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Expanding career opportunities in electronics
Are you contemplating a career in electronics? Perhaps you are in your
final years of high school and are wondering whether there are many
opportunities for people skilled in electronics. As you research this field,
you will find much conflicting information and often the government
bodies responsible for providing careers information do not know just how
diverse the field is.
Part of the difficulty is that many career paths involving electronics skills
are not clearly defined. For example, consider the building industry, a field
which most people would not regard as being electronics based. But every
large building involves a big investment in electronic equipment, most of
which is manufactured in this country. There is equipment for air-conditioning and ventilation, building security, fire and evacuation, electricity
demand control and emergency stand-by power.
All this equipment is usually built and installed by separate companies
but needs to be linked together for correct operation. For example, the airconditioning and ventilation equipment will be linked to the fire and
evacuation equipment so that in the case of fire, all the stairwells and office
areas are maintained at the correct pressures so that the fire does not spread
but people can safely escape. The air-conditioning will also be linked to the
electricity demand monitoring equipment so that parts of it can be shed at
peak load times, thereby keeping electricity tariffs to a minimum. Naturally,
all this equipment is computer controlled and can be monitored remotely
for correct performance.
When you consider the number of high-rise buildings throughout Australia, the total investment in such equipment must be truly enormous.
Consider that all this equipment will require considerable maintenance in
the future and that older buildings will need to be continually upgraded to
make them more energy efficient.
The building industry is just one field where there are considerable
opportunities for people skilled in electronics. You don't have to look far to
find many more. A few more examples: automobile service , office equipment and medical electronics.
So while electronics manufacture in this country may have contracted in
the last few years (and I am doubtful whether this is really true), the
opportunities for people with electronics skills are continuing to grow at an
ever increasing rate.
Leo Simpson
Brendan Akhurst
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John Hill
Jim Lawler, MTETIA
Bryan Maher, M.E ., B.Sc.
Jim Yalden , VK2YGY
Bob Young
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Editorial Advisory Panel
Philip Watson, MIREE, VK2ZPW
Norman Marks
Steve Payor, B.Sc., B.E.
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ISSN 1030-2662
A UGUST 1991
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