in a wide range of settings in both large and small organizations
and in a variety of sectors in the electrical engineering industry. Their
activities could have a very broad range: power distribution and utilization;
electrical power generation, transmission, and protection; industrial telecommunications;
electrical maintenance and installation; and automation systems.
A special feature of this program is the “capstone” Engineering
Technology Project course taken at the end of the third term which includes
such topics as: project management concepts; needs identification techniques;
proposed solutions preparation; the project life cycle; the project manager's
responsibilities and skills; the effective project team; types of project
organizations; project communications and documentation; project planning,
scheduling, and control; resource considerations; and cost planning and performance
evaluation. In this course, students have the opportunity to replicate an
actual civil electrical project under the direction of NAC's instructors who
are also practicing professional engineers.
Another feature is the Career Development course also taken in the final term
which focuses on career planning and effective job search strategies, the
techniques of researching companies, the basics of interviewing including
a review of typical interview questions and role-playing, with all of this
being presented and directed by senior practicing engineers who have direct
and current experience with interviewing and hiring engineering technicians.
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Applicants are to have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, although provision can be made for those who do not meet this requirement, are 18 years of age or older, and pass a qualifying test. Advance standing for up to 40% of the program is possible depending upon an applicant’s previous education and/or work experience
- The amount of credit to be awarded is determined on an individual basis after an interview with the Program Director, a review of the applicant’s history, and, if applicable, the applicant’s results on a challenge examination
Graduates of Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians Diploma can
work as:
- Electrical Engineering Technician or Technologist
- Electronics Design Technologist
- Electronics Engineering Technician or Technologist
- Production Support Technician (Electronics Manufacturing)
- PLC Panel Assemblers
- Robotics Control and Support Technicians
- Automotive Technicians Engineering Technician
- Computer Applications for Engineering
- Business Communication
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Electronics and Digital Circuits Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, Pneumatics
and Vacuum Systems
- Electrical Circuit Analysis and Machinery
- General Work Shop
- PLC and HMI (Allen Bradley)
- PLC and Servo Controllers (Allen Bradley)
- PLC and Motion Control (Omron)
- PLC (Siemens)
- Robotics
- Advanced Control Systems
- AutoCAD Electrical
- Introduction to the Canadian Electrical Code
- Engineering Project
- Career Development for Engineers Application for Engineering
Disclaimer:
+ this diploma programs is approved as vocational programs under the Private Career
Colleges Act, 2005.
