January 23, 2023 • 16 mins
Prepare for your career in the high-demand field of operating and servicing commercial and industrial machinery. In this dynamic, hands-on learning environment, you will learn how to install, maintain, and repair high- and low-voltage electrical and industrial systems, which include motor controls, PLCs, and fluids.
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S1 (00:01):
I don't think I've ever had an issue looking for
a company that wants technicians.
S2 (00:08):
So what we focus on is the fundamentals of electrical
engineering and computer science to allow students to have the
options to be able to move in either direction once
they graduate.
S3 (00:19):
I'm so grateful for the Chattahoochee Tech faculty and staff for providing with all
the equipment that is needed, and by offering support whenever I need it.
S4 (00:28):
98 seven Chatt Tech where 98.7% of our students earn
a career. We're going to look at the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Technology program located on Chatt Tech's North Metro
campus and the new 20,000 square foot center for Advanced Manufacturing. Today,
we're starting at the top of our contacts list and
talking to some current students, an instructor and employee of
the program. And I bet we don't make it out
(00:48):
of the "A"s. We'll learn about some of the classes and
careers available after completing this program. And we may even
speak to an international spy. Okay, probably not. But we
will learn how graduates of this program can help save
lives while earning an electrifying career at the same time.
All right. To keep this alphabetical, let's start with Ahn. You're a student, right?
Tell us a little about yourself.
S3 (01:07):
So my name is Ahn Phung. I'm 22 years old and
my major is Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.
S4 (01:15):
Anh, what's different about this program compared to an engineering degree?
S3 (01:18):
It's sort of like you you are more leaning towards
the technician side and you'll be getting more hands on
experience rather than just knowing the theory, so you'll be
doing more hands on troubleshooting, stuff like that.
S4 (01:37):
So what led you to this program?
S3 (01:39):
Well, before this, I was an international .... uh....
S4 (01:42):
International spy! Right.
S3 (01:43):
Business Major. Oh. But I just wanted to be an engineer.
And electrical sounds pretty interesting to me because I can
work with maybe robots. Like electric cars.
S4 (01:56):
Well, I mean, robots could be spies.
S3 (01:58):
But when I got into the major, it's. It's so
much like other branches, because right now here at Chatt Tech,
they're offering like a specialized for biomedical equipment technician, which
is what I'm majoring in right now.
S4 (02:16):
Biomedical equipment sounds important. What do you mean by that?
Give us some examples.
S3 (02:20):
Any any medical equipment. But mostly, if you're starting out,
you will be considered as a Biomedical Equipment Technician One.
And you you'll be working mainly with. But, well, they
consider you as a General Biomed Technician. So you'll be
working with IV pumps, feeding pumps, all the, like, non-critical medical equipment. As you
(02:47):
progressed more, you can go out there and get specialized
training on, like, imaging, like ventilators. You guys train on
those things. So as you progress with more, you will
get the opportunity to get specialized equipment.
S4 (03:05):
So, let's just take life saving out of the conversation
for those who aren't, you know, great under that kind
of pressure, what other types of careers are out there
for this degree?
S3 (03:14):
You can work on, like, semiconductors designing. I mean, I've taken it and then
you can work with the electrical side of like cars
and stuff because right now EV is kind of big
and we're moving towards more electric things than like fossil fuel.
S4 (03:32):
Anh, can you talk a bit about your experience with
the staff and instructors at Chat Tech?
S3 (03:37):
I'm so grateful because of the Chattahoochee Tech faculty and staff
provide me with all the equipment that is needed for
all my programs. We just sent the lab and could
buy office support for whenever I need it.
S4 (03:53):
What's the career path look like for an international spy --?
I mean, an Electrical Technology graduate in the Biomed field.
S3 (03:59):
For Biomed right now it's in high demand. Every - a lot
of hospitals have been coming to Chatt Tech to recruit
Biomed Technicians. We've seen Agility, CHOA, like, Children Hospital of Atlanta, even GE and stuff like that, they're
looking for freshly graduated students and actually offer around $26
(04:26):
to $30 an hour.
