Importance of electronics versus 3 phase electricity

Evening,

I found it is best to get knowledge of everything and anything mate. Not just Electronics or H.V. electrical. You are required to use both as well, then throw hydraulics in as well for good measure. A good grounding of all of these subjects will sit you in good stead, you don’t need to be a degree student in each one, just have a good grounding. These thing are a minimum as far as I am concerned. Once you have a grounding in these subjects you will be able to assist abley in fault finding and planned maintenance.

A bit of advice, if this is a first job, try and get some experience from the university of life first too. A little bit goes a long way.

Hope this helps a little.

Pascobal.

The best background is an industrial Electrician. They install, repair and program PLCs, Scada systems, VSDs, SCR’s industrial instrumentation etc. All of these things require comms systems, often fibre optic ,far more complex than you will ever see on a ROV system. Unlike an ROV system with 1 or 2 electric motors , they have 100s

The first fibre optic based control system I worked on was in 1987, in a steel mill running over 3000 motors

The first fibre system I saw on an ROV was a very basic video system in 1990.

Then the Industrial Electrican has the Pneumatic and Hydulic control systems to deal with

I find that TV type techs are good on the TVs but not the over all picture

In work class size vehicles the new generation of Perry and Schilling machines are very software dependent with a lot more interfacing via soft buttons than ever before. I would say someone with a good background in electrical / electronics with good understanding of PC programmes will do well and be a valuable part of the team.

Hi guys,
after reading the above posts i am worried this 2yr course ‘advanced diploma of electronic engineering’ i have enrolled in at college for 2009 will be overkill and i should rethink my plan to make my debut in the ROV industry.

Obviously im looking for a response that will leave me assured i dont actually have to spend the next 2 years broke with books coming out my ass, but hey………….i know sometimes the truth hurts.

i always like to hear a ‘if i could go back to your age i would do it all differently’ story. so here i am, 23 at that age

i would appreciate your honesty, thanks for reading. 😉

I think you are right that the above 2 year course would be overkill. What other qualifications do you have? Some kind of hands on experience would count well towards it, any NVQs/SVQs which you can do in module format allows you to do 4 or 5 core modules and then pick other modules which you can tailor to cover any gaps in your knowledge. You do NOt want any courses that involve designing, you will be repairing. Any course that has hands on is best.

e.g. a Degree will not teach you how to solder!

Any way you can do the training whilst working at a technical trade would also improve the CV by showing practical experience along with academic skills.