Show Sn Snow w Electronics Program To Tr Train in Technicians By JACKIE BELL JERRI JEER and PAUL MILES All AU co college lege men interested in the field of technical engineering engineering engineering engi engi- should investigate te the brand new year two training course provided in the Applied Arts and Science Building The new program will train technicians in electronics and andin in industrial 1 arts ts After completion completion completion comple comple- tion of the course they willbe will willbe willbe be awarded certificates of c completion by ithe athe college at commencement exercises Students enrolled in the program program program pro pro- gram can expect to find employment employment em em- after the year two-year training period has been completed completed completed com com- similar to that obtained obtain obtain- ed by graduates of the Central Utah Trade Tech and Salt Lake Trade Tech Institute Jerry Bradley a graduate in the field of electronics from Salt Lake Trade Tech is the instructor for the new program He has attended the University of f Utah and has b been en employed as an n electronics electron electron- l i ics s technician at both Hill Air Force F Base Bas and land Sperry Utah Inc The 16 students who are enrolled enrolled enrolled en en- rolled attend class one hour daily dally for lecture and theory They have three hours of lab work each day The lab work involves tf training in the use of vat various ious electronic nic instruments The students have built much of t the equipment in the lab and Jd check eck new machinery i prior to do installation In a addition to instruction in theory grid and the tra training ning in the laboratory the students take an extensive series senes of courses which include math 34 and 46 six hours of f English three ho hours hours' rs' rs of physics one class in m mCh mechanical Ch n cal dr drawing wing and one class in drafting According to Mr Bradley students in this program should make their own decisions deci deal in selecting other classes class class- es related to the field of elec elec- Much of the equipment for use in the Ithe program is still on order Mr Bradley explained By next fall we expect to be bewell bewell bewell well supplied Our electronics program will then be on a par with that at Salt Lake Trade Tech and similar institutions In addition to electronics the program also offers an industrial al education class for students majoring in do industrial industrial indus indus- trial arts These students are required to attend a 13 lecture class lass two hours a week and anda a lab period three times a week Mr Bradley is convinced that there is a future in electronics electronics electronics elec elec- for young men with an interest in and aptitude for forthe forthe forthe the fieldIn fieldIn fieldIn field In many respects electronics electron electron- ics is still in its infancy he remarked It is a field which seems certain to expand and to offer increasing opportunities ties for the employment of those who prepare themselves them them- selves engineers depend on technicians to assemble and to test The ratio between technicians and engineers is 10 to one That should give some indication of the demand that is developing for electronic electronic electronic elec elec- technicians |