S4 (04:29):
Next up looks like an instructor and again another "A". Sir.
If you don't mind introducing yourself?
S2 (04:35):
My name is Andrew Kazamien. I'm with the ECET Department. I've
been with Chattahoochee Tech for about eight years now.
S4 (04:40):
Andrew, can you tell us what the ECET program is?
S2 (04:43):
I guess the name kind of gives it away. It's
Electrical Computer Engineering Technology. So what we focus on is
the fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to allow
students to have the options to be able to move
in either direction once they graduate.
S4 (04:58):
What type of jobs are available once you're an E.C.E.T. G.R.A.D.?
S2 (05:01):
Grad students can have all of a range or different types of jobs
coming out of the program and the expectation for what
types of jobs they can apply for. So the typical
type of job that a Electrical Computer Engineering Technologist would
apply for would be anything associated to Engineering Technology, Computer Science,
(05:22):
anything dealing with like Electronics Design. So in most cases
you will see positions offered as a Electrical Technician. But
there are some opportunities for entry level engineering positions. When
you're doing more design and you're a little bit more
autonomous versus working directly with an engineer. But typically students
who graduate, they usually are working in an industrial field
(05:45):
or they're working in an office doing industrial or electronics
design underneath another engineer.
S4 (05:50):
What is the student makeup of the program, Andrew?
S2 (05:52):
So, you know, the majority of our students are on
the traditional side, but we do have a pretty big percentage,
I'd say. I don't know the exact number of top
of my head. Around 30% of the students are non-traditional
who do come back, who've been working in the field
for years and want to get a degree in engineering
or students who went to the field and realized they
(06:14):
want to come back to school and change their path
and career wise. So we kind of have a mix
between the two. I wouldn't say it's just heavily traditional.
There are some semesters where I have a lot of
nontraditional students as well.
S4 (06:26):
Now, Andrew, I hear you are kind of a legend around Chatt Tech.
What brought you to teach here?
S2 (06:30):
You know, I started teaching when I was 21, so
I started teaching at a very young age. And my
goal in regards to teaching was always to give back
to the community. I feel like that the there's a
huge emphasis in our society right now as young people
or millennials or whatever generation you want to call it,
(06:52):
of saying, hey, you know, there's no value in traditional
schooling and I can kind of do it on my own.
And yes, that is a possibility. But I like to
stress the fact that there is value when you come
to school, you learn a trade or you learn a
profession that is very heavily science focused. And then being
able to change your life and find potential outside of
(07:15):
a school. So what drives me to teach is helping
students find value within their personal lives and being able
to grow and achieve the goals that they want to.
S4 (07:27):
What does it take for a student to do their
best in this program?
S2 (07:30):
I would say the students who do the best are
the ones who are open minded and the ones that
want to learn. So that sounds a little cheesy in
regards to, oh, you know, everybody wants to learn when
they come to school. But when it comes to engineering,
it's such a broad area in regards to the direction
that you can take. I think the students who are
(07:51):
open minded and willing to experience different facets of engineering
and are excited about that are the ones who come
into the program and they realize, Wow, there's a lot
of value in this and I can take make this
work for me in regards to potentially finding a career
or achieving my goals.
S4 (08:11):
The field seems pretty broad and we're from a generation
where words like engineering and computers are kind of attached
to everything. What about students who know that's where they
want to land but aren't really sure where to start
or they change their focus in the field once they
are a student?
S2 (08:25):
Oh yeah. So I tell my students all the time,
you know, my goal isn't to tell you what to do.
My goal is to help you figure out what's best
for yourself and what you want to do. So a
lot of students come in who have no idea of
what they want to do in regards to engineering or
they have no idea and what what they want to
do in regards to work. And they're like, Hey, I
like computers or I like games and I've always liked
(08:47):
electronics and I just want to learn about it. And
in the intro class, we really focus on the aspect
of this is what engineering is and a broad spectrum.
