TDCJ Electronic Technology

CETT-1204. High Reliability Soldering. (2 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. High reliability soldering, de-soldering, circuitry repair, plated-thru-hole repairs, conformal coating removal, industry standards, electrostatic discharge (ESD) control, surface mount device (SMD) installation, removal and replacement using hand held systems or reflow workstations.

CETT-1341. Solid State Circuits. (3 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. A study of various semiconductor devices incorporated in circuits and their applications. Emphasis on circuit construction, measurements, and analysis.

CETT-1409. DC-AC Circuits. (4 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. Fundamentals of DC circuits and AC circuits operation including Ohm's law, Kirchoff's laws, networks, transformers, resonance, phasors, capacitive and inductive and circuit analysis techniques.

CETT-1415. Digital Applications. (4 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. An investigation of combinational and sequential logic elements and circuits with emphasis on design and trouble-shooting of combinational and sequential circuits.

ELMT-1201. Programmable Logic Controllers. (2 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. An introduction to programmable logic controllers as used in industrial environments including basic concepts, programming, applications, troubleshooting or ladder logic and interfacing of equipment.

ELMT-1411. Solar Fundamentals. (4 Credits)

ELMT-2239. Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers. (2 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. Advanced applications of programmable logic controllers as used in industrial environments including concepts of programming, industrial applications, troubleshooting ladder logic and interfacing to equipment.

WIND-2359. Wind Power Delivery System. (3 Credits)

This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. Components, equipment, and infrastructure used in the production and transmission of electricity as related to wind turbine power.

What Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Do

Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians help engineers design and develop equipment that is powered by electricity or electric current.

SUMMARY

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
2021 Median Pay: $63,640 per year or $30.60 per hour
Typical Entry-Level Education: Associate's degree
Work Experience in Related Occupation: None
On-the-job training: None
Number of Jobs, 2021: 105,000
Job Outlook, 2021-31: 0% (Little or no change)
Employment Change: 2021-31; -400

Work Environment

Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians work on teams with electrical engineers. They may work in offices, laboratories, or factories. Most work full-time.

How to Become an Electrical or Electronic Engineering Technologist or Technician

Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians typically need an associate’s degree.

Pay

The median annual wage for electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians was $63,640 in May 2021.

Job Outlook

Employment of electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians is projected to show little or no change from 2021 to 2031.

Despite limited employment growth, about 11,100 openings for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Most of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

SUGGESTED CITATION:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians,
at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineering-technicians.htm (visited May 31, 2023).

Some careers in this field will require a bachelor's degree.

TVCC's AA degrees are fully transferable to public universities in Texas. See an academic advisor for more information on this transfer opportunity.
Many of TVCC's AAS degrees lead to an online Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) degree with participating universities. See an academic advisor for more information on this transfer opportunity.