And if you want to focus on this specific task,
you should start looking at that now and doing research
in that area to see exactly what type of jobs
are available to you. So the whole purpose of our
(09:10):
intro class and the way that we guide them throughout
the program is to take students who don't have the
best thought in regards to the direction that they want
to go, but they kind of have an idea of
the topic. They want to study and help them narrow
that down until they get to the final class, which
is the Capstone Project class, to eventually say, Hey, I've
learned something and now it helps me get a job
(09:31):
in this specific area.
S4 (09:32):
Now, Andrew, as a legend, we know you may be
a little partial but how does Chattahoochee Tech do it better?
S2 (09:38):
Chattahoochee Tech's program, I believe, is the best program in
the state of Georgia in regards to electrical computer engineering technology,
because we try to focus directly on the industry and the industry needs. Students
who come into this program, want to come in to
learn exactly what needs to be done in the field
and apply that once they get a job and be able to
(10:01):
keep their job once they get or get into the
position that they want to. And our focus teaching is
to directly relate the field to the classroom and help
students have an understanding and learn exactly what they need
to and in order to be efficient at the jobs,
once efficient in the field, once they graduate.
S4 (10:20):
Let's talk to another student. Anthony, how did you get
started at Chatt Tech?
S5 (10:24):
So actually a funny story about that. I've been bouncing
around jobs. I didn't really know what to do and
I had a friend in the program doing his biomedical degree, biomedical
engineering degree. And yeah, he told me to jump on board.
I did that. And here I am repairing medical equipment.
S4 (10:43):
And where do you currently work?
S5 (10:45):
I work for GE Healthcare, but we're contracted to Northside
Hospital Cherokee.
S4 (10:50):
Aaah. Look at that. Electrical technology program is paying off before
you even graduate. Did you get the job because of Chatt Tech?
S5 (10:57):
Yes. Yes. So I did the apprenticeship program. I did
that for a few months and I pretty much got
hired on before the program even ended.
S4 (11:05):
Anthony, I'm guessing you're taking things learned in the classroom
and immediately applying them to your career, is that right?
S5 (11:11):
A lot of instructors will. They have a lot of experiences.
They'll tell you about it in the actual classes. We
basically get hands on with everything. So pretty much basically
what we're doing in the classes carries over to the
job pretty much almost the same.
S4 (11:30):
So the apprenticeship program helps you land your current job.
What's the next goal for you with the degree?
S5 (11:34):
Once I graduate, I'm looking to probably continue my path
as a biomedical engineer. Right now I'm a B Med one. Hopefully once
I graduate, I could become B Med two or three. That
way I can work on more life saving equipment like
anesthesia machines. Then if I wanted to do imaging, I
could probably do that as well.
S4 (11:53):
Describe a day in the life of a B Med One.
S5 (11:58):
So it's pretty much close to your 9 to 5.
You get to the job. You'll see what needs to
be done. You look at the work orders. It depends
on what the equipment is. There are usually a lot
of work orders that need to be taken care of immediately,
like a defib is a stat work or sometimes monitoring equipment.
(12:18):
Telemetry boxes need to be fixed as soon as possible.
S4 (12:21):
Stat work orders. I've always wanted to yell, STAT at
a hospital. What kind of student could excel in this program?
S5 (12:28):
I feel people who like to be hands on. You're always touching
medical equipment. If you're really organized, that really helps as well,
especially with documentation. But mainly, mainly students who like to
get their hands on things. You know.
S4 (12:43):
Let's hear from one more students. Seriously? Not only another A,
but another Anthony. This is magical. Anthony. Number two. Have
you always been interested in Electrical Technology?
S1 (12:54):
Even growing up, one of the things that I really
liked enjoying playing with was like snap circuits. So I
guess that's kind of where my spark started. Also, my
father's an electrical engineering and computer engineer. And originally that's
where I was going for was my bachelor's in electrical
engineering and decided to transfer over to Chatt Tech and
to start and looking into the electrical technology because I
(13:18):
found a little bit more interest in the hands on
applications and a little less on the theory side of
just the basic engineering portion of it.
S4 (13:27):
As someone who went to a four year school before
Chatt Tech, how was this program different?
S1 (13:31):
There's a lot more labs. I mean, even when I
was over at Kennesaw, they do have quite a lot
of labs and hands on experience with their classes. But
I would say Chatt Tech definitely tries to instill it
a little bit more and they explain the purpose of
the application and how important it is to be able
to actually get your hands on the components and work
on these on these concepts. And it really does just
(13:54):
give you a much better understanding of it.
S4 (13:57):
Okay, Pop quiz. What does PLC mean?
S1 (14:01):
It's a logic control device. It's a program, logic, control system.
And basically you can use that to run, run, engines, run.
I know at the plant we use it to run
on dryers and reactors and stuff like that when they
need to start and stop at certain times or if
(14:22):
something reaches a certain limit, you need it down and
things like that. It's something that you would program to
run a certain system.
S4 (14:30):
Congrats. You get an A in this class. Anthony. Tell
us about your experience with the instructors.
S1 (14:35):
They're very involved, just like my professor, for example, Andrew Kazmian.
He is very involved with the students and making sure
that we understand and if we ever have any questions
or need help on something, he's very much there with
anything that we need, and especially the lab techs as
well that they have hired on are extremely helpful and
(14:55):
they've definitely made a huge difference. There is a few
labs even this semester that I wouldn't have been able
to complete if not for how qualified and how willing
to help and get involved these faculty members at the school are.
S4 (15:07):
Anthony, what advice can you give to a student of
the program or potential student who sees finding the right
career in the Electrical Technology program is pretty intimidating?
S1 (15:15):
It can definitely be very scary because even after going
through all of this classes and and finally graduating and
having that completed, the real world can still be very intimidating, obviously.
As far as the job market goes, though, I don't
think I've ever had an issue with looking for a
company that wants technicians. Technicians are wanted just about anywhere. And
(15:39):
it's a very versatile job. And all you have to
do is, look.
S4 (15:44):
Congratulations. You're all A's. Thanks Anh, Andrew, Anthony and Anthony. To
find out more about the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
program at Chattahoochee Technical College, visit Chattahoochee Tech. Edu. Thanks
for listening to 98 seven Chatt Tech where 98.7% of our
students earn a career.
I don't think I've ever had an issue looking for
a company that wants technicians.
S2 (00:08):
So what we focus on is the fundamentals of electrical
engineering and computer science to allow students to have the
options to be able to move in either direction once
they graduate.
S3 (00:19):
I'm so grateful for the Chattahoochee Tech faculty and staff for providing with all
the equipment that is needed, and by offering support whenever I need it.
S4 (00:28):
98 seven Chatt Tech where 98.7% of our students earn
a career. We're going to look at the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Technology program located on Chatt Tech's North Metro
campus and the new 20,000 square foot center for Advanced Manufacturing. Today,
we're starting at the top of our contacts list and
talking to some current students, an instructor and employee of
the program. And I bet we don't make it out
(00:48):
of the "A"s. We'll learn about some of the classes and
careers available after completing this program. And we may even
speak to an international spy. Okay, probably not. But we
will learn how graduates of this program can help save
lives while earning an electrifying career at the same time.
All right. To keep this alphabetical, let's start with Ahn. You're a student, right?
Tell us a little about yourself.
S3 (01:07):
So my name is Ahn Phung. I'm 22 years old and
my major is Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.
S4 (01:15):
Anh, what's different about this program compared to an engineering degree?
S3 (01:18):
It's sort of like you you are more leaning towards
the technician side and you'll be getting more hands on
experience rather than just knowing the theory, so you'll be
doing more hands on troubleshooting, stuff like that.
S4 (01:37):
So what led you to this program?
S3 (01:39):
Well, before this, I was an international .... uh....
S4 (01:42):
International spy! Right.
S3 (01:43):
Business Major. Oh. But I just wanted to be an engineer.
And electrical sounds pretty interesting to me because I can
work with maybe robots. Like electric cars.
S4 (01:56):
Well, I mean, robots could be spies.
S3 (01:58):
But when I got into the major, it's. It's so
much like other branches, because right now here at Chatt Tech,
they're offering like a specialized for biomedical equipment technician, which
is what I'm majoring in right now.
S4 (02:16):
Biomedical equipment sounds important. What do you mean by that?
Give us some examples.
S3 (02:20):
Any any medical equipment. But mostly, if you're starting out,
you will be considered as a Biomedical Equipment Technician One.
And you you'll be working mainly with. But, well, they
consider you as a General Biomed Technician. So you'll be
working with IV pumps, feeding pumps, all the, like, non-critical medical equipment. As you
(02:47):
progressed more, you can go out there and get specialized
training on, like, imaging, like ventilators. You guys train on
those things. So as you progress with more, you will
get the opportunity to get specialized equipment.
S4 (03:05):
So, let's just take life saving out of the conversation
for those who aren't, you know, great under that kind
of pressure, what other types of careers are out there
for this degree?
S3 (03:14):
You can work on, like, semiconductors designing. I mean, I've taken it and then
you can work with the electrical side of like cars
and stuff because right now EV is kind of big
and we're moving towards more electric things than like fossil fuel.
S4 (03:32):
Anh, can you talk a bit about your experience with
the staff and instructors at Chat Tech?
S3 (03:37):
I'm so grateful because of the Chattahoochee Tech faculty and staff
provide me with all the equipment that is needed for
all my programs. We just sent the lab and could
buy office support for whenever I need it.
S4 (03:53):
What's the career path look like for an international spy --?
I mean, an Electrical Technology graduate in the Biomed field.
S3 (03:59):
For Biomed right now it's in high demand. Every - a lot
of hospitals have been coming to Chatt Tech to recruit
Biomed Technicians. We've seen Agility, CHOA, like, Children Hospital of Atlanta, even GE and stuff like that, they're
looking for freshly graduated students and actually offer around $26
(04:26):
to $30 an hour.
S4 (04:29):
Next up looks like an instructor and again another "A". Sir.
If you don't mind introducing yourself?
S2 (04:35):
My name is Andrew Kazamien. I'm with the ECET Department. I've
been with Chattahoochee Tech for about eight years now.
S4 (04:40):
Andrew, can you tell us what the ECET program is?
S2 (04:43):
I guess the name kind of gives it away. It's
Electrical Computer Engineering Technology. So what we focus on is
the fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to allow
students to have the options to be able to move
in either direction once they graduate.
S4 (04:58):
What type of jobs are available once you're an E.C.E.T. G.R.A.D.?
S2 (05:01):
Grad students can have all of a range or different types of jobs
coming out of the program and the expectation for what
types of jobs they can apply for. So the typical
type of job that a Electrical Computer Engineering Technologist would
apply for would be anything associated to Engineering Technology, Computer Science,
(05:22):
anything dealing with like Electronics Design. So in most cases
you will see positions offered as a Electrical Technician. But
there are some opportunities for entry level engineering positions. When
you're doing more design and you're a little bit more
autonomous versus working directly with an engineer. But typically students
who graduate, they usually are working in an industrial field
(05:45):
or they're working in an office doing industrial or electronics
design underneath another engineer.
S4 (05:50):
What is the student makeup of the program, Andrew?
S2 (05:52):
So, you know, the majority of our students are on
the traditional side, but we do have a pretty big percentage,
I'd say. I don't know the exact number of top
of my head. Around 30% of the students are non-traditional
who do come back, who've been working in the field
for years and want to get a degree in engineering
or students who went to the field and realized they
(06:14):
want to come back to school and change their path
and career wise. So we kind of have a mix
between the two. I wouldn't say it's just heavily traditional.
There are some semesters where I have a lot of
nontraditional students as well.
S4 (06:26):
Now, Andrew, I hear you are kind of a legend around Chatt Tech.
What brought you to teach here?
S2 (06:30):
You know, I started teaching when I was 21, so
I started teaching at a very young age. And my
goal in regards to teaching was always to give back
to the community. I feel like that the there's a
huge emphasis in our society right now as young people
or millennials or whatever generation you want to call it,
(06:52):
of saying, hey, you know, there's no value in traditional
schooling and I can kind of do it on my own.
And yes, that is a possibility. But I like to
stress the fact that there is value when you come
to school, you learn a trade or you learn a
profession that is very heavily science focused. And then being
able to change your life and find potential outside of
(07:15):
a school. So what drives me to teach is helping
students find value within their personal lives and being able
to grow and achieve the goals that they want to.
S4 (07:27):
What does it take for a student to do their
best in this program?
S2 (07:30):
I would say the students who do the best are
the ones who are open minded and the ones that
want to learn. So that sounds a little cheesy in
regards to, oh, you know, everybody wants to learn when
they come to school. But when it comes to engineering,
it's such a broad area in regards to the direction
that you can take. I think the students who are
(07:51):
open minded and willing to experience different facets of engineering
and are excited about that are the ones who come
into the program and they realize, Wow, there's a lot
of value in this and I can take make this
work for me in regards to potentially finding a career
or achieving my goals.
S4 (08:11):
The field seems pretty broad and we're from a generation
where words like engineering and computers are kind of attached
to everything. What about students who know that's where they
want to land but aren't really sure where to start
or they change their focus in the field once they
are a student?
S2 (08:25):
Oh yeah. So I tell my students all the time,
you know, my goal isn't to tell you what to do.
My goal is to help you figure out what's best
for yourself and what you want to do. So a
lot of students come in who have no idea of
what they want to do in regards to engineering or
they have no idea and what what they want to
do in regards to work. And they're like, Hey, I
like computers or I like games and I've always liked
(08:47):
electronics and I just want to learn about it. And
in the intro class, we really focus on the aspect
of this is what engineering is and a broad spectrum.
And if you want to focus on this specific task,
you should start looking at that now and doing research
in that area to see exactly what type of jobs
are available to you. So the whole purpose of our
(09:10):
intro class and the way that we guide them throughout
the program is to take students who don't have the
best thought in regards to the direction that they want
to go, but they kind of have an idea of
the topic. They want to study and help them narrow
that down until they get to the final class, which
is the Capstone Project class, to eventually say, Hey, I've
learned something and now it helps me get a job
(09:31):
in this specific area.
S4 (09:32):
Now, Andrew, as a legend, we know you may be
a little partial but how does Chattahoochee Tech do it better?
S2 (09:38):
Chattahoochee Tech's program, I believe, is the best program in
the state of Georgia in regards to electrical computer engineering technology,
because we try to focus directly on the industry and the industry needs. Students
who come into this program, want to come in to
learn exactly what needs to be done in the field
and apply that once they get a job and be able to
(10:01):
keep their job once they get or get into the
position that they want to. And our focus teaching is
to directly relate the field to the classroom and help
students have an understanding and learn exactly what they need
to and in order to be efficient at the jobs,
once efficient in the field, once they graduate.
S4 (10:20):
Let's talk to another student. Anthony, how did you get
started at Chatt Tech?
S5 (10:24):
So actually a funny story about that. I've been bouncing
around jobs. I didn't really know what to do and
I had a friend in the program doing his biomedical degree, biomedical
engineering degree. And yeah, he told me to jump on board.
I did that. And here I am repairing medical equipment.
S4 (10:43):
And where do you currently work?
S5 (10:45):
I work for GE Healthcare, but we're contracted to Northside
Hospital Cherokee.
S4 (10:50):
Aaah. Look at that. Electrical technology program is paying off before
you even graduate. Did you get the job because of Chatt Tech?
S5 (10:57):
Yes. Yes. So I did the apprenticeship program. I did
that for a few months and I pretty much got
hired on before the program even ended.
S4 (11:05):
Anthony, I'm guessing you're taking things learned in the classroom
and immediately applying them to your career, is that right?
S5 (11:11):
A lot of instructors will. They have a lot of experiences.
They'll tell you about it in the actual classes. We
basically get hands on with everything. So pretty much basically
what we're doing in the classes carries over to the
job pretty much almost the same.
S4 (11:30):
So the apprenticeship program helps you land your current job.
What's the next goal for you with the degree?
S5 (11:34):
Once I graduate, I'm looking to probably continue my path
as a biomedical engineer. Right now I'm a B Med one. Hopefully once
I graduate, I could become B Med two or three. That
way I can work on more life saving equipment like
anesthesia machines. Then if I wanted to do imaging, I
could probably do that as well.
S4 (11:53):
Describe a day in the life of a B Med One.
S5 (11:58):
So it's pretty much close to your 9 to 5.
You get to the job. You'll see what needs to
be done. You look at the work orders. It depends
on what the equipment is. There are usually a lot
of work orders that need to be taken care of immediately,
like a defib is a stat work or sometimes monitoring equipment.
(12:18):
Telemetry boxes need to be fixed as soon as possible.
S4 (12:21):
Stat work orders. I've always wanted to yell, STAT at
a hospital. What kind of student could excel in this program?
S5 (12:28):
I feel people who like to be hands on. You're always touching
medical equipment. If you're really organized, that really helps as well,
especially with documentation. But mainly, mainly students who like to
get their hands on things. You know.
S4 (12:43):
Let's hear from one more students. Seriously? Not only another A,
but another Anthony. This is magical. Anthony. Number two. Have
you always been interested in Electrical Technology?
S1 (12:54):
Even growing up, one of the things that I really
liked enjoying playing with was like snap circuits. So I
guess that's kind of where my spark started. Also, my
father's an electrical engineering and computer engineer. And originally that's
where I was going for was my bachelor's in electrical
engineering and decided to transfer over to Chatt Tech and
to start and looking into the electrical technology because I
(13:18):
found a little bit more interest in the hands on
applications and a little less on the theory side of
just the basic engineering portion of it.
S4 (13:27):
As someone who went to a four year school before
Chatt Tech, how was this program different?
S1 (13:31):
There's a lot more labs. I mean, even when I
was over at Kennesaw, they do have quite a lot
of labs and hands on experience with their classes. But
I would say Chatt Tech definitely tries to instill it
a little bit more and they explain the purpose of
the application and how important it is to be able
to actually get your hands on the components and work
on these on these concepts. And it really does just
(13:54):
give you a much better understanding of it.
S4 (13:57):
Okay, Pop quiz. What does PLC mean?
S1 (14:01):
It's a logic control device. It's a program, logic, control system.
And basically you can use that to run, run, engines, run.
I know at the plant we use it to run
on dryers and reactors and stuff like that when they
need to start and stop at certain times or if
(14:22):
something reaches a certain limit, you need it down and
things like that. It's something that you would program to
run a certain system.
S4 (14:30):
Congrats. You get an A in this class. Anthony. Tell
us about your experience with the instructors.
S1 (14:35):
They're very involved, just like my professor, for example, Andrew Kazmian.
He is very involved with the students and making sure
that we understand and if we ever have any questions
or need help on something, he's very much there with
anything that we need, and especially the lab techs as
well that they have hired on are extremely helpful and
(14:55):
they've definitely made a huge difference. There is a few
labs even this semester that I wouldn't have been able
to complete if not for how qualified and how willing
to help and get involved these faculty members at the school are.
S4 (15:07):
Anthony, what advice can you give to a student of
the program or potential student who sees finding the right
career in the Electrical Technology program is pretty intimidating?
S1 (15:15):
It can definitely be very scary because even after going
through all of this classes and and finally graduating and
having that completed, the real world can still be very intimidating, obviously.
As far as the job market goes, though, I don't
think I've ever had an issue with looking for a
company that wants technicians. Technicians are wanted just about anywhere. And
(15:39):
it's a very versatile job. And all you have to
do is, look.
S4 (15:44):
Congratulations. You're all A's. Thanks Anh, Andrew, Anthony and Anthony. To
find out more about the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
program at Chattahoochee Technical College, visit Chattahoochee Tech. Edu. Thanks
for listening to 98 seven Chatt Tech where 98.7% of our
students earn a career.
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